Pomona Fairgrounds

[MSum661]

Say it ain't so..

"The Fairplex has teamed up with the city of Pomona to reimagine the fairgrounds for affordable housing, retail and parks."

Nearly 500-acre LA County fairgrounds ripe for redevelopment

A century after it opened on a beet field in Pomona, the 487-acre Fairplex is the subject of planning effort.

therealdeal.com

 

[Brokeboatin221]

Another add to the Ca swirling in the bowl move. Not long before it goes down the hole….

 

[MSum661]

Another add to the Ca swirling in the bowl move. Not long before it goes down the hole….

Those filthy mutha f'ers.

 

[SOCALCRICKETT]

There has to be some under table $$ handoffs. The Fairplex is the only thing worth a crap in that town. The drag strip, swap meet and fair are defining events, take those away and Pomona just becomes another crap hole southern California town that no one will care to think about. Why would the city want to take away the town character and make it just another apartment complex and retail center.

 

[Brokeboatin221]

Because people have to get rich somehow…….

 

[Angler]

There has to be some under table $$ handoffs. The Fairplex is the only thing worth a crap in that town. The drag strip, swap meet and fair are defining events, take those away and Pomona just becomes another crap hole southern California town that no one will care to think about. Why would the city want to take away the town character and make it just another apartment complex and retail center.

I think this little snippet says it all... The kickbacks will be huge.


Since more than 95 percent of Fairplex is within Pomona city limits, the city is the lead permitting agency.

— Dana Bartholomew

 

[MSum661]

I think this little snippet says it all... The kickbacks will be huge.


Since more than 95 percent of Fairplex is within Pomona city limits, the city is the lead permitting agency.

— Dana Bartholomew

Permits for 10,500 housing units alone

Fairplex plan includes 10,500 housing units, 200 acres open space in Pomona

Officials shared details of the future of the site at a community meeting Wednesday, Aug. 31.

www.dailybulletin.com

 

[Looking Glass]

BUT!!

All the people who moved beside a "Dragstrip" don't like all the Noise and Traffic, a couple of times a year!!

 

[MSum661]

BUT!!

All the people who moved beside a "Dragstrip" don't like all the Noise and Traffic, a couple of times a year!!

Don't forget.....right alongside an airport and railroad tracks to.

 

[SkyDirtWaterguy]

Making room for Mexico. And they want me to stop watering my lawn and turn off my A/C? California can Fuck off!!

 

[stillhustlin]

Will this be the end of the Pomona swap meet?

 

[Looking Glass]

Thinking of all the "Iconic" Dragstrips and Boat Drag Facilities that were once such a "California Experience" and are now gone, I am happy for the Memories of The Winternationals but so disappointed that for the Sake Of Progress will soon be No More.

Telling all the Future Youngsters, "You should have seen this or that"

 

[Angler]

BUT!!

All the people who moved beside a "Dragstrip" don't like all the Noise and Traffic, a couple of times a year!!

I live in San Dimas, I Loved the Noise, when I could here it.

 

[MSum661]

Predicting a huge increase in added freeway congestion on the 57, 210, 10...etc., etc. freeways and side roads.

 

[rivermobster]

I think this little snippet says it all... The kickbacks will be huge.


Since more than 95 percent of Fairplex is within Pomona city limits, the city is the lead permitting agency.

— Dana Bartholomew

You left out the most important part. It's gonna take a decade for this to happen...

The fairgrounds redevelopment would require an environmental review and the approval of a specific plan, or land-use plan for zoning future development.

 

[RitcheyRch]

VIN beat you by 2 minutes

Redevelopment Plan For LA Fairplex Signals End of NHRA Drag Racing At Pomona

Because of the track’s layout, the majority of it rests within the Fairplex footprint, which is in Pomona. But the tower and specialized parking area behind it, sit within the jurisdiction of the city of La Verne. The city of La Verne has been a vocal opponent of racing held there throughout the...

www.riverdavesplace.com

 

[81eliminator]

Permits for 10,500 housing units alone

Fairplex plan includes 10,500 housing units, 200 acres open space in Pomona

Officials shared details of the future of the site at a community meeting Wednesday, Aug. 31.

www.dailybulletin.com

But we don't have water or electricity!

 

[TCHB]

I have often wondered with Such a limited race schedule how can the raceway make money. Too many days empty.

 

[Shlbyntro]

You left out the most important part. It's gonna take a decade for this to happen...

The fairgrounds redevelopment would require an environmental review and the approval of a specific plan, or land-use plan for zoning future development.

The way I hear it, the grounds is so saturated with oil, leaded gasoline, and nitro meth from all the years of motorsport that it is toxic. I cant imagine them building human dwellings on top of that toxic mess. think about all the recently unhomelessed people and their dogs you could make sick with all those free radicals!

 

[rivrrts429]

I have often wondered with Such a limited race schedule how can the raceway make money. Too many days empty.

They’re not dependent on the NHRA races although they’re massive cash cows twice a year. They have shows and exhibits going on in the exhibit halls damn near every day. A lot of Hollywood movie stuff gets filmed there too.

 

[DRYHEAT]

Good God you guys talk about Pomona like it was site six or something?

 

[westair]

Maybe with an all electric NHRA the city might reconsider

 

[Shlbyntro]

Maybe with an all electric NHRA the city might reconsider

not in my lifetime

 

[Taboma]

Would seem that the Los Angeles County Fair Association (LACFA), may have lost their lease or ??
These plans are certainly counter intuitive to their Mission Statement of the association itself.
Since LA County was deeded 421 of the 427 acres in trade for the long term lease, this is LA County's vision
not the Fairplex non-profit association.

 

[Hydroman55]

I said this would happen in another thread a year or two ago…..Way too much money for politicians and developers to resist.

 

[Wicky]

Pomona was a really nice town at one point with Genetal Dynamics and some movie stars calling it home. And then the watts riots happened and low income housing. Guess what happened to Pomona. It turned into shit hole central. They will never learn.

 

[4Waters]

Don't forget.....right alongside an airport and railroad tracks to.

That's about all that was there

 

[Rogers Hopeful]

And the gold line was almost finished

 

[Hydroman55]

Pomona was a really nice town at one point with Genetal Dynamics and some movie stars calling it home. And then the watts riots happened and low income housing. Guess what happened to Pomona. It turned into shit hole central. They will never learn.

You would be correct Wicky.
As a kid watched the whole city go to shit year after year once the invasion started. Even In and Out had to shut down.