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Each Tuesday, the State Journal-Register business editor, Tim Landis, joins WUIS' Bill Wheelhouse to discuss the latest business news in central Illinois.Airs Tuesdays at 4:45 PM and Wednesdays at 7:45 AM on 91.9 and the stream at WUIS.org.

Business Report: Fair Coliseum Repairs On Hold; Buzz Bomb Brewery Coming; hhgregg Leaving

The coliseum at the state fair with flags waving above it.
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Sean Crawford talks with State Journal-Register Business Editor Tim Landis.

This week:

* State fair Coliseum - Gone for the summer; seven shows, four of them horse shows, already forced to move; Horse associations also apparently ready to step up once the State Fair Foundation and the state get things sorted out; There's still concern the closing could last well into 2018.

* Buzz Bomb Brewery - (Buzz as in honey-based mead beer) expected to open this fall downtown. The latest addition  to the growing craft beer, craft distillery market.

* Another week, another closing - hhgregg, an electronics and appliance chain,  closing its White Oaks Mall store sometime in April; among nearly 90 store closures nationwide.

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