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Central State Fairgrounds – Rapid City, South Dakota
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Central States Fairgrounds
800 San Francisco St
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 355-3861
Website: www.centralstatesfair.com/
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Grandstand Arena
The Grandstand Arena is an outdoor venue most popular for the location of 4 nights of concerts, 3 nights for Range Days Rodeo Action, 1 night of Demolition Derby and the CSF Supercross.
The Grandstand Arena is equipped with a covered grandstand and a seating capacity of 6000 people.
The Central States Fair takes pride in helping you create the design for your next event so it is convenient and user friendly to both competitors and customers.

Bray Arena
The Bray Arena is the outdoor arena that measures 150′ X 300′. The arena is a perfect location for access to the stalling barns.
The Bray Arena has gained popularity as a number of the regions top summer horse shows are held in the arena. The staff of the Central States Fair takes pride in providing an arena with great footing for our four legged friends. To ensure the success of having good ground at your next event, the Bray Arena is a “Rental Only” arena.
The Arena has a small warm-up arena connected to it, a small set a bleachers and the capability to have a convenient concession stand located right under the large crows nest/ show office.

James Kjerstad Event Center
The James Kjerstad Event Center is your one stop shop for large events and gatherings. The event center has became the horse capital for a number of regional horse events.
The Event Center is also utilized for a number of other events (not including horses). With 48,750 sq ft of earthen area and 69,000 sq feet of concrete, the event center allows for a number of other activities to utilize the center. Activities such as motocross events to rummage sales, the event center allow for numerous set-ups to facilities a number of events.
The James Kjerstad Event Center is 118,000 sq feet. Some of the Event Center features included; office space, 56,000 sq ft asphalt- east of Event Center, roll up doors for easy loading and unloading, concession stand, phone/internet/wi-fi, heated building, stadium seating for 3000-4400.
Over 450 covered stalls are available to ensure comfort for your next horse event.
We take pride in protecting the health of your horse. All stalls are pre-bedded with sawdust. The staff at CSF cleans all stalls at the conclusion of the event. To avoid the potential of the spread of disease, all stalls are bleached to prevent the spread animal health diseases.
Event Center Seating
The Event Center offers 3000-4000 seating for your next event.
Heated Building
The Events Center is a heated indoor building, with rental opportunities in the summer and winter.
Large Indoor Arena
The Event Center offers 48,750 sq ft of an earthen arena.