A view of the Northern Wisconsin State Fair | Northern Wisconsin State Fair
A view of the Northern Wisconsin State Fair | Northern Wisconsin State Fair
A barn raising at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds is on the horizon, WEAU reported.
The fair's red barn coliseum was destroyed in a windstorm three years ago, the station reported.
State Fair Executive Director Rusty Volk said the fair has raised about 80% of the $6 million needed to rebuild the barn. The project will included a restroom, shower and concessions facility that can also double as a safe room during severe weather, the story said.
"The opportunity to have year-round opportunities and meeting locations that are in Chippewa, nicely furnished, nicely located on the fairgrounds will only help us when we’re planning those things," Volk said, the station reported. “We have to be an instrument for northern Wisconsin that everybody wants to come to so we’re bringing on this barn project so that everybody can really be appreciative and be proud of what northern Wisconsin is."
The groundbreaking for the new coliseum and other facilities is set for Aug. 8, the story said.
“This coliseum will be 8,000 square feet. It will be heated, air conditioned,” Volk said. “It’ll be a year-round venue so that we can add educational programs at the fairgrounds throughout the year. We’re basically building an education campus for youth.”
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