Progress Being Made On New Fair Exhibit Hall

(Le Mars) — Construction workers from the P-R Construction firm of Ireton, Iowa are making great progress on the new exhibit hall located on the Plymouth County Fairgrounds.  The hall is scheduled to be completed by June 1st, and Plymouth County Fair Board president, Tony Schroeder says construction has been on pace to perhaps a bit ahead of pace.

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Schroeder says the new exhibit hall is wider and taller than the previous Hall of 76 building. He says the older structure was rotting, and had nothing to hold it down

 

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Schroeder says the new exhibit hall will be insulated.  He says it will be more accommodating to fair vendors, and to anyone wishing to lease the building.

 

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As was the case with the Hall of 76, the fair board president says the new exhibit hall will be connected to Century Hall located just to the west of the new structure.

 

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As of today’s date, the fair board has not yet decided upon a name for the new exhibit hall structure.