Gate receipts at the 2016 Southeast Alaska State Fair were “relatively flat” as compared to 2015, despite an improved ferry schedule and a “buzz” about entertainment that brought expectations for improved visitation from Juneau and Whitehorse, Y.T.
“We didn’t see it,” fair executive director Jessica Edwards told fair members Friday at the nonprofit corporation’s annual meeting. After climbing for 10 years, fair attendance peaked in 2014. The past two fairs have seen about the same…