Santa Clara County Fairgrounds

37°18′0″N 121°51′5″W / 37.30000°N 121.85139°W / 37.30000; -121.85139

Santa Clara County Fairgrounds entrance during a Tết festival in February 2005.

The Santa Clara County Fairgrounds is an event venue in San Jose, California. The 165-acre (67 ha) fairgrounds has been owned by the County of Santa Clara since 1940 and is operated by the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds Management Corporation, a public-benefit nonprofit corporation.[1]

Since 1941, the fairgrounds has been the site of the annual Santa Clara County Fair. In its heyday in the mid-20th century, the fairgrounds hosted over 1.4 million people annually in public and private events. However, attendance declined throughout the 1990s and by 2003 had fallen to around 850,000.[2]

  1. ^ Greschler, Gabriel (January 20, 2022). "Santa Clara County Fairgrounds could get a cricket stadium by 2024". The Mercury News. San Jose, California. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Chronology and Annotated Bibliography of Fairgrounds Revitalization Initiatives" (PDF). Santa Clara County Facilities and Fleet Department. July 24, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2023.