GEDDES (AP) -- The state comptroller has voided the contract with the company that has already booked several acts for this year's New York State Fair, including county star Kenny Chesney.
A spokeswoman for Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli (says his office rejected Triangle Talent Inc.'s $48,500 contract Tuesday because it didn't conform with the request for proposals issued by the state Department of Agriculture & Markets, which oversees the fair in Syracuse.
Triangle Talent's contract was more than $600,000 less than the contract the agriculture department awarded to Live Nation Worldwide to produce concerts at last year's state fair.
A state fair spokeswoman says the concerts at the 2009 fair will go on despite the comptroller's ruling.
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