Fair CEO Gary Slater called the Giant Slide a fair institution ... They plunk down their $2.50, grab a gunny sack and trudge up the long flight of stairs. The rules are simple: "Keep legs straight.

The renamed "Reichardt Family Giant Slide" was unveiled Tuesday in a small ceremony with fair officials and members ... him to grab gunny sacks, climb the long flight of stairs and sail down ...

The slide was built by Fred Pitroff, who constructed 40 similar slides around the country, many of them operating at state fairs. It is about 40 feet high and 130 feet long. It had been through ...

Climbing 102 steps for the ceremony, the wedding party then went down the 175-foot long slide in their wedding finery. The reception was at the fair’s Pizza Palace between Carnes Ave. and Nelson St.

Of all the changes in the world and at the Minnesota State Fair in the past 50 years, one thing has remained the same: the lure of the Giant Slide. It’s something Stacey Pittroff-Barona says ...

On Thursday the Delaware State Fair will open its ... up everything from the Super Slide to the kiddie rides. Whether inspectors are looking at the 165-foot-long roller coaster or the smallest ...