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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!

The deadline to place a bench or table for the 2023 Minnesota State Fair has passed as of May 1, 2023. To inquire about placing a bench or table for the 2024 Minnesota State Fair, please contact 651-288-4327.

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 7″ x 8″ 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 for 2024 is April 30, 2024

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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 7″ x 8″ plaque can be attached to the bench for no additional charge but must be submitted as a PDF if you are adding more text or photos.

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 for 2024 is April 30, 2024

Donate a Table
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Recognition Brick

Recognition bricks have been a favorite of Foundation donors throughout the years, so successful that our plazas filled in 2022.

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:
April 30, 2024 – place a bench or table in 2024. For contributions received after the deadline, these items will be made in 2025. The deadline to place a bench or table for the 2023 Minnesota State Fair passed as of May 1, 2023. To inquire about placing a bench or table for the 2024 Minnesota State Fair, please contact 651-288-4327.

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 will be available to download after June 1, 2023.

Bench Form 2024 ($2,500)  Benches ordered after April 30, 2024 will be placed at the 2025 Minnesota State Fair. For inquiries, please contact 651-288-4327.

Table Form 2024 ($5,000) Tables ordered after April 30, 2024 will be placed at the 2025 Minnesota State Fair. For inquiries, please contact 651-288-4327.

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

For additional questions, please contact us at 651-288-4327.

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
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