<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/summer-2005/its-big-job-even-texas.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>It's a Big Job, Even in Texas</title><excerpt>Like most things in Texas, the State Fair is big. Its 52-foot mascot, Big Tex, grins under a 75-gallon hat. He points toward the Texas Star, the biggest Ferris wheel in North America. Behind him is the Cotton Bowl, where Texas plays Oklahoma during the fair; it’s one of the biggest rivalries in college football. In fact, the State Fair of Texas is the biggest annual exposition in the nation, drawing three million people, running 24 days, covering 277 acres, offering 200 places to eat and featuring hundreds of rides, shows, exhibits and special events. It’s impossible to see it in one day, and it gets bigger every year.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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