links for 2009-10-30

• Wade Shows and Frank Zaitshik interview
  Raleigh, N.C. — More people went to the North Carolina State Fair in 2009 than in any other year, officials announced this week. Spokesman Brian Long said that 104,370 people visited on the final day ...
  (tags: Midway Reports)
• Around the world at the parks
  Image via Wikipedia Halloween haunting is now a big business “Halloween is now the second biggest retail holiday in America behind Christmas with Americans expected to spend over $7 billion t...
  (tags: Amusement Parks Theme)
• MI Governor – no budget for State Fair
  Tucked away in the fine print of Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s state budget veto message this morning was at least one surprise, her decision to kill $7.1 million for the State Fair in Detroit. The gove...
• On the trail
  A Whole Lotta Happy in Raleigh! There were a whole lotta people at “A Whole Lotta Happy.” North Carolina State Fair officials told us on Monday, that this year’s fair – which used the promotional slog...