one more day until the gates open at the Minnesota State Fair spokesperson Maria Hayden says there will be plenty of activity on the fairgrounds today as vendors put the finishing touches on their booths she says they'll be ready when the gates open at 7:00 a.m. Thursday Hayden says the new official Minnesota State Fair app can help you plan your trip with interactive maps the new foods list vendor locations and daily schedules this is the final day to purchase pre-fair discount tickets for the great Minnesota get together the dnr's outdoor fish pond is STO and ready for this year's Minnesota State Fair fishery supervisor Genevie ferner says they have 35 to 40 different species of mid to large siiz fish from our state she says they have some really big fun ones like the paddlefish the sturgeon the gar some big musky as well other species include bass perch panish and noname fish like red horse ferner says there's that these fish spend the other 50 weeks of the year in a holding pond in the Twin Cities area the DNR live fish exhibit opened in 1905