McLeod County Fairgrounds overview - 2012 Orange Spectacular Showgrounds
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Main entrance into the fairgrounds.
General parking will be just to the right of the entrance.
We are working on what entrance the trailers / campers will be using before and during the show.
Large areas for tractor displays as the tractors will be parked on the grass
(weather permitting)
Want to park your tractors inside of 15,000 Square Feet of Indoor Exhibition Area? You will have the ability this year to do that!
Air-Conditioned Country Diner - seats about 90 people with a serving counter and kitchen
COMMERCIAL BUILDING - Craft and Toy Vendor area. The Elks will serve milkshakes from here.
Raffle tickets will be sold here along with show toy sales.
This building, on the right, will have toy / craft vendors here and outside will have more craft vendors lined along the road.
4-H Cafe - Another dining area with a serving counter and a kitchen.
This room seats about 70 people while being air-conditioned.
Long counter for fast serving many of our guests
OUTDOOR PAVILION WITH MALL ARENA - This is where Saturday night's entertainment (5:00 p.m.), Sunday morning's church service and Sunday afternoon's entertainment will be held.
Food Vending Area - Large variety of food this year. Plan to stay and eat on the show grounds
Lawn and Garden Display Area
Some of the Feature Tractor Display Area
Steel wheeled and crawlers will be parked in this area
Machinery Demonstration Area - This is where the threshing machine and the see-through combine will be set-up and operated.
Many, many benches available, for our guests to sit while moving around the fairgrounds
Buildings are close to each other.
The building below will have some seminars going on inside as our guests sit on bleachers inside of the arena
Park setting for families relax and enjoy while attending the Orange Spectacular
The grandstands can hold many people during the Saturday night tractor pull starting at 7:00 p.m.
This is one of two buildings which lawn and garden tractors could be shown/stored.
Another building, besides this one, children activities can be held in such as a sand pile and pedal pull.
Ladies Activities Facilities - called the "Meeting Room" on the map
Many parking places. The parking places will be marked for the show. Parking will be easy and close accessibility to the show activities
Cutting, conditioning, mow'ditioning and baling of hay for field demonstration using alfalfa
Difficult to see, but the pulling track is on the otherside of the dirt piles. Swap meet to the left of this picture
Trailer parking will be on the right side of the picture (not what you see in front of the picture), inside of the south fence...see next picture to see the trailer parking area
Looking over the fields, this fall, the club has plowed and planted winter wheat. Due to low moisture, winter wheat may not come up this spring as it should. Oats or a fast growing wheat may have to be planted.
People movers will be bring the field demo spectators out and back, to and from the fields
Large Swap Area...West and north of the grandstand
Audio will be heard all over the show grounds. Arland Lepper will be easier heard as you will be notified of daily events and the history of Allis-Chalmers tractors and equipment.
Click on the link below to see the fairgrounds building layout
Driving Directions
South from St. Cloud
Drive south on HWY 15 through Hutchinson's Main Street. When you reach McDonald's, turn right (west) at the stoplight onto Century Ave. Go approximately .75 miles, the fairgrounds is on your left. Enter through the main gate.
North from New Ulm
From HWY 15 South, turn left (west) at the third stoplight (McDonald's) onto Century Ave. Go approximately .75 miles, the fairgrounds is on your left. Enter through the main gate.
From Buffalo Lake/Hector Area on HWY 212
Continute east on HWY 212, take a left (north) on HWY 15. From HWY 15 South, turn left (west) at the third stoplight (McDonald's) onto Century Ave. Go approximately .75 miles, the fairgrounds is on your left. Enter through the main gate.
West from Glencoe
Go west on HWY 22, take a left on Airport Road. Cross HWY 15. Approximately one mile later take a right into the South Gate of the fairgrounds.
West from Minneapolis
Go west on HWY 7, turn left on HWY 15. Drive south on HWY 15 through Hutchinson's Main Street. When you reach McDonald's, turn right (west) at the stoplight onto Century Ave. Go approximately .75 miles, the fairgrounds is on your left. Enter through the main gate.
