To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Shannon Carter, Director, Open Spaces
Prepared By:
prepared
Matt Bixenman, Fairgrounds Site Manager, Open Spaces
end
presenter
Presenter: Matt Bixenman, Fairgrounds Site Manager, Open Spaces
end
Subject:
title
11:00 AM *2022 Arapahoe County Fair Summary
end
Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The purpose of this session is for County staff to review and summarize the 2022 Arapahoe County Fair held on July 28- July 31, 2022.
end
Background and Discussion: The Arapahoe County Fair is an opportunity to showcase the Fairgrounds Event Center and Park, exhibit 4-H youth projects, sponsor a family-oriented event and to provide a gathering place for County residents. The theme for the 2022 Fair was "Bring on the Fun". Armband sales for the event totaled 27,144.
The 2022 Fair had the following goals:
* Improve on the 2021 Fair layout, visitor wayfinding and increase visitor engagement and space of the north lawn activities and associated food vendors.
* Increased level of customer satisfaction.
* Improve event emergency management operations through cooperative training and pre-event planning.
* Maximize ticket sales through integrated marketing campaign.
* Maximize capacity through effective parking and traffic plans.
Open Space and Fairgrounds: Open Space and Fairgrounds staff work collaboratively to support the following components of the Fair:
Pre-Fair Operations:
* Fairgrounds & Extension staff supported 4-H Campground registration and load-in logistics ?
* Cooperative Fair Emergency Exercise tabletop with key stakeholders
* 4-H events and show logistics started one week prior to Fair?
* Covered arena flipped from 4-H horse show to Fair layout in 48 hours
* Parking lots and traffic management plans and supporting maps
* New event layout implementation
* IT infrastructure improvements for ticketing operations at new ticket booth
Event Operations:
* Improved operational plans ...
Click here for full text