Nearly 1.2 Million people checked out the Erie County Fair this year almost setting a record!

Fair officials announced that the 1,198,789 attendance mark was the 2nd highest in the Fair's 179-year history.

The record high in attendance was back in 2014 when 1,220,101 people checked out the fair!

The near-record amount came out to about 100,000 checking out the Fair over the 12 day period.

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