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Lane County Fair canceled due to pandemic

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Lane County Fair canceled due to pandemic
Lane County Fair canceled due to pandemic

The announcement follows the decision to cancel all large events through September.

For the first time in recent memory.... the annual lane county fair will be canceled this summer.

Kezi nine news reporter connor mccarthy is live outside the fairgrounds in eugene with what this will mean for your summertime plan.

Matt and chynna-- this warm weather has a lot of us thinking about summer.

And each summer over 115-thousand people walk through the gates behind me for the fair... food... and fun but the governor's new ban on large scale events through september forced the cancelation of the lane county fair until at least 2021...a loss of 1 point 5 million dollars in revenue.

This video you are looking at is from last year's lane county fair.

Now fair officials do not the exact economic impact to the local economy but they say it will be significant.

But they say a mixture of 200 to 300 jobs will be impacted... from fair staff and vendors.

Officials also say they are working with local vendors on providing options for possible future events the fair grounds may have.

We also partner with food for lane county i know that they will be at a significant loss this year without the fair and without the spring football games so we are looking at ways we can help them increase their donations in this time of need bivens also says they are going to work with the blood center to create possible events for them becuase she says historically blood is in short supply over summer.

Matt-- the fair was suppose to be held july 22nd through 26th... but on their website they are already counting down to 2021.

Right now we are 438 days until the gates can reopen again here at the fairgrounds.

Reporting live in eugene connor mccarthy kezi nine news.

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