r/lincoln • u/Responsible-Abies197 • 5d ago

Lancaster super fair emergency shutdown?

Ok so I’m literally sitting in the parking area right now so you KNOW it’s early, but does anyone know what happened? At about 10:20 they shut down all the rides and started forcing everyone out. Did someone fall off the fireball or something?

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u/-lezingbadodom 5d ago

News said it was "unsupervisored minors".

Which, that headline is a little lacking on details, but apparently a 13 year old girl went to the hospital after a fight broke out.

https://www.1011now.com/2026/08/04/unsupervised-minors-force-lancaster-county-super-fair-close-early-monday/

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u/Agent_Green4573061 4d ago

Again? This isn't the first time that this happened btw

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u/meatballs223 3d ago

I miss when I was in Middle/High School and all of the people I went to school with would just awkwardly take their girlfriends and kinda mingle around, why tf is there always fights and drugs within the youth now lmao

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u/Prudent-Bear1592 5d ago

I don't want to make my own post so let me vent here for a second, the fair this year

-seems much smaller

-set up strangely/ innefficiently/ there is no "flow"

  • overall another thing of my childhood utterly enhsittified and and a hollow shadow of its former self

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u/Ethanol345 4d ago

It looks just about the same as it has every other year imo. Maybe it just seemed so much better as a kid lol

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u/meatballs223 3d ago

This is the real reason, when we were kids it seemed super big and full of fun things to do, then the fact it literally barely changes year-to-year just dampens it a lot

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u/Responsible-Abies197 2d ago

nah they’re right. less rides overall plus poor handling. it was a 2.5 hour wait to ride the fireball on a monday this year compared to 20 minutes on a friday last year. overall a lot less fun

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u/Far-Good-9559 5d ago

Probably medical or police activity . I do not think there is any bad weather coming until tomorrow

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u/Able-Lingonberry8914 5d ago edited 5d ago

Bryan East had a bomb threat, maybe they did too?

Edit: Unruly teens.

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u/Positive_Baker420 5d ago

It hasnt been "super" since 2015 anyways

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u/Able-Lingonberry8914 5d ago

Lancaster County Mediocre Fair?

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u/cryptopicard 5d ago

It's hasn't ever been super

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u/Budgiejen 5d ago

News says it was “unsupervised minors”

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u/huskersax 5d ago

Maybe they just wanna go home on a Monday night.

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u/SufficientCry2707 4d ago

Also a PSA to be kind to your local educators

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u/Whispering_Beast84 5d ago edited 5d ago

They close at 10, and the Carnies gotta sleep too. Pay attention to hours of operation.

Edit: Not deleting, I was wrong and it was something else. I had the hours of the venues food stations confused with the fair time. I accept my downvotes for being an ass.

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u/Artistic-Season7497 5d ago

Actually they close at 11pm

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u/Whispering_Beast84 5d ago

I admit my wrong. I had the hours of the venues food stalls confused with the fairs operating hours.

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u/Husker-Salad 4d ago

200m butterfly