Buy early and save money on N.C. State Fair tickets

RALEIGH – People interested in going to the 2007 N.C. State Fair can save money on admission and ride tickets by buying them in advance. Discounted tickets will be sold online Sept. 4-Oct. 11.

Fairgoers buying advance tickets will save $2 per adult admission ticket and $8 per ride sheet. Advance admission tickets will cost $5 for adults and $1 for children ages 6-12. Adult admission tickets for groups of 40 or more will cost $4.75. A coupon that can be redeemed at the State Fair for a sheet of 18 ride tickets will cost $10 in advance.

Advance tickets can be purchased online with a debit or credit card.

Beginning Sept. 27, advance tickets also will be sold at the Agriculture Building in downtown Raleigh, the State Fairgrounds and six malls: Triangle Town Center in Raleigh, Northgate Mall and The Streets at Southpoint in Durham, Four Seasons Town Centre in Greensboro, Burlington Square Mall and Wilson Mall. Tickets will be sold at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh Sept. 29-30 and Oct. 6-7. All locations will accept cash, debit and credit cards except Wilson Mall and the Farmers Market, which will accept cash only.

Dates and times of ticket sales vary among locations. Visit the State Fair Web site, www.ncstatefair.org, for more information.

Raleigh-based ETix will again provide online tickets that can be printed at home. Each ticket will have a bar code to be scanned at the gate. If fairgoers lose their ticket prior to attending the fair, they can reprint their tickets at home using a confirmation number that will be e-mailed to them. Once a bar code has been scanned at the gate, the ticket will be invalid.

Internet users can access ride sheets by printing out a coupon and redeeming it at the Fair.
ETix will charge a convenience fee ranging from 5 to 15 percent depending on the type of ticket.

“With online sales, fairgoers can get their tickets immediately in the comfort of their own home,” said Mike Pleasant, State Fair assistant manager. “Shoppers can purchase ride, admission and concert tickets using an online shopping cart to make the process easier.”

Concert tickets also will go on sale Sept. 4 at 8 a.m. and can only be purchased at the State Fair Web site. The State Fair runs Oct. 12-21 at the State Fairgrounds.

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Type	Location	Dates & Times	Tickets sold	Payment Method
Online	www.ncstatefair.org	starts 8 a.m. on Sept. 4 and ends Oct. 11 at midnight	Admission Ride sheets Concert tickets Grandstand tickets	Visa Mastercard
Walk-up	NC State Fairgrounds Gate 9 (Trinity Rd)	Sept. 27 - Oct. 11 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.	Admission Ride sheets	Cash Debit card Visa Mastercard
Walk-up	Agriculture Building 2 West Edenton Street Raleigh, NC	Sept. 27 - Oct. 11 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.	Admission Ride sheets	Cash Debit card Visa Mastercard
Walk-up	State Farmers Market 1201 Agriculture St. Raleigh, NC	Sept. 29-30 & Oct. 6-7 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.	Admission Ride sheets	Cash
Mall Sales	Triangle Town Center, Raleigh Burlington Square Mall, Burlington Wilson Mall, Wilson Northgate Mall, Durham The Streets at South Point, Durham Four Seasons Mall, Greensboro	Sept. 27 - Oct. 11 Tickets will be on sale during regular Mall hours except for Oct. 11 when sales at all locations will end promptly at 6 p.m.	Admission Ride sheets	Cash Debit card Visa Mastercard Note: Credit and debit cards are NOT accepted at Wilson Mall.