ATTENDANCE AT THIS YEAR’S ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA WAS WAY UP FROM A YEAR AGO. THERE WERE 955-THOUSAND VISITS…AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND FROM 2014. FIESTA BOARD PRESIDENT MIKE RICE TELLS 770 KKOB THERE’S ONE MAJOR REASON FOR THE BETTER NUMBERS: THE WEATHER, WHICH COOPERATED IN A WAY THAT BROUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT TO BALLOON FIESTA PARK.
EVEN THOUGH THE GAS BALLOON RACE WAS CANCELLED, HOT AIR BALLOONS LAUNCHED EVERY MORNING DURING THE NINE DAY EVENT IN OCTOBER.
