Apache Junction in final steps to achieve rodeo grounds ownership
By Richard Dyer | YourValley The city of Apache Junction has paid $1.4 million and could have the title and ownership of the rodeo grounds, 1590 E....
By Richard Dyer | YourValley The city of Apache Junction has paid $1.4 million and could have the title and ownership of the rodeo grounds, 1590 E. Lost Dutchman Blvd., by June, the city council was told recently. The rodeo grounds, owned by the Bureau of Land Management, are home to annual events such as the Lost Dutchman Days rodeo and carnival, and the Arizona Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor Association show. The city began leasing the rodeo grounds in 1986. In October 2020 the Apache Junction City Council entered into an agreement to purchase the 20-acre rodeo grounds.