NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Kansas State Fair General Manager Bryan Schulz said that progress will continue in 2023 on the renovations to the Bison Arena at the fairgrounds.
"We were able to secure an architect," Schulz said. "This architect company has come in and has done an evaluation on the Bison Arena and they have done some structural analysis of it. We're hoping to have a full report here, kind of giving us an idea. Then, at the end of January, we are going to do some focus groups with some community people, some of our commodity groups, to kind of lay out what that facility is going to look like and then our fundraising side will start on it."
The hope is to get that intial report in the next few days, but even after all the January meetings, there's still a lot of money to raise.
"We have secured through the legislature $10 million to start on it," Schulz said. "We will be out raising about another $10 million."
Most of the people being invited later this month are already familiar with the building.
"We did some initial focus groups," Schulz said. "We're inviting those people back. Invitations will go out here shortly. If someone is interested, they have something that would be able to showcase Kansas agriculture, we would definitely love to invite them in to be part of that focus group. They can reach out to me at the Kansas State Fair offices."
The main number at the Fair is (620) 669-3600.
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