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Halloween Express store forced to close for a day, sustaining big loss By JESSE GARZA jgarza@journalsentinel.com A $5,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information on who slashed the giant inflatable pumpkin tent that houses the Halloween Express store at State Fair Park. Photo/Tom Lynn The Halloween Express store in a State Fair Park parking lot posts signs Tuesday, saying it is closed because of vandalism. The store expected to reopen today with a patched pumpkin tent. The 75-foot-high, 100-foot-wide tent deflated, and damage is in the thousands of dollars. The store on the northwest side of the fairgrounds and known by some as the Great Pumpkin, was expected to reopen this morning. It was closed Tuesday after the vandalism was discovered about 6:30 a.m., store owner Jon Majdoch said. “It was an obvious knife... [read full story]
