NC State Fair is trying to find a company that would be willing to construct and operate a permanent sky ride on the fairgrounds. The State Fair tried to have a sky ride at this year’s fair, but it proved to be too complicated. The plan for the sky ride would include 1,400 feet of cables that would have either chairlift-style seats or enclosed gondolas. The sky ride would provide fair goers a pleasant view of the fair and carry crowds from one side of the fairgrounds to the other, according to Kent Yelverton, director of property and construction for the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The company that builds the airlift would have to give North Carolina 15 percent of gross ticket revenue, going up to 25 percent by the sixth year. 

SOURCE: The News & Observer