Final preparations underway for the 2024 Big Fresno Fair

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Vendors were astatine the Fresno Fairgrounds Sunday mounting up for the opening of this year's Big Fresno Fair.

Some had to enactment successful the sun, portion others were fortunate to beryllium inside.

"Drinking water, trying to support the kids hydrated, they bash person the aerial on, and of people it's not triple digits close now, but we're drinking a batch of water," Anna Herrera with the Parlier Lions Club said.

Herrera says FFA students are putting the finishing touches connected the assemblage display.

Once finished, it volition person taken much than 400 hours to complete.

The show is 1 of respective disposable for visitors to spot erstwhile the Big Fresno Fair opens its doors connected Wednesday.

From caller nutrient vendors to caller rides, organizers accidental they're excited to beryllium backmost astatine the fairgrounds.

"We conscionable can't hold to locomotion them everyone to the this years fair," Interim Big Fresno Fair CEO Christina Estrada said. "We're looking guardant to opening the doors and having everybody travel connected and person a large time."

Estrada says they recognize times are pugnacious for families, truthful they are offering deals passim the fair.

"Three dollar bites. On Thursday, October 3, from 2 to 6, we're going to have, exactly, immoderate of our participating concessioners volition beryllium offering bite-size nutrient that fairgoers tin bask for 3 dollars," Estrada said.

Estrada says you tin find admittance discounts astatine FoodMaxx and Save Mart.

And there's play walk discounts disposable astatine O'Rielly's.

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