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State Fair of Texas: New security measures for 2025
With just weeks from opening day, the State Fair of Texas announced Thursday new security changes, following issues in the past.
DALLAS - High schoolers in Texas will no longer receive free tickets to the State Fair of Texas.
What we know:
All teachers and students in pre-K through eighth grade who live within 100 miles of Fair Park in Dallas will continue to receive free fair tickets.
But students in ninth through twelfth grade will not.
Instead, the fair will offer those families a promo code for discounted tickets purchased on the fair’s website.
What they're saying:
A spokesperson for the fair said it has been considering the change for several years due to rising printing costs and security enhancement costs.
State Fair of Texas: New security measures in place for 2025 event
With just weeks from opening day, the State Fair of Texas announced Thursday new security changes, following issues in the past.
Dig deeper:
More than two million free tickets are typically distributed to students each year.
But those tickets can only be redeemed on weekdays, and fewer school districts are scheduling designated days off for the fair.
The fair said only about 10% of the tickets are being redeemed.
This year’s fair runs from Sept. 26 to Oct. 19.
The Source: The information in this story comes from the State Fair of Texas.