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JJMooney · 3/5/15, 4:24 PM

I couldn’t get the link to work in the first post. Try this link:
Mahoney sees new heart of NYS Fair: Farewell to 'Moody Mile,' hello Main Street by the midway?
http://www.syracuse.com/kirst/index....on_rethin.html

Another story...
Super DIRT Week CEO says this year's event will be at fairgrounds. After that? He isn't sure
http://www.syracuse.com/kirst/index...._story_package

In a nutshell: There's a plan afoot to build a new amphitheater on the shore of nearby Onondaga Lake which is right next to the fairgrounds. All of the concerts held during the fair would be moved from the fair grandstand to this new amphitheater. After the ampitheater is built, the fair grandstand would be torn down which would mean no more racing on the Mile.

It'll be real interesting to see how this amptheater flies. It's supposedly a done deal. In my opinion, it's a big mistake. Anyone who's familiar with the area knows that Onondaga Lake is the most polluted lake in the US. Industrial waste and raw sewage were dumped into the lake for decades. It smells. Bad. Not to mention, there's a pervassive chemical odor that's always in the air due to the heavy industry in nearby Solvay. I can't imagine someone packing their wine and cheese and sitting outside to listen to James Taylor with the double-whammy of chemical smell and mercury contaminated dead fish wafting over you.

3/5/15, 4:24 PM	#3 Re: Is This Year The End Of The Syracuse Moody Mile?
JJMooney Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 368	I couldn’t get the link to work in the first post. Try this link: Mahoney sees new heart of NYS Fair: Farewell to 'Moody Mile,' hello Main Street by the midway? http://www.syracuse.com/kirst/index....on_rethin.html Another story... Super DIRT Week CEO says this year's event will be at fairgrounds. After that? He isn't sure http://www.syracuse.com/kirst/index...._story_package In a nutshell: There's a plan afoot to build a new amphitheater on the shore of nearby Onondaga Lake which is right next to the fairgrounds. All of the concerts held during the fair would be moved from the fair grandstand to this new amphitheater. After the ampitheater is built, the fair grandstand would be torn down which would mean no more racing on the Mile. It'll be real interesting to see how this amptheater flies. It's supposedly a done deal. In my opinion, it's a big mistake. Anyone who's familiar with the area knows that Onondaga Lake is the most polluted lake in the US. Industrial waste and raw sewage were dumped into the lake for decades. It smells. Bad. Not to mention, there's a pervassive chemical odor that's always in the air due to the heavy industry in nearby Solvay. I can't imagine someone packing their wine and cheese and sitting outside to listen to James Taylor with the double-whammy of chemical smell and mercury contaminated dead fish wafting over you.