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The Arizona State Fair is an annual state fair held at a permanent fairgrounds in Phoenix Arizona. It was first held in 1884 but has had various interruptions due to cotton crop failure the Great Depression era and World War II years. Since 1946 the fair has been held regularly each year. It was a territory fair before Arizona was a state.The Arizona Exposition and State Fair (official name) is a self-supporting state agency and receives all the monies from the state’s General Fund.