A new Jacksonville Fairgrounds is rising among the pines off Normandy Boulevard, and its centerpiece Duval Hall is already up and running.
Duval Hall is a huge multipurpose venue that has already played host to concerts and a plant show. A few hundred rock fans were there last week for one of the first ticketed concerts, with Jacksonville band Allele. By the time the Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair rolls around in November, a new amphitheater that can hold 10,000 fans will also be ready.
The hall and its parking lots are about the only things finished at the new fairgrounds, with crews still working on the midway and a new barn that will be needed for the fair in November…