Consultant: $100 million Expo building replacement would secure fairgrounds future

Dec 12, 2022
Dec 12, 2022

The sign for the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds, as pictured on Dec. 12, 2022, in Sioux Falls.
South Dakota Searchlight photo by John Hult

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by John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight

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Fairgrounds future up for discussion in Sioux Falls

What’s in store for the future of the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds – the site of the Sioux Empire F…

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Fairgrounds 2.jpg — Joel Feldman of CSL International presents findings on the future needs of the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds to a study group of commissioners and community stakeholders on Dec. 12, 2022, at the Minnehaha County Administration Building.
South Dakota Searchlight photo by John Hult

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Fairgrounds future impacts 4-H

Earlier this year, Knife River, formerly Concrete Materials, offered to purchase the W.H. Ly…

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