California Exposition and State Fairgrounds officials may get a closer look next month at the feasibility of redeveloping the fairgrounds. Consultants have spent the last two months gathering more extensive information on what it would take to redevelop the site. A team led by Andy Plescia of A. Plescia & Co. has been meeting with city and county officials, utility providers, developers and real estate brokers to determine what development might be possible, plus costs and changes needed to support that, according to an update released late Tuesday afternoon. "This is really drilling down in a deeper level of detail into the feasibility of a redevelopment project," Cal Expo Deputy Gener

A potentially pivotal meeting on an arena land swap proposal and the state fairgrounds' future is set for Friday, when California Exposition and State Fair officials may decide on the project's fate. The agency's board of directors is expected to either vote on selling Cal Expo and swapping that fairground site for one in Natomas or postpone a decision to allow time to consider developer Gerry Kamilos' latest proposal, which includes privatizing operation of the new site. Cal Expo's board of 10 volunteer directors must decide how to upgrade the aging facilities for the state fair and events held by trade groups and others on the grounds. Richard Cuneo, Operations and Planning Committee c

Developer Jerry Kamilos has asked state fair board officials to give him 30 more days to develop elements of an arena land swap proposal that would relocate the fairgrounds to Natomas, a state fair official said Tuesday. Kamilos, who is proposing to build a downtown arena, asked the California Exposition and State Fair board late last week to postpone releasing a consultant's report on his proposal to sell Cal Expo and swap that fairground site for the Arco Arena site until Sept. 17, said Cal Expo Deputy General Manager Brian May. Cal Expo officials had planned to release the report Tuesday. Kamilos is requesting that they consider additional information before finalizing the report.  T

The sale of Cal Expo and the swapping of that fairground site for one in Natomas — proposed in a plan to build a new Sacramento arena downtown — are far from a done deal. While the Sacramento City Council agreed at its meeting Tuesday to enter an exclusive negotiating agreement with the developer, a detailed look at the feasibility and economics of such a move has just started for Cal Expo. On Friday, consultants will present the California Exposition and State Fair board with the first report in an analysis encompassing the arena proposal from developer Gerry Kamilos and the Sacramento Convergence LLC. The consultants will also come up with alternatives for upgrading and expanding the c