Carnival company will take part in county fair

After some negotiation, Sun Valley Rides made an agreement with the Cheyenne County Fair Board to participate in this year’s fair.

The fair board announced last month that the carnival was not returning to the event this year. Board members were worried that without a carnival, it would have a hard time drawing visitors to the fair, which has been a concern in past years even with the carnival in action.

The carnival company claimed that it previously backed out due to financial issues. Sun Valley Rides blamed horrible weather last summer, which lost them most of their customers on wrist-band night, as well as storms on the Saturday of the fair, for bad revenue. The carnival pays the fair board a percentage of the sales it makes during the fair each year.

Sun Valley Rides had attempted to make some sort of deal with the fair board earlier, but couldn’t make it work, so the carnival decided to back out. Sun Valley Rides has been coming to the Cheyenne County Fair for the past eight years.

After talks over the past few weeks, the carnival company again agreed to return to the Cheyenne County fair.

“We’re so glad to have them back,” said fair board member Sandi Bybee.