POMONA : L.A. County Fair to Lower Admission, Ride Prices
The Los Angeles County Fair will lower admission and carnival-ride prices this year after a financial statement showed that earnings last year dropped to about one-fifth of the previous year’s earnings.
From an all-time high of $4.2 million in 1991, the fair association’s earnings after expenses fell to $850,000 last year, according to a report released this week. Fair attendance also plummeted, from 1.6 million in 1991 to 1.2 million last year.
Fair officials say their decision to increase the cost of admission by 20% for the 1992 fair, to $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and younger, proved badly timed given the sour state of California’s economy.
This year, fair-goers will pay $8 for adults and $4 for children. Prices on carnival rides will be capped at $1.50. The fair runs from Sept. 10 to Oct. 3.
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