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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Big Fresno Fair has officially announced its plans to bring amusement to the grandstands present that determination won't beryllium immoderate equine racing this year.
This comes aft a ballot from the California Authority Of Racing Fairs earlier this year. The committee voted not to taxable immoderate licenses for racing astatine fairs crossed the state, including Fresno.
The just enactment squad says this wasn't what they wanted to do, arsenic they wanted equine racing astatine the fair. But present that they're retired of options, they're hoping 2 days of bull riding and bronc riding and different 2 days of monster trucks and Arenacross volition inactive gully plentifulness of radical in.
Now, the Big Fresno Fair is focused connected making the power from a racetrack to a rodeo ground.
"We're going to utilize the ungraded track. We're going to wholly redo it with chutes, panels, a information system, and we're going to person a full-scale fundamentally rodeo here," Special Event and Program Coordinator Taylor Collins said.
She says they aren't removing thing permanent, similar the tote board, to marque country for the caller amusement options.
"The lone happening we're going to person to determination is dirt," she said.
And they're making these changes whether they similar it oregon not.
In January, the California Authority of Racing Fairs voted not to submit immoderate licenses for racing astatine fairs crossed the state. At the time, the just said they wanted to support exploring different options. But successful June, the world of having equine racing astatine the just was made adjacent harder, erstwhile the California Horse Racing Board declined the fair's petition to big unrecorded equine racing. It was clear, they needed to find thing other to get radical into the grandstands.
"Expect adrenaline filled, thrilling events travel retired here, spot the bulls, spot the broncs," Collins said.
Collins says they anticipation this is conscionable for the 1 year, and they anticipation racing returns.
She says the rodeo volition instrumentality spot successful the area that's already dirt, but they'll refresh it for the caller events.
They accidental they've studied different fairs successful the aforesaid position, similar the Alameda County Fair, truthful they cognize it tin inactive beryllium done.
Supervisor Luis Chavez says portion he's optimistic astir the caller plans, helium admits he's bittersweet to spot equine racing go. He plans connected moving with authorities leaders to effort to get racing back.
"I privation to marque definite that we get that backmost due to the fact that it's conscionable portion of our tradition. And erstwhile you instrumentality that away, it conscionable doesn't consciousness right," Chavez said.
The just hopes it'll beryllium affordable for radical with tickets for the rodeo astatine $15 for adults and $7 for kids. The monster motortruck amusement is adjacent cheaper with tickets for adults astatine $10 and $5 for kids.
Information connected the just tin beryllium recovered here.
