Hourcar and the Minnesota State Fair

Hourcar is a nonprofit car share organization serving Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.  It's a rare non profit organization in the field that has survived--many of the initial firms sold themselves to for profit providers around the time that they needed to raise funds for the first wholesale replacement of the original fleet of cars as they aged.

The Minnesota State Fair works with vendors to provide a unique food and drink program.   Branding focuses on the Fair more than the individual firm, at least with cups for beer.

Judging by all the articles in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune (especially about food and drink, like this article about Pyres Brewing, "Pryes Brewing is going big at the 2026 Minnesota State Fair. Here’s why."), the Minnesota State Fair is a big deal.  This year, instead of providing a special drop off area for cars at the Fair, they're encouraging people to use special drop offs set up at the parking lots that are staging points for free transit shuttles to the fair.

That makes more sense than warehousing individual cars at the Fair.