Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center Review

Went during the Ky State Fair. We had an absolute blast! This place is absolutely huge!

Great party atmosphere with friendly and helpful service.

State fair. Fun. Overcrowded but hey... It's the state fair

Just so Beautiful inside and educational event's go on here as well as others

Nice staff, atmosphere, and overall efficient on getting people in. They did allow outside food and drinks which was nice since not everyone does.

H. U. G. E. Place!! Bring your walking shoes. There are very few "handicapped" parking spaces.

Love coming here for the different events they hold!

Great venue year after year.... they hire the best staff and take care of all the attendees with professional courtesy. Also the biggest venue I've ever been to.

This place is huge. I was there for a volleyball tournament 09-11Mar18. There were close to 120 courts. There were many food venders. The major plus was the play area for kids.. Awesome idea. The downside of the event was parking. Getting to a parking area was terrible. Even though there were police and parking attendants, there wasn't very much direction for proper parking and people were parking any way they could. Crossing the street was dangerous, as well.

I have wanted to attend one of these events, for a long time. The information where the event wasn't posted well I had to drive and drive around the expo center, and finally found it.
I didn't find that that it was very female friendly. I am a hunter, and a female ....but the people in the exhibit areas just smiled and didn't speak, except three. I didn't expect that, a hunter is a hunter....you lost business today!!

Delivered show booth.... very well organize, got out of there unloaded in less than 2 hr.... tums up !

Unbelievably huge display space for the RVIA trade show.

A great place to attend an event. Plenty of parking and easy access.

Went for graduation! Miss seeing my Cards play ball there.

We attended a basketball tournament here. This place is huge, so be ready to do a lot of walking to get where you need to go when you visit the Expo Center. Also, be prepared to spend a lot of money if you plan to buy from the vendors inside. The cheapest bottle of water was $4 at the vendors. So you can imagine how much a pretzel or hot dog costs. Plan to eat elsewhere, if possible. They did allow coolers in the venue, but I'm not sure if they do for all of their events or if they just allowed it because we had kids playing ball and needed to stay hydrated. Also, parking is ridiculously overpriced. My recommendation is to find a hotel close by to stay at that has a shuttle bus that goes back and forth for free. Overall, venue is clean and serves it's purpose, but way over priced to do anything here. Make sure you have a lot of money if you plan to spend hours at this Expo Center.

Great place with great space. Everything is well labeled.

We had a great time this year at the fair. We came last Monday and Sunday, the 25th. We enjoyed the Christian concerts!! King and Country and Lauren Daigle were awesome!!!
We enjoyed going through the exhibits and seeing the animals. What a fun time we had.

Reasonable food prices at the VEX Robotics Championship

Great large open space! Surprisingly open parking lot when we got to the comic con we went to. Fairly large con but plenty of space to walk even in costume!

I've been going to the fair grounds for a little over 40 years to see shows, concerts, exhibitions Etc.

Was there for boat and RV show with company, staff was very helpful and friendly! Awesome building too!

Attended the JVA World Challenge volleyball tournament. Restrooms were always neat and stocked. Overall very well kept facility.

Attended the GIE expo. Great show and amazing place to have the expo.

Awesome Truck show met lots of business leads! Great place to network for the business!!

Same vendors, same stuff every time.Won't go back anymore except for the Christmas decor show.

Take out a loan for parking other than that the fairgrounds is constantly updating renovating and staying "fresh". Generally clean and easy in/out. Enter off Preston hwy for the large events and you will get in faster.

Disappointed with them charging everyone for parking to watch there loved ones graduate. Think they should do something different. I guess i see as i have 2 more graduation in the coming years

Been there many times for the Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup. Big place, easy to navigate though.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the National Farm Machinary Show. This has been the 19th year we have attended and have never been disappointed. They make it enjoyable for men and women both by the huge variety of vendors (not just farm equipment). We have taken our grandson for the last 10 years (beginning at age 3 months) and he tells everyone that the Farm Show is better than Christmas!

Went there to see what health insurance options they were offering for employees& to get free samples.

Nice convention center. Parking was $8 for my event.

There for 9 nights in their "campground" with about 200 other rvers. Solid almost flat concrete. There for Kentucky Derby. Full hookups via Y water source. Great security. Did not use washroom or any other service. Good shuttle to Derby.

Need for retail restaurant during major events. Nothing close by for patrons and attendees...

This is a huge place easy to get lost but great area

Seems like they simply stopped putting any money into it

Large venue, vendors drink and food pricing really way above average.

Parking was convenient to the main gate. There is a good array of rides and the atmosphere is family friendly. The price is a bit high to not include a better price of soft drinks. We brought back our Kentucky Kingdom reuseable cups today to only be told that only cups sold this year could be used to get the drink discount. Seems to me that a nice $10 dollar cup that still looks new would be honored just as it was last year. This is a new rule that I dont agree with. Probably 5% of people actually go to the trouble of saving their cup from year to year. This years cup is even a little smaller than in previous years. I think Holiday World and Kings Island arent quite as skimpy!

I drove down to Louisville from northwest Ohio for an AAU tourney. Let me first say this place is huge!! The AAU tournament was set up well and courts were numbered so that we could all see where we needed to be. The entry fee for the weekend was $35 which is pretty typical. The parking was absurd. To park you had to pay $10. But if you had games throughout the day and wanted to leave and come back you had to pay an additional $5 or pay another $10 when you came back. For an AAU tournament, when parents are paying a huge chunk of change to have their child play and then paying an entry fee to get in and watch your child pay, parking should be included. Parking passes were administered to coaches so it would not be hard to give them to parents. I would not have been upset to pay $10 or even $15 for a weekend pass to park. However, to pay $10 each time over a four day period is a bit much.

Great facility although a convention can be a bit spread out to comfortably fit all activities into a day.

$8 to park to see my kid's graduation ceremony seems a little steep. At least they didn't charge my kid when he had to go there in the morning for graduation practice.

Young bird show. Always a great time to see fellow bird fanciers.

Had a great time, drinks was on the pricey side but other than that i had a blast

Good times! With lots of Farm Equipment. It was a good time and educational!

Issues with the systems at the entrance/parking gate severely delayed getting into the facility. Person in the booth had no support, was not equipped to handle the crisis and was in panic mode.

Nice big and open place for a convention. Walking distance from several hotels.

If you want to have one of the largest events in the world I would definitely plan it here