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Expo uses in Center •Less directly purpose <br />•Evergreen Cons:Washington .Kitsap County accountable to government <br />State •Relatively high cost Fair &Event voters (for board <br />Fairgrounds w/need for on-Center members) <br />•Linn County going pubic Non-•Central WA Pros:Goal to <br />Fair &Expo subsidy Profit State Fair •Eliminates/manage operate w/o <br />•Deschutes •Reduced focus on Owned (Yakima)s need for public $$public $$ <br />County Fair &marketing &•Puyallup Fair (via contract)However, <br />Expo Operate &Events •Control clearly Central WA <br />•Portland Expo d Center vested with local uses public <br />Center (Metro)•Northwest leaders /sponsors funded & <br />County-•Kittitas Events Pros:Traditional Washington Cons:owned Sun <br />Owned &Center •Widely used Washington Fair •Less direct public Dome; <br />Non-(for rodeo approach state fair (Lynden)accountability Pendleton <br />Profit events)•Combines public management •Pendleton •Challenged was on land <br />Operate •Benton-control with non-model,but Round-Up financial leased @ $1, <br />Franklin Fair profit leadership shifting over sustainability now donated <br />&Rodeo Cons:time to other (unless public by City <br />•Management of alternatives funding support is (w/tax <br />public &non-profit for improved available)issues) <br />relationship financial Privately •No examples Pros:Private <br />•Constrained sustainabilit Owned of privately •May eliminate need ownership <br />financial y and/or owned/operat for public funding likely not <br />sustainability,Operate ed PNW •Often better viable unless <br />especially for major d facilities marketing focus facility <br />capital •Private Co _s:generates <br />improvements management •Venues must be revenue <br />County-•Town Toyota Pros:Emerging occurs at marketable year-adequate to <br />Owned Center •Created by but model that some public round to be cover <br />w/Public (Wenatchee)operated separate offers venues as sustainable operating & <br />Facilities •Three Rivers from county benefits of with the debt costs <br />District Convention government added amphitheater <br />(PFD)Center •Access to multiple revenue at Clark <br />(Kennewick)tax &non-tax capacity &County <br />•Clark County revenue sources public fairgrounds, <br />Event Center Cons:ownership Three Rivers <br />•Cowlitz •Property &sales tax but one-step Convention <br />County sources subject to removed Center (Tri- <br />Conference voter approval from general Cities), <br />24