Paso Robles Event Center is getting a $1.4 million upgrade. Here’s where the money’s going
The home of the California Mid-State Fair will be under construction following this year’s annual event for a $1.39 million project to upgrade one of the property’s key indoor event spaces.
The Mid-State Fair announced in a news release Wednesday that the California Department of Food and Agriculture awarded the Paso Robles Event Center with a grant to remodel the facility’s Estrella Hall.
The funding will be used to make “significant improvements” to the 18,000-square-foot covered event space located between the Stockyard Pavilion and Mission Square. The building, which includes a full demonstration kitchen on one side, is used for a variety of activities, including home and cooking shows, school dances and banquets.
Construction projects at Estrella Hall will include installing a new heating and air conditioning system, as well as a total remodel of the restrooms.
The work is also expected to include a “dramatically improved” lighting system, general roof repairs, and an upgraded electrical system.
The Mid-State Fair says the work will expand the Paso Robles Event Center’s capacity to host a wider variety of events.
Construction is expected to begin in September and last through March 2021.
“This was a result of a very competitive statewide process, with the 16th District Agricultural Association being one of only 12 California fairs to be awarded the monies,” Mid-State Fair CEO Michael Bradley wrote in the news release.
The 2020 California Mid-State Fair — which this year is celebrating its 75th anniversary — will run from July 22 to Aug. 2.
This story was originally published February 20, 2020 at 12:25 PM.
