DFCM Days of '47 Rodeo Arena

Thanks to this outdoor area, the annual Days of 47 Rodeo has returned to the Utah State Fair Park after being off-site for decades. The arena seats 10,000 people and includes a hospitality building that houses a green room, conference room, banquet rooms, office restrooms and concessions stands.

The project was an accelerated arena design and site plan to ensure the building would meet its one-year deadline. Babcock Design planned the arena’s location so it would fit into the existing fabric of the Fair Park campus and continue to share adjacencies to the existing equine barn and maintenance buildings.

Design elements such as CMU patterns, roof dormers, and building colors were used to reflect the State Fair Park’s existing vernacular.

Babcock Design was the liaison between Days of 47, the State Fair Park and the State of Utah to ensure the best choices were made within the project’s budget.

Officials hope the arena will help turn around the fortunes of the Fair Park, which has been home to the Utah State Fair since 1902.