The Minnesota State Fair saw more people on its third day than on the previous days in 2025. Saturday had 198,863 people visit the fair, more than the 184,564 people who came out for day 3 in 2024, but less than the 212,850 people who visited on day 3 in 2023.

There were 153,988 people who passed through the gates of the Minnesota State Fair on Friday, according to numbers from the fair's website. This is a drop from the 171,233 people who visited on the second day of the event in 2024, which remains the highest attendance record for the fair's second day.

When the gates opened at 7 a.m. Thursday, it was off to the races for dozens who waited to be among the first to experience the Minnesota State Fair.