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The Nashville Fairgrounds, also known as The Fairgrounds Nashville and the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, is an entertainment complex in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The 117-acre (47 ha) site is located southeast of Downtown Nashville on the Nolensville Pike .
The Tennessee State Fair is an annual state fair, formerly held in Nashville, Tennessee. Until 2021, the fair was generally held in the second week of September, as well as the weekends surrounding it. The fair regularly had attendance over 200,000 people per year while located at the Nashville Fairgrounds. [1]
In 1958 car racers decided to build a paved racetrack. The racers ended opposition from horse racers by building a horse track. The racers got a 10-year lease from the state fair board in order to build a paved 1 ⁄ 2 mile track which shared the frontstretch with a 1 ⁄ 4 mile track. On July 19, 1958, the first race was held at the new speedway.
Here is a look at this year’s Wilson County – Tennessee State Fair. ... An expanded Monster Truck Show at 6:30 p.m., Aug. 23, and Aug. 24 replaces the demolition derby, which is not being held ...
The fair, which ran from Aug. 15-24, is an extravaganza that includes amusement park rides, a Ferris wheel, racing piglets, live music, Monster trucks and an assortment of fried foods.
The Fair was not held in 1917 or 1918 due to influenza outbreak but began again in 1919. [3] The fair was later rechartered as a non-profit organization and renamed the Tennessee Valley Agricultural and Industrial Fair in 1932 - the 1933 fair was the first Fair operating under the new name.
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The Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant was announced on October 31, 1980, for the production of Datsun pickup trucks. [5] The company had also considered two locations in Georgia, but ultimately chose the Tennessee site due to its central location within the U.S. automotive market and the ability to transport parts to the site at a lower cost. [6]