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manager of the Texas State Fair. As a proud Texan, Errol didn’t have to think twice about accepting the position. “It’s where I belong.” Two years prior to his arrival at the State Fair, the summertime midway had ceased operation to make way for major construction for the Texas Sesquicentennial Centennial of 1986. The Centennial was a success, and after it was over, “we considered re-opening the summer midway, but finally decided it wasn’t worth it. The summer midway was always an open gate and there was trouble at night; we realised that such an operation just wasn’t going to work any more. But I was always intrigued with the idea of doing something in the summertime. Over the years we looked at a couple of plans, but we didn’t have enough money to operate both the fair and a summer midway. By around 2007, we finally had enough money to bring back the summer midway, which we decided to call Summer Adventures in Fair Park.” The challenges were considerable. “We had 24 acres of concrete to work with, and with the Texas summer heat we needed a way to keep it cool. We covered 16 acres with large shade structures, and in





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World’s Fairs have a big Ferris Wheel, a gondola ride, and a big space needle, so I felt that the third ride that would round out the offer was an observation tower


LEFT: The new Top O’ Texas tower from Intamin





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