The great e It seeks to avoid agitation problems, which resulted in record attendance last year, offering mid -price tickets for this year’s fair.
The Fair is home to a flash sale from 10am to 8pm Wednesday where tickets of the week, which usually cost $ 21.50, will be priced at $ 10.75.
“The mid -week tickets aim to promote the fantastic entertainment offers of the fair and to highlight the best days to reach the fair,” a press release read. “We hope this becomes part of how people plan their fair visit, turning it into a mini getaway in mid -week. It’s a new way to experience the fair, and this flash sale is the perfect reason for trying!”
Customers can buy up to eight tickets. Tickets are valid only one day of the Big E week, from Monday to Thursday.
Tickets are available exclusively at Big e website.
Sale was announced after the great e broke a total attendance record of all time When hosting 1,633,935 people by 2024.
As one of the Larger Fairs in the United States and CanadaThe 175 Acres West Springfield event also broke its daily care record at 178,608 attendees on September 21 and reported Seven attendance records was broken along the 17 -day fair this year, with Five of them in a row.
Big E is now approaching – or far exceeds daily attendance numbers from 375 acres The Great State Fair of New York and on 277-acre Texas State Fair.
Last year’s fair brought May Fairgoers to be concerned with their safety due to the big crowds. Multiple Viral social media videos He showed crowd to the large amount of the large amount, and some fanatics worried about their safety.
“It was almost impossible to walk, because there were so many people,” Alice Flyte, by Westfield, Previously he told Masslive.
“I was totally surprised by the full thing he was,” said the 74 -year -old while describing lines of more than 20 people on each stand and toilet and the “blocked” paths.
Flyte was one of the 49 people in Masslive last year that they were unsafe at the fair over that weekend. Others said they experienced different degrees of security with their family.
The East States exhibition said it was ready for the crowd.
“In preparation for these large crowds, the exposure of the Eastern States increased their security details and worked closely with the members of the application of the law and emergency services to ensure a safe and pleasant experience for all,” a statement in Masslive Read. “Thanks to these efforts, there were only minor incidents, with a single detention related to a domestic question in the parking lot, a prominent proportion of security given the high volume of attendees.”
Big E takes place from September 12 to 28.