state fair 2014

chevyboy523 · 10-04-2014, 10:09 AM

I'm sending my kid and his friend to the fair does anyone have any idea on how much money they will need to have a good time .
And also any good recommendations on food and attractions

Ruffdaddy · 10-04-2014, 10:36 AM

Are they just eating and boozing? Or playing the stupid carney games as well?

Broncojohnny · 10-04-2014, 10:43 AM

About $4,000 from what I saw last year.

inline 6 · 10-04-2014, 11:08 AM

tree fiddy

mstng86 · 10-04-2014, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by inline 6

tree fiddy

First time this might actual apply

Rick Modena · 10-04-2014, 11:44 AM

Yup, a hundo doesn't go very far at the SFoT. Parking is $15.00 per car, $17.00 per person, $13.00 for kids and seniors. You can ride the bus or train, but you have to worry about Ebola now, lol.

BlackGT · 10-04-2014, 01:29 PM

Tickets/Game cards credits are $.50 each. Games are $5 each(10 credits from a game card). Rides are $5-$10 each (10-20 tickets). Drinks are 8-10 tickets. Food is 10-20 tickets...

Not hard to drop $100-$200...

chevyboy523 · 10-04-2014, 02:04 PM

Well they got tickets from school I was thinking about giving them like 100-150 bucks and they are riding the train there.

Captain Crawfish · 10-04-2014, 11:47 PM

1 Benjy a piece should be alright

UserX · 10-04-2014, 11:48 PM

Deep fried ebola.

Sean88gt · 10-05-2014, 02:05 AM

It's amazing how fast and how high prices continue to rise. I keep thinking things have reached a ceiling, but people's sense of value continues to warp.

Ted · 10-06-2014, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Sean88gt

It's amazing how fast and how high prices continue to rise. I keep thinking things have reached a ceiling, but people's sense of value continues to warp.

Most people don't treat the tickets the same way as they would cash. It's alot easier on the mind for them to throw 10 tickets down on siome shit, then $5.00.

Ruffdaddy · 10-06-2014, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Ted

Most people don't treat the tickets the same way as they would cash. It's alot easier on the mind for them to throw 10 tickets down on siome shit, then $5.00.

The psychology behind gambling with chips over real cash

Leah · 10-06-2014, 08:31 AM

We went this weekend. I had free tickets from school, but we paid the $15 for parking and bought all the food we wanted and only spent $55. We don't do the rides, though and I didn't get a chance to do any real shopping so I think $100-$150 would be plenty.

snacksnack · 10-06-2014, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Ted

Most people don't treat the tickets the same way as they would cash. It's alot easier on the mind for them to throw 10 tickets down on siome shit, then $5.00.

But more importantly the state fair sells the tickets and the vendors have to turn the tickets in for cash therefor they cant lie about how much made and Texas gets there share of the money.

01vnms4v · 10-06-2014, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Leah

We went this weekend. I had free tickets from school, but we paid the $15 for parking and bought all the food we wanted and only spent $55. We don't do the rides, though and I didn't get a chance to do any real shopping so I think $100-$150 would be plenty.

Haven't been yet this year, so what fried food u liked the best

Leah · 10-06-2014, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by 01vnms4v

Haven't been yet this year, so what fried food u liked the best

We usually don't try the new and weird stuff. I have to get a Fletcher's corn dog and a funnel cake. Everything else is meh to me. However, we went with The Head and Kimmie and we had a bite of their fried banana pudding (not bad) and on our way out got the chicken fried bacon to spend the rest of our tickets and it was pretty damn tasty. lol

*update* we're all in the hospital for clogged arteries now.

10-04-2014, 10:09 AM	#1
chevyboy523 Time Served Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Garland Tx Posts: 110	state fair 2014 I'm sending my kid and his friend to the fair does anyone have any idea on how much money they will need to have a good time . And also any good recommendations on food and attractions

10-04-2014, 01:29 PM	#7
BlackGT Overpaid and Underworked Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Crossroads Posts: 4,029	Tickets/Game cards credits are $.50 each. Games are $5 each(10 credits from a game card). Rides are $5-$10 each (10-20 tickets). Drinks are 8-10 tickets. Food is 10-20 tickets... Not hard to drop $100-$200... __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson, 1776

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10-04-2014, 10:36 AM	#2
Ruffdaddy Lifer Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 12,478	Are they just eating and boozing? Or playing the stupid carney games as well?

10-04-2014, 11:08 AM	#4
inline 6 IN GOD WE TRUST Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,885	tree fiddy

10-04-2014, 02:04 PM	#8
chevyboy523 Time Served Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Garland Tx Posts: 110	Well they got tickets from school I was thinking about giving them like 100-150 bucks and they are riding the train there.

10-04-2014, 11:47 PM	#9
Captain Crawfish Lifer Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 18,033	1 Benjy a piece should be alright

10-04-2014, 11:48 PM	#10
UserX Negatron Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Corona, CA Posts: 18,051	Deep fried ebola.

10-05-2014, 02:05 AM	#11
Sean88gt Avenge Me! Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 46,819	It's amazing how fast and how high prices continue to rise. I keep thinking things have reached a ceiling, but people's sense of value continues to warp.