Fair administrators and Kootenai County commissioners are seeking an agreement to keep the fairgrounds at the current site for the foreseeable future.
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Fair administrators and Kootenai County commissioners are still working out an agreement to keep the fairgrounds at the current site for the foreseeable future.
The matter was first floated in June, amid persistent but nonspecific rumors that the fairgrounds might relocate. In July, fair leadership unveiled a $280 million master plan to rejuvenate and expand the fairgrounds over the next 30 years, while cautioning that rumors of a move have created uncertainty among the community and potential donors looking to invest in the fair’s infrastructure.
Commissioners Leslie Duncan and Bruce Mattare have said they favor a memorandum of agreement with fair administrators over a long-term lease, so as not to stymie the decision-making power of future boards.
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