The East Texas State Fair Will Have to Move

TYLER – The East Texas State Fair is starting to look for a new location. They have just under ten years to find it. The city hired a firm to come up with a concept of what the Rose Garden Center will look like in 20 years. The plans, which were unveiled at an open house Tuesday night, showed no fairgrounds. Park of East Texas President John Sykes told KETK, the fair still has 9 years on its contract to use its current location on West Front Street and after that it will have to relocate. Some time ago, the fair bought 250 acres of land west of Tyler, between State Highway 31 and U.S. Highway 64 off the Loop. But Sykes said they are not set in stone that the location will be the fair’s new home. Another open house on the city’s Strategic Historic Preservation Plan will be held on Thursday, February 9th, at 4:00pm, at The Foundry Coffee House at 202 South Broadway.