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[cajun]

itsjustme2, on 27 April 2012 - 03:41 PM, said:

What a mess.

Your think BREC would grab some of the land south of LSU along river road and create some type of festival ground. Wishful thinking though.

I have been wishing for that for years.   Seems like a natural for the area where they are dismantling the sewer plant on River Road or somewhere on the Port Allen levee side....with a floating stage.

[itsjustme2]

Antrell Williams, on 27 April 2012 - 07:27 PM, said:

Why not at the fairgrounds?

1) The rear of the fairgrounds has a body of water so it cant host very big events. Which is why the balloon festival didn't even consider it.

2) A developer has been trying to acquire that piece of land. I don't expect it to be under BREC's control in the future, but BREC/Parish won't give it up until they can replace it with another (funding reasons).

Edited by itsjustme2, 27 April 2012 - 08:40 PM.

[Antrell Williams]

itsjustme2, on 27 April 2012 - 08:37 PM, said:

1) The rear of the fairgrounds has a body of water so it cant host very big events. Which is why the balloon festival didn't even consider it.

2) A developer has been trying to acquire that piece of land. I don't expect it to be under BREC's control in the future, but BREC/Parish won't give it up until they can replace it with another (funding reasons).

Bayou Manchac is hardly a problem. It backs up to Santa Maria however. The fairgrounds are larger than Perkins Rd park from Google maps, also Olympia stadium, the skatepark, and the velodrome its much bigger.
Maybe they want to solidify a permanet home for it again, and if developers are looking at buying up the land they don't want to host it there. If people would drive to southern EBR, why not northern Ascension, I guess.
Lamar Dixon should have been at the area you suggested in the first place.
I guess Independnce Park is too congested.

[byrde]

itsjustme2, on 27 April 2012 - 03:41 PM, said:

What a mess.

Your think BREC would grab some of the land south of LSU along river road and create some type of festival ground. Wishful thinking though.

BREC currently owns land south of LSU along River Road.

Farr Park
http://maps.google.c...isiana&t=m&z=14