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Benches and Tables

Commemorate a special person, treasured occasion, or your overwhelming love for the fair with a personalized bench or table on the fairgrounds!

You can add your story to the State Fair today! Start here.

Recognition Bench – $2,500 contribution

You can personalize the back of one 8-foot bench with 14 characters including spaces. A 8.5″ x 7″ plaque can also be affixed to the back of the bench for no additional charge.

Benches are placed in one of four zones on the fairgrounds:

  • Blue – Area surrounding the Grandstand – includes Dan Patch Park
  • Green – North fairgrounds – includes Little Farm Hands and Baldwin Park
  • Red – Historic livestock area – includes all barns, Warner Coliseum and CHS Miracle of Birth Center
  • Yellow – Southeast fairgrounds – includes Agriculture Horticulture Building, International Bazaar, Bandshell and J.V. Bailey House

The deadline to have a bench placed in 2022 is June 1, 2022. For contributions received after the deadline, these items will be made in 2023.

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Recognition Table – $5,000 contribution

Table seats can be customized with 14 characters of text including spaces and table tops can have 2 lines of 14 characters including spaces. A 8.5″ x 7″ plaque can be attached to the bench for no additional charge.

Tables are placed in one of three zones on the fairgrounds:

  • Blue – Area surrounding the Grandstand – includes Dan Patch Park
  • Green – North fairgrounds – includes Little Farm Hands and Baldwin Park
  • Yellow – Southeast fairgrounds – includes Agriculture Horticulture Building, International Bazaar, Bandshell and J.V. Bailey House

The deadline to have a table placed in 2022 is June 1, 2022. For contributions received after the deadline, these items will be made in 2023.

Donate a Table

Recognition Brick

Personalized bricks

Recognition bricks have been a favorite of Foundation donors throughout the years, so successful that our plazas have filled!

Donations to program areas and for benches and tables are not part of the Friends of the Fair program and are fully tax-deductible.

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DEADLINES:
June 1, 2022 – place a bench or table in 2022. For contributions received after the deadline, these items will be made in 2023.

The Minnesota State Fair Foundation reserves the right to edit or reject submissions. To ensure accuracy, a certificate will be mailed for confirmation.

The forms for Benches and Tables can also be downloaded and mailed to us.

2022 Bench Form ($2,500) The deadline to have a bench placed in 2022 is June 1, 2022. Benches ordered after June 1, 2022 will be placed at the 2023 Minnesota State Fair.

2022 Table Form ($5,000) The deadline to have a table placed in 2022 is June 1, 2022. Tables ordered after June 1, 2022 will be placed at the 2023 Minnesota State Fair.

Would you like to personalize a bench or table with a gift of stock? Learn More

For additional questions, please contact us at 651-288-4325.

Donations to program areas and for benches and tables are not part of the Friends of the Fair program and are fully tax-deductible.

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Minnesota State Fair Foundation
1265 Snelling Avenue North
Saint Paul, MN 55108

651-288-4327
Fax: 651-632-2622
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