The State Fair of Texas, which wrapped-up its three-week run in Dallas on Sunday, shared some BIG-Tex type numbers of the annual event, including this one: Over 24 days at the Fair, Fletcher's sold around 550,000 of its Original Corny Dogs. There was around 518,000 sold last year.
And of course, Y'all really like mustard on your corny dogs, going through 1,800 gallons of the yellow condiment on your corny dogs, compared to "just" 850 gallons of ketchup.
There was 2.4 Million visitors to fair Park, up from 2.1 million fairgoers last year, with the biggest day happening during the Red River Rivalry. That's when 211,000 folks packed the fair.
And the Fair shared these numbers:
- 400,000 prizes won at the State Fair Midway, totaling an estimated value of $1.4 million
- More than 100,000 rides taken on the Texas Star Ferris Wheel
- More than 60,000 taquitos sold at Tony's Taco Shop
- Around 100,000 pieces of Rousso's Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick sold
- 76 animal births at the Livestock Birthing Barn: 43 piglets, 13 calves, 12 baby goats and eight lambs
- A new Big Tex Youth Livestock Auction record of $180,000 for the Grand Champion Market Steer
- 12,200 calls from fairgoers to the Big Tex Contact Center
- More than 180,000 canned food items collected and donated to the North Texas Food Bank
- More than 1.88 million free admission tickets given to students throughout North Texas