Sandhills Global Event Center

The Sandhills Global Event Center is the county fairgrounds serving Lancaster County residents. The Event Center opened its doors as the “Lancaster Event Center” in 2001. The Lancaster County Agricultural Society, which acts as owner/operator of the county fairgrounds on behalf of county citizens (as is true in most Nebraska counties for over 150 years), envisioned the Event Center as a way to address two challenges. First, the Lancaster County Fair had outgrown the Nebraska State Fairgrounds, and there was no way to expand into the surrounding area. Second, the unique mission of the Lancaster County Ag Society to engage youth and our community in agriculture could be best met with a dedicated year-round facility for county-level needs.