Rental Fees Overview

All standard fees are approved by the Douglas County Board of Commissioners. Any variance of these fees within the established spending authority of the Facilities, Fleet, and Emergency Support Services (FFESS) Director may be approved by that Director on a case-by-case basis.

The purpose of fees is to generate revenue to offset the operational costs of the Facilities and to provide funds for future capital improvements.

View information about:

Rental Policies in PDF (updated April 2023)
Online Payments
Sample Agreement in PDF

Facility	Commercial Standard	Commercial Adjusted	Non-Profit	Security Deposit
Entire Fairgrounds (all facilities)	$4,500	$3,500 + surcharges	$1,950	$2,250
Fairgrounds (all facilities excluding Events Center)	$3,000	$2,000 + surcharges	$1,500 + surcharges	$1,500
Events Center	$2,000	$1,500 + surcharges	$1,000 + surcharges	$1,000
Events Center -Conference Room #1 or #2	$40.00 / Hour*	$30.00 / hour* + surcharges	$20.00 / hour* + surcharges	$160
Indoor Arena	$1,000	$750 + surcharges	$500 + surcharges	$500
Outdoor Arena	$650	$450 + surcharges	$300 + surcharges	$325
Large Animal Barn (if 50 or more stalls are used)	$500	$400 + surcharges	$250 + surcharges	$250

Kirk Hall	$400	$300 + surcharges	$200 + surcharges	$200
Midway (Heritage Plaza)	$300	$225 + surcharges	$150 + surcharges	$200
Multi-Purpose Barn (North or South Section)	$200/ per section	$150/ per section + surcharges	$100/ per section + surcharges	$100
Whitman – Lowell Pavilion	$100	$75 + surcharges	$50 + surcharges	$50

Facility

Commercial Standard

Commercial Adjusted

Non-Profit

Security Deposit

Entire Fairgrounds (all facilities)

$4,500

$3,500
+ surcharges

$1,950

$2,250

Fairgrounds (all facilities excluding Events Center)

$3,000

$2,000
+ surcharges

$1,500
+ surcharges

$1,500

Events Center

$2,000

$1,500
+ surcharges

$1,000
+ surcharges

$1,000

Events Center -Conference Room #1 or #2

$40.00
/ Hour*

$30.00
/ hour* + surcharges

$20.00
/ hour* + surcharges

$160

Indoor Arena

$1,000

$750
+ surcharges

$500
+ surcharges

$500

Outdoor Arena

$650

$450
+ surcharges

$300
+ surcharges

$325

Large Animal Barn (if 50 or more stalls are used)

$500

$400
+ surcharges

$250
+ surcharges

$250

Kirk Hall

$400

$300
+ surcharges

$200
+ surcharges

$200

Midway (Heritage Plaza)

$300

$225
+ surcharges

$150
+ surcharges

$200

Multi-Purpose Barn (North or South Section)

$200/
per section

$150/ per section
+ surcharges

$100/ per section
+ surcharges

$100

Whitman – Lowell Pavilion

$100

$75 + surcharges

$50 + surcharges

$50

Facility Admission Surcharge	$.50 per ticket sold if admission charge is $4.99 or less
Ticket Surcharge	$1.00 or 5% of ticket amount if admission charge is $5.00 or more
Vendor Booth Surcharge	$15.00 or 10% of booth rental fee
Participant Surcharge	$1.00 or 10% of participation fee
Catering Surcharge	10% on food & non-alcoholic beverages served in the Events Center

Facility Admission Surcharge

$.50 per ticket sold if admission charge is $4.99 or less

Ticket Surcharge

$1.00 or 5% of ticket amount if admission charge is $5.00 or more

Vendor Booth Surcharge

$15.00 or 10% of booth rental fee

Participant Surcharge

$1.00 or 10% of participation fee

Catering Surcharge

10% on food & non-alcoholic beverages served in the Events Center

Equipment	Commercial Standard/Adjusted	Non-Profit
Arena Lights – Outdoor Arena only	$30 per hour	$15 per hour
Articulating Boom with Operator	$50 per hour	$25 per hour
AV Equipment(TV-VCR, LDC Projector)	$30 each	$15 each
Chairs (unless included in room rental)	$1 each per event	$.50 each per event
Camlock Electrical Hookup- Events Center only	$125 per camlock	$62.50 per camlock
Electrical pull down/data lines/phones lines	$25 each per event	$12.50 each per event
Employee Labor Fees	$45 per hour	$22.50 per hour
Employee Labor with equipment	$65 per hour	$32.50 per hour
Kitchen – only with facility rental (Events Center & Indoor Arena)	$200 per hour	$100 per hour
Midway Office	$30 per day	$15 per day
Pipe and Drape (Black: 8 ft. tall x 150 ft. length)	$15 per 10′ section	$7.50 per 10′ section
Portable Bleachers 5 row – seats 50 10 row – seats 100	$25 per event $45 per event	$12.50 per event $22.50 per event
RV Hookup (electrical)	$30 per night	$15 per night
Stage – Platform type	$15 per section	$7.50 per section

Equipment

Commercial Standard/Adjusted

Non-Profit

Arena Lights – Outdoor Arena only

$30 per hour

$15 per hour

Articulating Boom with Operator

$50 per hour

$25 per hour

AV Equipment(TV-VCR, LDC Projector)

$30 each

$15 each

Chairs (unless included in room rental)

$1 each per event

$.50 each per event

Camlock Electrical Hookup- Events Center only

$125 per camlock

$62.50 per camlock

Electrical pull down/data lines/phones lines

$25 each per event

$12.50 each per event

Employee Labor Fees

$45 per hour

$22.50 per hour

Employee Labor with equipment

$65 per hour

$32.50 per hour

Kitchen – only with facility rental (Events Center & Indoor Arena)

$200 per hour

$100 per hour

Midway Office

$30 per day

$15 per day

Pipe and Drape (Black: 8 ft. tall x 150 ft. length)

$15 per 10′ section

$7.50 per 10′ section

Portable Bleachers
5 row – seats 50
10 row – seats 100

$25 per event
$45 per event

$12.50 per event
$22.50 per event

RV Hookup (electrical)

$30 per night

$15 per night

Stage – Platform type

$15 per section

$7.50 per section

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