Zapote Fair Licenses Set
Record
The year end Zapote Fair
is getting closer and
yesterday the bar,
restaurants and "chinamo"
franchises were
auctioned, raising
¢217
million colones in
revenue for the
Municipalidad de San
José.
The price for the stands
and licenses was much
greater than the
¢150
million raised last
year.
The municipality still
has to auction off the
franchises for the rides
and games that are a
traditional part of the
fair, as none of the
bidders at the auction
made an offer.
The megabares (mega
bars) as usual went to
the hands of the
Cervecería, the national
brewery.
The Zapote Fair, the
largest of the fairs in
the country, kicks of at
noon on Christmas Day
and runs into the first
week of January,
followed by similar,
albeit smaller fairs, in
the towns and villages.
The more notable fairs
apart from Zapote is
Palmares and Puntarenas. |
