{"id":16562,"date":"2025-09-11T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/la-plata-county-fairgrounds-indoor-buildings-to-close-for-renovations\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:58:36","slug":"la-plata-county-fairgrounds-indoor-buildings-to-close-for-renovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/la-plata-county-fairgrounds-indoor-buildings-to-close-for-renovations\/","title":{"rendered":"La Plata County Fairgrounds\u2019 indoor buildings to close for renovations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Extension Building and the Exhibit Hall at the La Plata County Fairgrounds will be closed until Nov. 2 to receive renovations and cosmetic improvements. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The indoor facilities of the La Plata County Fairgrounds on north Main Avenue will be closed as the county performs renovation work on the Exhibit Hall and Extension Office buildings.<\/p>\n

The renovations are part of the 2024 Fairgrounds Master Plan<\/a>, which identified maintenance needs and potential facility improvements that enable the facility to better meet community needs, according to the plan\u2019s website. The project is expected to wrap up on Nov. 2, with the bulk of the work being done in October.<\/p>\n

Fairgrounds manager Emily Spencer said the facilities are receiving some much-needed updates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just looking forward to improving this property for the residents of La Plata County,\u201d Spencer said.<\/p>\n

Spencer explained that parts of the fairgrounds\u2019 Exhibit Hall and Extension Office have not been renovated since it was built in 1974. Most significantly, a new roof will be installed on the building to make it more insulated and energy efficient. Additionally, improvements will be made to the Exhibit Hall\u2019s fire sprinkler system and the kitchen\u2019s roll up doors.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of those are getting replaced, so they\u2019ll be much more airtight and fire code status met,\u201d Spencer said.<\/p>\n

The building will also receive cosmetic improvements, she said. The tile step surfaces in the Extension Building\u2019s stairs will be replaced and the paint in the building will get a face-lift. Finally, the canvas sunshades, which Spencer said weigh thousands of pounds and have to be rolled up manually by staff members, will get electric motors to roll them up.<\/p>\n

Spencer said the renovations will be payed for by the Conservation Trust Fund, which the county has allocated $8 million for the fairgrounds. The funds come from lottery ticket funds and falls outside the county\u2019s regular budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just so thrilled that we can use that money that we\u2019ve been sitting on for years and years and years to finally improve this facility,\u201d Spencer said. \u201cIt\u2019s really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Going forward, Spencer said the county plans to install ventilation fans in the pavilion building and redesign the parking lot.<\/p>\n

Though the fairgrounds buildings are closed, all outdoor facilities will operate as normal, including the horse pavilion and the parking lot where the flea market and fruit stands operate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are open for outdoor events,\u201d Spencer said. \u201cSo people can still go to the website, LPCgov.org<\/a>, and go to the fairgrounds calendar of events to see those outdoor events.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Outdoor facilities and scheduled events will not be affected; closures to remain in effect until November<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,1686,475,2035],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-16562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-heavy-construction","tag-la-plata-county-colorado","tag-la-plata-county-fairgrounds"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20269,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16562\/revisions\/20269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16562"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=16562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}