40 37 w 52.09972 n 106.67694 w 52.09972 ; 106.67694 saskatoon prairieland park corporation type not for profit industry fairs trade fairs agricultural shows headquarters 503 ruth street west saskatoon sk canada key people vic dubois president 1 products annual fair and exhibition space number of employees 75 year round 300 seasonal website prairieland park prairieland exhibition . plaza of the provinces . sponsored by kiwanis club of riversdale . prairieland park is an events centre in the south eastern portion of saskatoon saskatchewan . the park is located in the exhibition neighborhood of saskatoon . each year the park hosts an annual saskatoon exhibition called the ex . during the remainder of the year most of the park venues are rented out to special events . some events held are western canadian crop production show saskatchewan indemand trade show saskatoon fall fair cattle show and sale pet expo chuckwagon racing and the prairieland junior ag showcase . 2 the park also hosts marquis downs . the agriculture department is heavily involved in the community host 4h events . 3 it currently hosts 321 events a year which attracts 1.6 million people . prairieland park contents 1 the ex 2 history 3 marquis downs race course 4 buildings 5 references 6 external links the ex edit the ex is an annual fair that occurs on the site each august . this includes amusement rides product exhibitions music shows and displays . normally occurring at the same time are chuckwagon races at the marquis downs facility . prairieland park history edit welcome to prairieland park . in 2008 the park started a major 2.8 million expansion to build 27.000 square foot 2.5084 m2 agriculture and equine centre plus an attached 45 000 square foot 4 200 m2 stabling facility for year round use . freeing up the existing trade centre facility to be used exclusively for conventions and trade shows . 4 western economic diversification canada and saskatchewan government s ministry of municipal affairs under the saskatoon urban development agreement uda are investing 2.8 million in the 20 000 square foot 1 900 m2 building expansion of prairieland park s trade centre . 5 marquis downs race course edit marquis down race track in prairieland park see also marquis downs marquis downs is a horse race track in saskatoon saskatchewan canada which features both thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing . principal races are prairie lily stakes saskatchewan derby and saskatchewan futurity . 6 the minimum purse in 2007 was 3 000 and the heritage races featured a 100 000 purse . 7 buildings edit the facility consists of the following buildings trade centre complex 8 hall a 37 000 square foot exhibition area hall b two 16 000 square foot 1 500 m2 exhibition areas hall c 18 000 square foot exhibition spare terrace located above hall c consists of an 8 000 square foot 740 m2 reception room hall d 50 400 square feet exhibition space hall e opened in december 2006 with 58 000 square feet 5 400 m2 exhibition space grand stand marquis downs building the jubilee industry and agriculture building was a former exhibition area that was demolished in 2006 to make room for hall e. 9 references edit newsletter april june 2009 pdf . april 2009 . retrieved 2010 01 18 . tourism saskatoon prairieland park . archived from the original on 2008 04 09 . retrieved 2008 05 12 . http www.saskatoonex.com pdf oct07.pdf oct 07 newsletter http www.saskatoonex.com pdf newsletter jan08.pdf jan08 newsletter prairieland park launches 5.6 million expansion . western economic diversification canada . government of canada . archived from the original on 2008 02 19 . retrieved 2008 05 13 . marquis downs saskatoon . retrieved 2008 05 13 . mcconachie doug may 25 2007 . horse racing beats the odds at marquis downs . the starphoenix . retrieved 2008 05 13 . prairieland park http www.saskatoonex.com galleries prairieland % 20park % 20building % 20expansion index.htm photo album of jubilee demolition and hall e construction external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title prairieland park & oldid 635785600 categories culture of saskatoonbuildings and structures in saskatoonannual fairsfairs in canadavisitor attractions in saskatoonhidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 november 2014 at 16 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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