Minnesota State Fair Vendor Says Entire Booth Was Accidentally Sold

ST. PAUL, MN — "Our entire Minnesota State Fair building is gone," Anna Bailey of Bailey Builds, a Duluth-based wood-art company, said in a Facebook post this week.

Bailey said they have stored their custom-built building in a shipping container for years, paying a monthly fee to a storage company in the Twin Cities to keep it safe on their lot.

Just days before the Fair, the owners said they got a phone call with shocking news: "They told us they accidentally sold our container, because they thought it was one of theirs. But it was ours. With our entire State Fair building inside."

The container held "walls, flooring, signage, lights… all the things we’ve used to show up and do what we do each year at the Fair."

With the event about to start, Bailey Builds said they are "left with nothing. No building. No backup. No plan B."

Even so, the company said, "We will still be at the Minnesota State Fair. It just might look a little different this year."

“This is the part of the journey most people never see,” the post concluded.

Bailey runs the business with her husband, Nathanael. The Fair begins Aug. 21.

An employee told the Star Tribune Friday the couple was trying to track down the missing container and making alternative plans for the Fair.