Preparations begin for Colorado State Fair

CONTINUING OUR COVERAGE AS THESTATE FAIR QUICKLY APPROACHESDOWN IN PUEBLO...OPENING DAY IS JUST ONE WEEKAWAY...AND THIS YEAR COULD BE ONE OFTHE BIGGEST EVER...TICKET SALES ARE HIGH...AND SO IS THE EXCITEMENT....NEWS FIVE'S NATALIE CHUCK JOINSUS NOW LIVE FROM THE COLORADOSTATFAE IRGROUNDS....NATALIE...SEVEN DAY LEFT FOR FINALTOUCHES...WHAT IS LEFT TO DO OUT THERE?ALASYN...ORGANIZERS TELL ME TS ISHIWACKAMOLE TIME...THEY CALL IT THAT BECAUSE THEYSAY THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THINGSJUST KEEP POPPING UP THAT NEEDTO GET DONE LAST MUTE...INBUT OVERALL...THEY SAY THEY FEEL GOOD ANDREADY FOR THE HUNDRE ANDDSTHOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO ARRIVE...AND VENDORS...ARE JUST AS EXCITED....NAT P POBARTENDER AT THE COLORADO STATEFAIR JINETTE SPRAGUE...IS ON DAY THREE OF PAINTING...."WE DID THE ENTIRE INSIDEWHITE...LUCKILY THE WINDOWS IN THERE AREALREADY RED EXCEPT FOR TWO OFTHEM SO I JUST HAVE TO GET TWOIN THERE!"GETTING READY...FOR OPENING DAY OF THE STETAFAIR IN JUST ONE WEEK...."WE'RE ALL DEFINITELY EXCITED!"ESPECIALLY AFTER THE PANDEMIC...SCALED DOWN TWENTY-TWENTY'SSTATE FAIR DRASTICALLY..."BIG MONEY LOSS LAUGH"AND GENERAL MANAGER AT THE STATEFAIR SCOTT STOLLER SAYS...A YEAR OFF OF PLANNING SUCA HLARGE SCALE EVENT....MADE THEM A LITTLE RUSTY.

.."NOT DOING A FULL FAIR IN TWOYEARS...JUST REMEMBERING SOME BASICTHINGS THAT WE TOOK FOR GRANTEDYEAR AFTER YEAR...CAUSE WE DO A FAIR EVERY YEAR!"BUT NOW...THEY ARE READY TO GO..."DEFINITELY FAIR IS IN THE AIROUT HERE"' STOLLER EXPECTSROUGHLY TWO- HUNDRED THOUSANDPEOPLE TO ATTEND OPENINGWEEKEND....RIGHT IN LINE WITH THIS YE'SARTHEME....ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE STATEFAIR...." THE TRADITION THAT PEOPLE HAVEEXPERIENCED THORUGHOUT THEDIFFERENT PHASES OF THEIR LIFEAND PEOPLE COME BACK AND THEYGET TO SEE THAT HTROUGH THE EYESOF THEIR KID OR THEIR PARENTS,AND THAT TO ME IS WHAT THESPIRIT OF THE FAIR IS" ASPIRIT...THAT SPRAGUE... WILL WELCOMEWITH OPEN ARMS...."WE'RE ALL JUST REALLY EXCITEDAND TRYING TO GET EVERYTHINGDONE..."WHEN ALL OF HER HARD WORK...THERE'S STILL A LOT I GOTTAPAINT" PAYS OFF...AND LIKE ALMOST EVERYWHEREELSE...THE STATE FAIR IS STILL LOOKG INFOR SOME TEMPORARY STAFF...THEY SAY THEY NEED ALL THE HELPTHEY CAN GET....AND ENRAOUGE ANYONE WHO WANTS TOCOME WORK OVER THE NEXT COUPLEOF WEEKS TO APPLY... ALASYN...NATALIE...THE DELTA VARIANT IS STILL ACONCERN FOR MANY ACROSS THECOUNTRY...WH WATILL BE DIFFERENT ABOUTTHIS YEAR'S FAIR AS A RESULT OFTHE PANDEMIC...THEY SAY THE PANDEMIC DID PROMPTTHEM TO OFFER SOME NEWEVENTS OUTDOORS INSTEAD OFINDOORS FOR THOSE WHO STILL NTWATOOC SIALLY DISTANCE AT MIGHT BEUNCOMFORTABLE INSIDE WITH ACROWD...BUT OVERALL...THERE WOT N'BE MANYREGULATIONS...NO ONE WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEARA MASK OF SHOW PROOF OFVACCINATIONS....SO THEY RECOMMEND THAT IF YOUARE VERY WORRIED ABOUT THEVIRUS... TO SIT THIS ONE OUT...ALWAYS W