by Stephen McDill Published: October 6,2011
Tags: Billy Orr, Mississippi state fair
JACKSON- Billy Orr of the Mississippi State Fair Commission discusses running a fair during a recession, the jobs it creates and how money is going toward updating the Mississippi Coliseum. [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2010
Tags: Mississippi state fair
JACKSON — The 2010 Mississippi State Fair set an attendance record of 673,098, about 10,000 more than the former record set in 2005. The fair ended Sunday. Fair director Billy Orr tells The Clarion-Ledger that while numbers aren’t final, ticket sales netted around $3 million. Orr says good weather contributed to the attendance. Rain slowed [...] [...]
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