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Walla Walla commissioners lower fairgroundsdamage-to-premises insurance limit to keep events running
Summary
After public comment from equine and event organizers, the Board of County Commissioners voted to temporarily reduce the fairgroundsdamage-to-premises insurance requirement from $1,000,000 to $300,000 through Oct. 1, 2025, while staff and commissioners work on a longer-term policy update.
Walla Walla County commissioners voted unanimously April 21 to reduce the required damage-to-premises insurance for fairgrounds event rentals and vendors from $1,000,000 to $300,000 for events occurring before Oct. 1, 2025.
The move followed more than an hour of public comment from fair users, event promoters and vendors who said the existing $1 million requirement made insurance unattainable and was prompting events to move elsewhere. Fairgrounds Director Greg Liebeck told the board the countypolicy was out of step with neighboring counties and was costing the facility revenue.
“This insurance requirement is putting us in a position where weare not able to do as many events,” Liebeck said. “No other county that we can find is asking what weare asking our vendors to do.”
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