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Santa Clara County Fairgrounds

San Jose, United States of America

Santa Clara County Fairgrounds

The Santa Clara County Fairgrounds is an event venue in San Jose, California. The 165-acre (67 ha) fairgrounds has been owned by the County of Santa Clara since 1940 and is operated by the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds Management Corporation, a public-benefit nonprofit corporation. Since 1941, the

fairgrounds has been the site of the annual Santa Clara County Fair. At its peak in the mid-20th century, the fairgrounds hosted over 1.4 million people annually in public and private events. However, attendance declined throughout the 1990s and by 2003 had fallen to around 850,000.

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