City Awards Contract to Wade Shows, Inc. for Dearborn Homecoming Festival

The Dearborn City Council awarded a contract to Wade Shows, Inc. to operate the carnival rides at the 2013 Dearborn Homecoming Festival on Aug. 2-4.

"The city offers an annual Homecoming Festival the first full weekend of August, which requires a full-service carnival provider as part of the event. Wade Shows, Inc. has provided these services successfully for the past 33 consecutive years and has once again provided a proposal that provides an exciting midway plan with 27 rides for the entire family, fair pricing, and a variety of ticket/wristband sales options," Mayor John B. O'Reilly said in a memo to the city council.

Wade Shows, Inc. will provide online pre-event wristband sales, half-day, full-day, three-day, and parent/guardian unlimited ride wristbands, as well as individual ride tickets.

Individual tickets are $1.25 each, with an option to purchase 20 tickets for $20 or 50 tickets for $42. Rides require three to five tickets.

Online pre-event full-day unlimited ride wristbands are $13; half-day unlimited ride wristbands are $15; dull-day ride wristbands are $20; and the three-day mega pass unlimited ride wristband is $40.

Wristbands can be purchased at http://www.wadeshows.com.

According to information provided to the city council, 26 vendors were solicited for the contract. Wade Shows will provide 25 percent of ride gross sales and $250 from concession stand sales to the Dearborn Community Fund.

Upon mutual consent of the city and Wade Shows, Inc., the contract can be renewed for the next four consecutive Homecoming Festivals.

"If you have children or grandchildren, this is a great festival to take the kids to in the summer," council president Tom Tafelski said.

For more information about Dearborn Homecoming, visit http://www.dearborncommunityfund.org.

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