50 fun facts about the Giant Slide. Fred Pittroff, 80, installed the slide at the Minnesota State Fair in 1969. The galvanized steel construction is the same as it was 50 years ago, except for the ...

Here are 50 fun facts about the Minnesota State Fair tradition State Fair staff members scoot down the Giant Slide on the state fairgrounds to draw all the wax to the bottom in Falcon Heights ...

The time has come once again for the Minnesota State Fair. As usual, there are some new elements to the 160-year-old event: new foods, new looks to old buildings or sections, and even a new ride.

Pittroff, whose fair career began at age 15 in 1953 in Southern California, got the idea for the Giant Slide at a Santa Cruz, Calif., amusement park in 1965.

When the State Fair opens Thursday, Aug. 24, many beloved traditions will remain the same, from the Giant Slide to the fireworks. But as always, new attractions give us plenty to explore.

On July 11, exactly 20 days before the start of the Wisconsin State Fair, four UScellular stores in southeastern Wisconsin ...

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Many know about the Minnesota State Fair's Giant Slide and have been to the Miracle of Birth Center, but even a seasoned fair veteran may have missed a few things over ...

Purchase the State Fair Fun Day bundle to get a ticket for select Milwaukee Milkmen games and for just $10 more, a Wisconsin State Fair admission ticket valued at $17. Game dates are May 13, June ...

it.. it's fun and we're having a good time!"> that was beau bowman reporting. one fan-favorite at the fair, the giant slide was shut down for part of the day after some riders were hurt.

On Friday, July 11, exactly 20 days before the start of the Wisconsin State Fair, four UScellular stores in southeast ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A guy can have only so much fun with a Giant Slide. At least that's how Dennis Herrington, who has been sole owner of the Giant Slide at the Illinois State Fairgrounds ...

ST. PAUL -- Of all the changes in the world and at the Minnesota State Fair in the past 50 years, one thing has remained the same: the lure of the Giant Slide.