NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Kansas State Fair General Manager Bryan Schulz said that the new sound system throughout the Kansas State Fairgrounds will be ready to go for the fair, as testing took place earlier this month.
"We actually had sound throughout the grounds, they were playing music," Schulz said. "Now, it's a matter of getting all of our PA announcements put together. We've got some great talent that's going to be putting those together for us. It's just an opportunity for us to inform people what's going on on the grounds throughout the day and also if any issues, emergencies, anything like that would come up."
Unfortunately, the news is not as good for the air conditioning projects that they hoped to have done.
"The air conditioning units in Oz Gallery, we knew about the ones in 4H Centennial Hall, have been on back order again," Schulz said. "They are talking maybe late September, October, November before we get them in. This is a big setback for us. We've been talking about it for a long time now, over a year, the monies that the state gave us to put into that building, but, I guess, you know, we're at the beck and call of our supply chain."
It's not as if there aren't other buildings with air conditioning, however.
"We're just going to roll with it," Schulz said. "We've got opportunities for other buildings for people to go in and enjoy the air conditioning in comfort. As we talked earlier, we're hoping for 75 degree days for fair days. We can only hope and pray that actually happens."
The 2023 Kansas State Fair is Sept. 8 to 17 in Hutchinson.
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