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Giant Slide at State Fairgrounds Sold
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Turns out there's a market for 40-foot-tall yellow slides.

The Giant Slide at the Illinois State Fairgrounds is getting a new owner.

Springfield resident Dennis Herrington has owned the slide since 1995 and put it up for sale last month. He says five bids were submitted for the 130-foot-long slide, which has operated at the State Fair since 1968.

Herrington tells The (Springfield) State Journal-Register that the winning bid was from a local buyer who plans to keep operating the attraction at the fairgrounds.

He says the new owner didn't want to be identified immediately.

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