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Over the years the fairground industry has faced many changes and obstacles in which it has had to adapt in order to keep up with the changing times. Now Fairgrounds, Amusement Parks, Circuses, the event industry as a whole has been stopped due to the unprecedented times of Covid. With many of the Showmen having to find alternate work, and many of the amusement parks having to change their way of running in order to meet the guidelines.

The fairground industry throughout the world has been affected by the virus. The rules that have been put in place in each country have made it hard to operate. In the fairground industry, with both Showmen and amusement parks comes land. Either to set up the equipment on or store the equipment. Land can be rented out in order to earn the land owner money

Many places have began to adapt fairgrounds and amusement parks in order to earn their money. In Japan theme parks are now giving out ‘work passes’ and encouraging people working from home to work in their theme park instead.

Benton County Fair

Benton County Farigrounds in america have opened up their space for mass vaccination. The vaccination program is run on a first come first served basis, however you are not allowed to camp here in order to be front of the queue. They expected that people would be in the queue for around 7 hours, as the vaccinations took place. The site however offered portable toilets!. The fairground site was chosen by the government due to the size of the land and the access already in place. Due to the fairground industry usually attracting hundreds of visitors there was already an entrance and exit to the site. This made it easier when rolling out the vaccines as it was more accessible to the general public than other sites. Due to the success sites all over the states are being used for the mass vaccination program.

Oregon State Fairgrounds

Due to being out of business for over a year now. This current abandoned state fairground has utilized their space for a homeless accommodation shelter. A non for profit organisation approached the showmen in a hope of giving shelter to over 100 homeless people. The area has over 30,504-square-foot in area which means that the shelter wont affect the mass vaccination program there. The organisation said, the showmen are charging a very low rent to the city for the state-owned property on a short-term basis. 

The Fairground Industry Affected Worldwide

With Covid going on for over a year it has proven difficult for many of the fairground industry to operate. Many fairs have been cancelled in the past year and in the upcoming year. All around the world showmen have helped through the crisis, weather it be giving out land, donations, or work access.