
Ray Allison
Ice hockey player
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Aug 3, 2026
Beyond The Midway: Indiana State Fair Commission Executive Director Ray Allison
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Gerry DickHOST
And I assume a lot of the things that attracted you to the fair back in the beginning still kind of resonate with you today.

Ray AllisonGUEST
Yeah, it's just a special place, Gary, and I get emotional sometimes when I talk about it, but there's just nothing quite like it.

Ray AllisonGUEST
It brings Hoosiers from all across the state, all walks of life, and it brings that urban and rural together like nothing else, right? We're going to have 600,000 square feet of barns filled with livestock while people are milling about outside, riding rides and eating food and being entertained.

Ray AllisonGUEST
But it's that urban rural connection, that connection to our history of promoting agriculture and still being able to be that conduit for our agricultural community and the general public today is just really important.

Ray AllisonGUEST
I've been telling my team a lot this summer that You know, this is America's 250th year.
15 MINS LATER
Gerry DickHOST
The kinds of events that that is hosting, because that's been the site of NCAA track and field championships, right, y'all? Events that you would never imagine would necessarily be taking place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.