{"id":336743,"date":"2026-09-03T06:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/336743\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T06:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:14:17","slug":"vendors-describe-temporary-shutdown-of-great-nys-fair-on-wednesday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/336743\/","title":{"rendered":"Vendors describe temporary shutdown of Great NYS Fair on Wednesday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GEDDES, N.Y. \u2014 Heavy rain and flooding at the Great New York State Fair sent fairgoers running for cover and left vendors scrambling to protect their products, equipment and employees as water quickly pooled around booths on Restaurant Row.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of water really quickly,\u201d said Gregory Horan, owner of Horan\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>As the rain poured down, some vendors said the flooding brought back painful memories of past disasters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are people stuck, like, even though it was 21 years ago, Hurricane Katrina, just standing on cinder blocks or the bleachers not moving,\u201d said Mario Torres of 546 Chicken &amp; Waffles.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/cnycentral.com\/news\/local\/ny-state-fairgrounds-to-close-early-wednesday-as-stronger-evening-storms-threaten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NY State Fairgrounds to close early Wednesday as stronger evening storms threaten<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With water collecting around vendor stands, business owners worked to keep equipment and supplies dry. Horan said his biggest concerns were keeping key equipment out of the water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy refrigeration was my primary concern. The gas from the hot water tank was a main concern. All the fryers I had to make sure they were all high enough so the water wouldn\u2019t come into play,\u201d Horan said.<\/p>\n<p>The flooding prompted fair officials to temporarily close the fairgrounds to new visitors. For vendors, even a short interruption can have an impact, with many relying on the fair\u2019s 13-day run to bring in customers. Horan said there was little vendors could do to stop the weather.<\/p>\n<p>Still, he said vendors were eager to continue operating once conditions improved.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/cnycentral.com\/news\/local\/fair-director-urgers-people-to-use-text-alerts-after-storm-floods-fairgrounds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fair Director urges people to use text alerts after storm floods fairgrounds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re ready to get back to work and we got a lot of fair left and we\u2019re excited to do some work,\u201d Horan said.<\/p>\n<p>As the water began to recede, the fair reopened and vendors returned to business, cleaning up their spaces, reopening service windows and serving customers again. With more showers and thunderstorms possible, some said they were staying prepared in case flooding returns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GEDDES, N.Y. \u2014 Heavy rain and flooding at the Great New York State Fair sent fairgoers running for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-336743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}