Fairgrounds takes $535,000 hit due to COVID
Austin Foss, from Terrebonne, Oregon, rides Southern Comfort during bareback riding at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Saturday, Aug. 22. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Low turnout at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo and other effects of COVID-19 have cost Flathead County roughly $535,000 in revenue, nearly twice what the fairgrounds department has saved in reserves, according to Fairgrounds Manager Mark Campbell.
About 32,200 people attended the fair, which took place over five days in August...
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