What Does Your Dog Really Think of You?

May 24, 2012

With the annual Mission Circuit Dog Show, presented by Purina Pro Plan, at Fairplex this Memorial Day weekend, there are thousands of dogs on the campus. The multifarious breeds and barking makes me think of P.D. Eastman’s Go, Dog, Go and its boisterous dog party. As a dog lover, it’s hard to sit here and not…

New Conference Center Just in Time for Surge of Business

March 21, 2012

According to an LA Times article, conferences and conventions are expected to be big business in 2012. Well, then, isn’t it apropos that Fairplex just opened the new, state-of-the-art Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center? The $28 million, 85,000-square-foot conference center opened in January but was formally introduced to business and community partners at a grand opening…

Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore”

March 1, 2012

Fairplex’s assistant director of development Laura Smolka-Gallardo is our guest blogger this week: Do you remember reading the beloved limericks in Shel Silverstein’s books as a child? (Do you know where the sidewalk ends?) Or perhaps you remember watching the Halloween episode of “The Simpsons” when Homer, Marge, and Bart recreate Edgar Allen Poe’s famous…

I Love the Smell of Tomatoes in the Morning

October 21, 2011

Actually, it will be in the afternoon but don’t get all red in the face. You can get red all over! It’s the Tomato Battle, happening right here at Fairplex tomorrow (Oct. 22). Their motto – Beer. Bands. Tomato Fight. It’s known as the biggest food fight of your life. What a great way to…

Get Your Scare On At Nightmare!

October 14, 2011

If you are a big chicken but love to test your scaredy-cat-ometer like I do, then you must get your shaky bones over to Fairplex’s annual Halloween frightfest Nightmare…A Haunted Attraction. As we like to say, this year, the Nightmare is in your own backyard! Mmmuaaaaahhhhhaaaahhhhaaa! Seriously, this is Nightmare’s third year and includes five…