The largest free stage at the Minnesota State Fair has undergone a name change, many fair-going concert lovers have noticed.

The Leinie Lodge Bandshell is no longer sponsored by the brewery formerly located in Chippewa Falls, Wis. A fair spokesperson says that sponsorship agreements typically run for one to three years, and Leinenkugel's opted not to renew that sponsorship.

The change to that stage, as well as the Schell’s Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, which is now the West End Market Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, was revealed earlier this year, but with the fair underway, fairgoers are seeing those stages bear new names for the first time in many years.

Leinenkugel's first entered the Minnesota State Fair as a sponsor of the Leinenkugel's Leinie Lodge at the International Bazaar

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