Dodge City plans to build site for 3i Show
The WKMA said it has scheduled the show for Dodge City, where the group is based, starting next July and they plan to keep it there at least through 2016, according to The Garden City Telegram.
Eddie Estes, president of the WKMA, said in an e-mail sent to exhibitors that the “main goal always has been and always will be to do whatever we can to ensure our exhibitors have a successful 3i Show.”
Ford County Commission Chairman Kim Goodnight said the county agreed to build the new facility south of Dodge City on property owned by the city and county. He said the county hopes the multimillion-dollar facility, which will be called The Western State Bank Expo Center, will also host other events.
Garden City area officials said they did what they could to prevent the departure of the 3i Show, which they estimated generated about $2 million in gross profits in May when it was held there through motel and hotel stays and gas and food payments by visitors.
Finney County Commission Chairman Roman Halbur said Garden City will likely see some “spillover” economic benefits, including hotel use.
“Any community in southwest Kansas does get some benefit from it,” Halbur said.
—FromThe Dodge City Globe
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