Meadowlands State Fair

Meadowlands State Fair
Meadowlands State Fair, June 2007
Status Active
Genre State Fair
Begins June
Ends July
Frequency Annual
Location(s) Meadowlands Sports Complex in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Years active 97
Inaugurated 1921 (1921)
Attendance 300,000 visitors per year
Website State Fair Meadowlands

The State Fair Meadowlands (formerly the Meadowlands Fair) is a carnival held every summer at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It derives its name from State Fair Stores, which run the carnival. It should also not be confused with the New Jersey State Fair, Sussex County Farm and Horse Show in Augusta, New Jersey. The fair is held in the parking lot that surrounds the MetLife Stadium and runs for two weeks in late June and early July. It attracts over 300,000 visitors per year.[1]

List of attractions

Family/Kiddie Rides

  • Bumble Bee
  • Frog Hopper
  • Speedway
  • Go Gator
  • Jet Ski/Waverunner
  • Motorcycles
  • Quadrunners
  • VW Cars
  • Double Decker Carousel
  • Mini Bumper Boats
  • Merry-Go-Round
  • Rockin' Tug
  • Wacky Worm
  • Fire Chief
  • Family Swinger
  • Happy Swing
  • Jungle of Fun
  • Tomb of Doom
  • Red Baron
  • Mini Himalaya
  • Mini-Indy
  • Rainbow Rock
  • Monkey Mayhem
  • Elephants
  • Safari Train
  • Construction Zone
  • Jalopy Junction

Thrill Rides

  • Banzai
  • Bumper Cars
  • Cliffhanger
  • Crazy Mouse
  • Crazy Outback
  • Cuckoo Fun House
  • Darton Slide
  • Disko
  • Enterprise
  • Fireball
  • Giant Wheel
  • Gravitron
  • Haunted House Dark Ride
  • Haunted Mansion Dark Ride
  • Heavy Haulin’ Inflate
  • Himalaya
  • Magic Maze
  • Mardi Gras Glasshouse
  • Musik Express
  • Raiders Funhouse
  • Ring of Fire
  • Rock & Roll Funhouse
  • Rock 'n Roll
  • Scooter
  • Sizzler
  • Sky Ride
  • Skyflyer
  • Space Roller
  • Spongebob Funhouse
  • Storybookland – Peter Pan's Palace
  • Super Slide
  • Tilt-A-Whirl
  • Tornado 3
  • Wave Swinger
  • Zyklon

Other attractions

Other than the rides, there are free shows and events at the fair such as pig racing, a petting zoo, a circus, and a magic show. The fair also displays fireworks on select nights.

Incidents

At around 11:30 PM on June 22, 2017, which was the opening night for the 2017 season of the fair, gunshots were fired on the fairgrounds. Guests ran away from the area where the shots were being fired off. Thankfully, no one was shot or injured. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
  2. ↑ Shots fired at State Fair Meadowlands in East Rutherford, ABC 7 New York. Accessed June 23, 2017.

Coordinates: 40°48′51″N 74°04′30″W / 40.81421°N 74.07491°W / 40.81421; -74.07491


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