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Arapahoe County moves to raise fair gate price to $30, will replace Pours on the Plains activation
Summary
Open Spaces staff told commissioners the county fair is running a projected $83,000 shortfall; staff proposed a $5 ticket increase to $30, keeping fair days/hours unchanged and canceling Pours on the Plains in favor of a staff-designed replacement activation. Commissioners signaled conditional approval.
Open Spaces staff on Wednesday told the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners that the county fair is operating in the red and recommended a package of changes for 2026 that includes a modest ticket-price increase and a replacement for the county’s Pours on the Plains activation.
Jenny Pincheno, director of Open Spaces, told the board: "The fair is running in the red, and we have got to find ways to fix that so we can either shrink the red or address it in its entirety." Staff presented a projected shortfall of about $83,000 for the 2025 fair and said a $5 increase to a $30 gate price would pull in roughly $12,627 per dollar raised (in their model) and would help reduce the deficit while…
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