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The Kansas State Fair Board approved nearly $790,000 for upgrades and improvements on the fairgrounds.

Capper Building to be uncapped for Fair The Capper Building will go capless for the 2021 Kansas State Fair. The Kansas State Fair Board agreed on Tuesday to pay up to $25,000 to have the roof on the 108-year-old building torn off but to leave the rest of the aging open-air structure in place for the upcoming fair. After the fair, the fair’s contracted architectural firm will explore costs for replacing it with a new building, also open-air but possibly made of steel and a synthetic wood wrap. A structural engineer examined the building in April and determined it was not structurally safe.

The Kansas State Fair Board agreed Tuesday to take bids on some construction and building upgrade projects on the fairgrounds, including a long-delayed estimated $2.37 million project at the Expo I horse exhibition center. A few should be done in time for this year’s state fair, and others – including the Expo center – won’t start until it’s over. Even then, however, at least two buildings on the grounds that are currently closed to the public – the Capper Building and the Bison Arena – will remain so, as will the Encampment Building dormitories. Most of the Fair Board took an h...