Illinois State Fairgrounds

EMERSON BUILDING
801 SANGAMON AVENUE
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62794
217 782-6661
217 782-9115 fax
www.agr.state.il.us/isf

Total Area: 366-Acre Facility

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Description
366-acre facility, one-mile oval track, grandstands, 29 buildings available for functions, 250+ campsites, 30-acre conservation world, amusement area, 24-hour security.

Coliseum 116’ x 241’ 27,956 sq ft floor 2,528 permanent seats 142.5’ x 220 31,350 sq ft covered warm-up arena adjacent Constructed in 1901

Illinois Building 104’ x 118’ 12,272 sq ft auditorium 120’ x 22’ 2,640 sq ft mezzanine Theatre with 470 permanent seats with 40’ x 14’ stage 127’ x 127’ 16,129 sq ft roof top Constructed in 1951

Exposition Building 290’ x 120’ 34,800 sq ft main floor 25,774 sq ft mezzanine 60,547 total sq ft Constructed in 1894

Artisans Building 126’ x 50’ 6,300 sq ft Finished wood floors Constructed in 1896

Richard T. Orr Building 200’ x 195’ 39,000 sq ft Drive-in doors Constructed in 1990

Grandstand 8,912 permanent seat grandstand 2,700 bleacher seats 1,350’ x 800’ Infield area 21,000 sq ft (beneath seating area) Home of the fastest dirt mile track in the world Rebuilt in 1927

The Arena 6-acre arena floor 261,000 sq. ft. 4,686 permanent grandstand seating Permanent concession stands Additional amphitheater Seating for 5,000 Premier sound system Constructed in 2000