New Mexico State Fair
new mexico state fair annual state fair held september expo new mexico formerly new mexico state fairground city albuquerque new mexico event feature concert competition rodeo carnival ride game farm animal horse agriculture art american southwest new mexican cuisine new mexico music tingley coliseum fairground fair first held october direction elia stover originally referred territorial fair became state fair anticipation new mexico upcoming statehood original fairground also known traction park southwest old town plaza promoted yearround destination albuquerque streetcar company order boost ridership line fair canceled replaced great patriotic demonstration marking recent u entry world war subsequently state fair held several year fair reinstated current location central avenue international district new fairground built – work progress administration funding secured part due effort governor clyde tingley leon harm formerly founder marion county fair kansa laid ground managed fair inception first state fair attracted visitor attendance grown visitor annually ground included structure varying size fair originally held october moved midseptember hope better weather world war ii interrupted fair resumed uninterrupted next year fair cancelled due ongoing covid pandemic august governor office announced state fair would require proof vaccination attendance exception religious medical reason state fair canceled due ongoing covid pandemic reopened saw record low attendance due strict restriction attendance back normal due state restriction lifted new mexico state fairground located eastern albuquerque central avenue lomas boulevard san pedro drive louisiana boulevard cover approximately acre ha facility branded expo new mexico since original adobe fair building built wpa early surviving building period include agricultural building fine art building horse barn cattle barn agricultural building listed new mexico state register cultural property tingley coliseum seat indoor arena opened expo new mexico site new mexico merci train boxcar gift france boxcar filled gift distributed u state time along th car shared hawaii district columbia security law enforcement handled new mexico state police federal bureau investigation albuquerque police bernalillo county sheriff office along private security guard new mexico state fair official website new mexico state fair virtualalbuquerquecom