The 2/4/09 draft of the master plan for the North Carolina State Fairgrounds by HH Architecture has been online a little while. Plans seem to call for expansion of the Kerr Scott building, and new exposition buildings behind Scott and next to the new expo building (hopefully with better lighting and interior paint colors). The dramatic changes with the main campus involve a complete redesign of the garden club space and Village of Yesteryear areas. If appears the several new buildings will replace those standing to create the Agricultural Museum Complex. Adjacent to the West Gate will be a new Holshouser Building as well as a gondola that will connect to the east side of the fairgrounds, near the restaurant row, which is slated for removal. Additionally the grandstand will be removed when a new grandstand is built far behind the Scott building, near Trinity Road.

In addition to the main campus changes, massive improvements for the Hunt Horse Complex are proposed, adding 8 barns and 4 show areas.

The pdf files don’t convey a specific timeline for the projects. This is more of a 20-30 year master plan. Nevertheless it is good to see the vision planners have for this property.

• Overall (pdf)
• Main Campus (pdf)
• Hunt Horse Complex (pdf)
• Western Property (pdf)
• Property Areas (pdf)
• Existing Property (pdf)
• Aerial of Fairgrounds (pdf)