As the OC Fair reopens this Friday in-person, debates over the fair’s identity, role, and image persist.
Tag: OC Fairgrounds
Posted inNEWS
What Should Orange County’s Fairgrounds Look Like in the Future, Who Should It Serve?
Due to COVID-19 impacts, California may be setting the stage to relinquish state control of some of its fairs. Meanwhile, OC’s Fairgrounds faces an identity crisis.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Robbins: Fate of Hundreds of Merchants at the OC Marketplace in Jeopardy
During this time of Covid-19 the survival of small businesses has moved to the forefront of economic recovery. All government, whether it be federal, state, or local has made it a priority to try and save these independent businesses.
However, at the OC Fairgrounds, we have a standoff with hundreds of small Mom and Pop businesses caught in the crossfire.
Posted inCountywide
Food Pantries Continue to Serve as Orange County Begins to Open Up
Efforts to feed the hungry in Orange County still wage on even as more people begin to return to work following months of business closures forced by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inNEWS
Orange County Fair Cancelled This Year Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
The cancellation — expected for weeks as the 150-acre fairgrounds property had all but closed its facilities to the public and other county fairs up and down the state already cancelled theirs — was made official by the OC Fair and Events Center Board of Directors at their Monday special meeting.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, NEWS, REGIONS, Safety, Security & Justice, State, Top Stories
OC Fair Getting Travel Trailers, Looking at Buildings on Property for Coronavirus Emergency Medical Use
The OC Fair is getting travel trailers and is looking at three buildings on its 150-acre state property in Costa Mesa for potential emergency housing and medical services, as county officials try to find ways to stretch out hospital capacity for coronavirus response.
Posted inCountywide, Culture, NEWS, News Briefs, Outdoors, State, Top Stories
OC Fair Board Turns Down Ticket Price Hike For Now
Fair Board directors at their first nighttime meeting on Thursday didn’t vote to approve any ticket price hikes at the fair gates for this summer, following public backlash and uncertainty by some directors that they had enough information to make such a decision.
Posted inCENTRAL COUNTY, Costa Mesa, Countywide, Culture, NEWS, REGIONS, State, Top Stories
OC Fair Officials Consider Hiking Ticket Prices
Potential admission price hikes come as some community members ask: does the OC fair really reflect Orange County? Or is it losing its way as a callback to the county’s farming origins and drifting instead toward a more Disneyland-like business venture focused on vendor contracts, concerts, and being a major event venue?
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Top Stories
OC Fair Board Grapples With Struggling Swap Meet
The struggling Orange County Marketplace swap meet, where hundreds of mom-and-pop vendors set up shop on the county fairgrounds on the weekends, wants an annual $600,000 from the Fair Board to cope with a longtime decline in business and attendance.
Posted inCountywide, NEWS, State, Top Stories
OC Fairgrounds to Increase Contract Oversight and Accountability
OC fairgrounds board members will scrutinize contracts and employee separation agreements and ensure all board members receive future audits.
