In 2013, the group set its sights on a makeover of a grand scale at the old fairgrounds. The $7.3 million proposal included playgrounds, a splash pad, an amphitheater, a sledding hill, an ice ...

The partnership resulted in MSU students spending one year polling residents and stakeholders on their vision for the old fairgrounds, then creating a 65-page document outlining the proposed park.

The old fairgrounds featured a collection of century-old buildings, three of them on the National Register of Historic Places. The city ultimately demolished several buildings in the redevelopment ...

Duggan said the fairgrounds were very valuable because it is rare to have so much contiguous land for redevelopment, which was only possible because the state fair occupied the site from 1905 to 2009.

The area of the old state fair in Nicosia is to be converted into a nature park, MPs heard with satisfaction on Thursday.Representatives of the suburbs of Engomi and Makedonitissa were likewise ...

Old Fairgrounds. The state General Assembly authorized a Kentucky State Fair in 1902, and the first one, held at Churchill Downs, drew about 75,000 people, the Encyclopedia of Louisville says.

BROCKTON — The old fairgrounds cover 66 acres at the city's southwestern gateway. They're among the last large undeveloped areas of Brockton. City officials aim to take it off the Carney family ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Friends of Fair Grounds Field is again trying to convince the city not to tear down the old ballpark, which was built back in 1986. On Thursday, Oct. 17, the Caddo Parish ...

Chris Carney, of the Carney family that owns the fairgrounds, said he was bullish on things working out. Asked how likely it was to actually happen, he said "100 percent. It's coming through." ...

1. Work on the new fairgrounds has started. Work both on new buildings at the 130-acre new home of the event and on roads around the site have either started or soon will.