Meadowlands State Fair
State Fair Meadowlands, June 2007
StatusActive
GenreState Fair
BeginsJune
EndsJuly
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Meadowlands Sports Complex in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Years active102
Inaugurated1921 (1921)
Attendance300,000 visitors per year
WebsiteState 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. 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] peaking at around 400,000 people in 2022.[2]

Despite its name, it is not the official state fair of New Jersey, but instead, that honor belongs to the New Jersey State Fair, which earned the state fair moniker in 1999. Instead, the name for the Meadowlands event is a title sponsorship; State Fair Superstore, a large seasonal merchandise seller in Belleville, New Jersey, operates the carnival.

There were cancellations in 1942–45 for World War II and 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic.

List of attractions

Family/Kiddie Rides

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

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 racing pigs, a petting zoo, a circus, a magic show, a hypnotist, concerts, etc. 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. No one was shot or injured. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "State Fair Provides Family-Friendly Entertainment". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
  2. ↑ "About us". njfair.com.
  3. ↑ Shots fired at State Fair Meadowlands in East Rutherford, ABC 7 New York. Accessed June 23, 2017.

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