2) Has OKC or any other .gov entity declared it a fairground?
From the above PDF:
"Business-type activities [of the Oklahoma City Public Property Authority] include golf courses, fairgrounds, and financial services."
2) Has OKC or any other .gov entity declared it a fairground?
No, they don't.
The City of Oklahoma City owns the fairgrounds (since 1917). The Oklahoma City Public Property Authority manages the public financing for the fairgrounds (under "lease" from the City of Oklahoma City since November 1, 1961 until all outstanding bonds are paid in full). State Fair of Oklahoma, Inc. has leased the property from the City of Oklahoma City (since August 3, 1982).
Source (PDF): http://www.okc.gov/finance_tab/yearenders/2011/OCPPA_publishable.pdf
Wow that's a long document. At this time I'm going to take your word for it and say I stand corrected.
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2) Has OKC or any other .gov entity declared it a fairground?
On August 3, 1982, the Authority and the City entered into a management agreement with the State Fair of Oklahoma, Inc.
(Fair), a private, nonprofit corporation. Under terms of this agreement, all fairgrounds-related property (Fairgrounds),
owned by the City and the Authority, is leased to the Fair. The Fair, in return, agrees to operate, manage, and maintain the
Fairgrounds.
Well it sure seems like the government entity has declared it a fairgrounds. I sure wouldn't want to be the test case for that though.
No, they don't.
The City of Oklahoma City owns the fairgrounds (since 1917). The Oklahoma City Public Property Authority manages the public financing for the fairgrounds (under "lease" from the City of Oklahoma City since November 1, 1961 until all outstanding bonds are paid in full). State Fair of Oklahoma, Inc. has leased the property from the City of Oklahoma City (since August 3, 1982).
Source (PDF): http://www.okc.gov/finance_tab/yearenders/2011/OCPPA_publishable.pdf
Whoa....Back it up a second here.
If the City of Oklahoma City has leased their property to State Fair of Oklahoma, Inc. I'm fairly certain that State Fair of Oklahoma, Inc. has legal ownership rights as long as their lease is valid, do they not? I'm sure there are many terms and conditions binding both parties to said lease, but I can't think of a legal method that would allow the City to dictate to State Fair of Oklahoma, Inc. what they could or couldn't do as far as State Law goes.
To me, state law is very clear regarding what a controlling entity can and cannot do of a specifically-exempted government-owned property. The City of Oklahoma City cannot dictate anything to the contrary.
http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeid=466200
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