SHOWS US... IT'S A LOSS THAT'S FELT BOTH EMOTIONALLY, AND FINANCIALLY. (áááPKGááá) <IT'S A LITTLE SUREAL, AND A LITTLE UNBELEIVABLE I THINK.> <IT WAS KIND OF A SAD DAY THIS MORNING DRIVING IN, THINKING, "GOSH, IT'S OPENING DAY OF THE STATE FAIR."> THURSDAY WAS áSUPPOSED TO BE A GREAT DAY. THE DAY THOUSANDS OF IOWANS POURED-IN THROUGH THE FAIRGROUND GATES... EAGER TO KICK- OFF THE 2020 IOWA STATE FAIR. INSTEAD -- THIS. THE FAIRGROUNDS ARE QUIET AND EMPTY. THE FAIR WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR. BUT, FOR MANY LOYAL FAIRGOERS -- 2020 WILL ALWAYS BE THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. <THIS IS JUST ANOTHER DEAL TO PUT A CLOUD OVER YOU, AND, IT KIND OF SINKS YOUR HEART.> CEO OF CATCH DES MOINES GREG EDWARDS SAYS -- IT'S ALSO A HUGE ECONOMIC LOSS... TO THE TUNE OF 110 MILLION DOLLARS IN LOST REVENUE -- TO LOCAL HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS... <THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DISAPOINTED BECAUSE THE FAIR'S NOT HERE THIS YEAR.> ...WORKERS AT PAPA KERN'S CAFE SAY, WITHOUT A FAIR... THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE OUT ON A LOT OF MONEY. <OUR BUSINESS RELIES ON THINGS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS... THAT'S HOW WE MAKE OUR MONEY.> THEY SAY, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE FAIR COULDN'T HAVE BEEN HELD, SAFELY. WAITRESS DIANNA <DIE-ANNA> NEVEAU <NUH-VOH> SAYS, SHE'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A PERSON, WHO RELIES ON THE FAIR -- TO MAKE ENDS MEET. <I'M FRUSTRATED BECAUS