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Steve Lackmeyer fondly remembers when the State Fairgrounds were cool

3:34 PM EST on November 9, 2021

Strange times are still afoot at The Oklahoman.

Over the weekend, the paper's new woke out-of-state corporate ownership gave Steve Lackmeyer permission to do something that was once deemed unthinkable – call into question the decision making of the city's Ruling Class and OKC Chamber of Commerce!

In this Sunday's paper, Steve took a nostalgic look back at the old State Fairgrounds, and in particular, the Ruling Class' long, ambitious plan to flip the place from a quirky destination full of culture and character into the sterile, lifeless, revenue-generating horse show complex it is today.