FAIRGROUND CONTRACT AWARDED; NEW SITE HAS MORE ROOM.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer Lancaster City Council awarded a $2.1 million construction contract Tuesday that will lay the groundwork for the new Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. . In a 4-0 vote, with Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
sewer main main - a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage , and put in storm drains at the new fairgrounds near Avenue G and the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. (14). The work is expected to be finished in May, the same time architects hired by the city are scheduled to complete plans for fairgrounds buildings. The city awarded a $425,000 contract last week to Fields Deveraux, a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. firm, for the architectural work. The contracts will set the stage for the construction of the fairgrounds buildings in late 2000. Construction of the buildings is expected to be complete by late 2002. ``A year from now you'll see sticks flying,'' said Jeff Long Jeff Long is an American writer. Long is an experienced climber, and Rock climbing often manifests in his writing. Bibliography Fiction
The new fairgrounds will include at least $14.8 million worth of buildings, including a new Watch and Wager satellite betting facility and the possible addition of a National Guard armory. Under an agreement with the fair district, the city will provide $10.8 million worth of buildings at the new site in exchange for the existing 75-acre fairgrounds at Avenue I and Division Street. The city's commitment includes more than $800,000 that the fair district paid the city for the new site. The fair district will contribute $4 million it has received from the California Department of Food and Agriculture California Department of Food and Agriculture, which was established in 1919 by the California Legislature,[1] works in partnership with the agricultural industry and other governmental agencies to regulate various aspects dealing with food and agriculture related for the construction of the new Watch and Wager facility. The new fairgrounds site is 135 acres owned by the city between avenues G and H and between the Antelope Valley Freeway and 27th Street West. The existing site is deemed by the fair board to be too cramped for the kinds of activities and events they want to put on. Money for the new fairgrounds will come from the state, the city and its redevelopment agency, Los Angeles County, the federal government and other sources Depending on the speed of the construction, a fair could be held at the new site in 2002 or as late as 2004. One of the buildings designed to be included in the fairgrounds, an exhibit hall of approximately 30,000 square feet, is being eyed as a potential site for a National Guard armory. |
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