Farewell to the fair. Goodbye to the flea market. So long to the speedway.
And, as the City Paper reported, boos for the mayor. A jammed meeting room was overwhelmingly supportive of keeping the State Fairgrounds open and operating.
But in the end, the Board of Fair Commissioners had the only vote, and they voted to shut down the grounds, in accordance with the Mayor's wishes. More on the decision is in the Tennessean.
Newschannel 5 had cameras on hand in the packed meeting room when the decision was made. The story is above.