The Great American State Fair opened on the National Mall with a mix of novelty exhibits — including a dinosaur rib cage, a 110-foot Ferris wheel and a 7,000-pound Jersey Shore sandcastle — alongside farm animals and state-themed displays. Visitors also reported unstaffed booths, empty exhibit spaces and other visible operational gaps. The fair, organized by a group created by President Donald Trump, has highlighted ongoing logistical and political questions already raised by performer withdrawals and a food-hall power outage.
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