Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center Review

For the KY State Fair... They moved handicapped parking away from the building entrance and left no space for wheelchairs to move between the cars. People who have difficulty walking g a long distance definitely had trouble. Oh, but wait.... they did rent wheelchairs or scooters. Not impressed at all with the the fair or the food. Had not been in 20+ years and apparently it hasn't changed much. Food is way overpriced. $8.50 for 4 skinny, flat chicken tenders and a handful of overcooked fries. $5.50 for a pretzel.

Loved coming here for the Bluegrass Nationals with USA BMX.

The parking is now 10 per car I think if it goes up any more! Family's will have to Stop comming to the Fairgrounds.

Wow! As much as they charge for you to park you would think they would update this place! Everything looks about 20 years or more old. The employees are rude and unable to answer questions. Not very many handicap parking places. They need to try to budget better and remodel!

Nice. Contemporary. Plentiful bathrooms. Courteous staff.

Had an awesome time attending the street rod nationals.

Nice open area for conventions. Came there for VEX World's finals, and it was a great huge open space. Bright and clean, no complaints.

Went there to vote in the primary. Everything was quick and well executed.

We was their for a archery tournament had a great time. Super clean.

Great place to hold event. Staff were very friendly and helpful

Very crowded at the National Street Rod (NSRA) show. Over 10,000 cars were on display Saturday when I was there. Too much to see in a single day. We did not see half of the cars nor any of the swap meet area. There was a women's world area near the food court for the ladies.

The fair has went downhill and the structures here show their age.

This place is Huge! The GIE show was great and laid out well.

There are many interesting events here Wish parking is lower cost and entrance to event better marked.

We were there for the truck show. HUGE place. Very nice

They really shouldn't charge 4 parking it's paid for by the taxpayers

It wasn't set up needed to be spacious especially for a child event

Huge place for expositions. Went to the 2017 Kentucky State Fair. There was lots to do and the restrooms were clean. Shuttle service shut down early because of a fight and i had to walk a very far distance to find my car.

Good venue. Definitely don't like that they force you to pay to park. Once you are in your can't leave. But wait, you can buy a parking pass inside...huh?

Almost enough people to direct campers to there designated spot.

Great venue. State N.A.S.P Archery tournament always a great time and venue is awesome.

Had a great time for a goat show for the state fair.

I had a wonderful experience here at the 2019 national farm machinery show

The place is awesome but the parking charge is too much.

We were here for a cheer competition. The venue is nice and large. Only downfall is there isn't really any room to make final touches of getting ready. Plus there isn't easily accessible handicap seating. The women's bathroom was out of soap and with as many people that were there soap is a must especially during flu season. First aid was used by our girls and we had to have some ice packs. Thin bags were used and we got very little ice that was huge chunks so that didn't really help the situation.

Could be better. Some parts are very old but the state fair was a great attraction.

Food fun exhibits animals games rides live music. Ky. State fair.

We love it because it has excellent wonderful exhibits to look at and see and if you want to buy something they allow you to make payments on a certain items such as RV to buy or boat to buy and other such sports equipment. However they're quite pricey if you got the budget. Oh, they also have Twiggy the waterskiing squirrel... LOL... LOL if you get there early enough you can watch the squirrel in a seat instead of standing.

The state fair was fine. The cost of the food is ridiculous

Very clean facility. We were there for the run for the roses women's basketball tournament.

During the National Guns Day, I Had a Vendor badge and the gentleman running the show mistakenly took me as a patron I was rudely escorted out without gathering all my property. I will never and I personally recommend to ALL patrons to please watch yourself by visiting this place as I personally watched "vendors" sell many modern and non antique firearms without filling out a 4473 form, therfore breaking the law and allowing anyone to purchase weapons. PEOPLE THIS IS HOW FELONS GET POSSESSION OF WEAPONS I HOPE THIS POST IS SEEN BY THE PROPER PEOPLE AND A PROPER INVESTIGATION CAN BE DONE AS ALL GOOD AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO OBEY THE LAWS AND STAYED WITHIN THE LAW STILL RETAIN THEIR RIGHT TO THE SECOND AMMENDMENT. Cameras were not allowed inside the sale and I took this picture of a guy selling 100 round drum magazines and fully automated weapons were sold to people with an FFL

Bourbon and Beyond. It was very dry and dusty in 2019. Parking and shuttle service was a pain.

Ok, national competition and flee market did not mix well as far as parking and handicap drop off and parking

Very big place, you will be doing a lot of walking. But can be very enjoyable at times.

Louder Than Life 2019 was awesome! Better than when at Champion Park.

There for the IQ show. So impressed with the cleanliness of the entire property. Very friendly employees!

Thought the Boat and RV show would be bigger. Just not as many bumper pull campers as I thought there would be

Parking costs $8 and is a NIGHTMARE. Quite possibly the worst parking experience I have ever had. The attendant was very pleasant, but man, what is with that crazy parking set up!? The facility seemed well maintained and the bathrooms were clean. Two of the water fountains were broken.

Golf Expo was good but not great for a few good deals and then an entire years worth of spam emails and scams.

It was difficult to find where you need to park. The signage for parking and inside the facility was not very helpful. The parking attendants directing traffic had no idea about what was happening inside the facility, and did not want to be bothered to give directions.

Needs an update bad. I mean when Indiana has a better convention center than Louisville does, you know the Apocalypse is nigh!

This was awesome... no other words needed besides looking forward to tomorrow!

Very nice place my son was in a basketball tournament for the weekend there nice lay out here for the tournaments i couldn't believe how many could be played at one time ..nice

Went for the louder than life festival and it wasn t a bad place to hold the festival. Had fun!!

We went to Kentucky Kingdom for a company picnic it was awesome

Really impressed with this venue. My wife and I went to the indoor flea market. Suggestion!!! Get your hotel room downtown... the hotels surrounding the Expo center all cost $100 more a night.. wasn't worth it to us. We stayed at the Hampton downtown.

I've been here twice for basketball and both times are great experiences.

inexpensive summer fun. We usually get the season pass when it first goes on sale, and take the kids to the water park just about every weekend during the summer. Great value and lots of fun for the whole family IMO.

I love going here! There are so many different exhibits going on, all the time. Flea markets, guns shows, knife shows, car shows, and thats just to name a few. There is always parking, it may not be up close, it may be a pretty good walk but it is well worth it. The Kentucky Expo center offers food...good food i might add. They offer drinks and plenty of benches to take a rest before venturing on to the next bit of entertainment. I recommend checking the web site for a list of dates and times before riding out. I highly recommend going there no matter what the exhibit might be.

Visited to drop-off for graduation. Parking fee is $10. But if you are in out quick for drop off, they will refund your fee. Same thing if you are dropping people off at Kentucky Kingdom

I've always liked the KY Fair & Exposion Center an Freddy the my issue comes when the parking goes up to $10 per person that is crazy.
We went to the Fair and was shocked to hear the price for parking. Not like it use to be when everybody wasn't money hungry.

This place is massive, and was a great venue choice for the National Archery competition.