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I take it that the WAC gun shows are the only exceptions with their "Semi Sterile" environments.
Or do the event organizers get to determine the "no firearms" policy?
I would agree that the WAC show is the exception.
I've never seen a contract for renting an exhibition hall so I don't know how the firearm policy is called out. Thanks for the idea though, I'll be looking into it.
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So in my digging I found a few interesting things about the fair, sadly none 2A related.
If you want to set up a booth at any of the Fair Events, every item for sale must be listed on their form and your "wares for sale" must be approved before you are issued a booth. If you didn't list it, you can't sell it.
Western Washington Fair Association is a
non-profit organization headquartered in Puyallup, WA. Western Washington Fair Association is a small organization by revenue operating in the Non-Profit & Professional Orgs. industry.
The fairgrounds comprise 160 acres (0.65 km2), with
buildings and land valued at more than $54 million. The facilities are available for rent during the year, making the grounds a valuable community resource.
A staff of 55 works year-round (avg salary $37k). Over 7,500 employees are hired each September during the Fair.
The fairgrounds were known as Camp Harmony, an internment camp for Japanese Americans, during World War II.
What I did find was a court case relating to
Initiative 172 v. Western Washington Fair Association is a 1997 ruling of a state appeals court in Washington. The decision had to do with a petition sponsor who wanted to be able to collect signatures at the Western Washington Fair.
In this court case I found that The fair is sponsored by a private owner on private property. Information that we already knew but now confirmed.