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Lamar-Dixon Expo Center – Gonzales, Louisiana
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Lamar-Dixon Expo Center
Our Purpose
The purpose of the Expo Center is to provide the community with a multi-use events facility — with an emphasis on equestrian and 4-H activities — which can be used as a resource for economic development.
Our aim is to attract diverse entertainment to the community in a safe, user-friendly environment.
Our History
The Dixon Family
Bill & Mary Lee Dixon
Mary Lee and Bill Dixon took their passion for cutting horses and turned it into a multimillion dollar charitable gift to the Ascension Parish community. After their family business went public, the Dixons were actively seeking a way to tie their professional expertise into a charitable project.
“We’ve been blessed by the business doing well and feel we should give something back to the community,” Mary Lee explained. “I had great teachers in ‘giving back what you get’ in my parents and Kevin (Reilly Sr.) and his wife Dee Dee. That’s what Bill and I are trying to do.”
The result? The Dixons constructed the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, a state of the art multi-use events facility that will support charitable organizations and community development. For several years Mary Lee and Bill dreamed of creating a place for equestrian events that would also serve as a multi-purpose events venue in their home parish. Located on St. Landry Road, about a mile from Tanger Outlet Mall, the Expo Center offers parish residents an exposition center capable of seating several thousand people. Mary Lee is the daughter of Charles Lamar Jr., founder of outdoor advertiser Lamar Corporation and Bill is a professional cutting horse trainer and competitor. In 1997, they established the Bill and Mary Lee Lamar-Dixon Fund to support organizations that focus on the education of nontraditional students. Additionally, Bill and Mary Lee, and her brother Charlie Lamar and his wife Carole, serve as donor advisors to the Charles and Josephine Lamar Memorial Fund, a fund that honors their late parents.
The Expo Center is a result of the Dixons combining their professional experience, interests and community needs into one philanthropic project. “This is what we know,” Mary Lee said. “This is how we can give something unique to the community.”
In 2009, the Lamar Dixon Expo Center officially became an Ascension Parish owned facility. Ascension Parish was able to purchase the facility through the use of grants and private donations and without having to use local tax dollars.
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| Arena Name: | Lamar-Dixon Expo Cente |
| Address: | 9039 St. Landry Road |
| City: | Gonzales |
| State: | LA |
| Zip Code: | 70737 |
| Arena Phone: | 225-621-1700 |
| Contact Name: | Eddie Crawford |
| Contact Email: | vredlin@co.winnebago.wi.us |
| Website: | http://www.lamardixonexpocenter.com |
| Arena Size: | 120×300 |
| Seating: | 3500 |
| Arena Type: | Enclosed |
| Arena Ground: | sand |
| Arena Make: | concrete and pipe |
| Arena Number: | 3 |
| Other Arena Sizes: | 150×110 covered and uncovered. Seating for both. Roping B= ones in Covered. |
| Concessions: | Yes |
| Arena Seating: | Cushioned Seats |
| Parking Surface: | Concrete |
| Number Stalls: | 1400 |
| Type Stalls: | Dirt |
| Stalls Mandatory: | No horses left outside over night |
| How Far: | 1-50 feet away |
| Shavings: | Yes all shavings must be from arena |
| Wash Racks: | Over 9 |
| Warm Up: | Covered |
| Side Gates: | 2 |
| RV Parking: | thousands |
| RV Hook Up: | 20 amp, 30 amp, 50 amp, Water, Sewer Dump |
| Stores: | 1-5 Miles |
| Hotels: | 1-5 Miles |
| Highway: | 1-5 Miles |
| Climate Control: | Fans |
| Rest Rooms: | Restrooms & showers w/o Climate Control |
| Vendor Location | Some inside some outside |
| Cleaning: | Cleaned at all times |
| Cleanup: | Part of package |
| Score Board: | Yes (rental) |
| Furnish Timer: | No |
| Public Address: | Yes (optional) |
| Announcer Stand: | Uncovered box |
| Size Booth: | Several |
| Features: | Please go to the website to see all of the awesome things= available! |
| Arena Locked: | Yes |
| Vendor Locked: | Yes |
| Security: | Yes (optional) |
| Tractors: | 1 |
| Diesel: | Yes for extra charge |
| Riding Area: | Over 100ft |
| Drag type: | None, 4n1 or like it |
| Electricity: | Optional depending on package |
| BroadBand: | No |
| Bucking Chutes: | Yes |
| Bucking Chutes: | 8 |
| Roping Boxes: | Yes |
| Directions: | http://www.lamardixonexpocenter.com/content.php?display=map |
2nd Covered Arena
Walls in 2nd Covered Arena
Alley Way to Main Arena
Main Arena Seating
Stalls
Stalls
Covered Unloading Area
Covered Stock Pens
Covered Walk Way
Covered Stock Pens
Fenced Vendor Area
Fenced Vendor Area
Front of Main Arena
Stock Loading Chute
More Offices and Indoor Vendor Area
Other Buildings
Outdoor Arena
Party Room
Roping Boxes in 2nd Covered Arena
RV Spots
2nd Arena Covered Seating
Stock Show Barn
