Commissioners back schematic design work for Expo Center after heated debate; resolution passes 4'1

Jan 27, 2026

After hours of discussion about prior spending, funding sources and safeguards, the court approved a resolution allowing Park Hill Architects to prepare schematic design work for an Expo Center project (LCEC to pay $375,000); two proposed amendments requiring full private funding or explicit county protections failed.

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The court debated and then approved a resolution Jan. 27 allowing Park Hill Architects to produce a schematic design for an alternative Expo Center plan on approximately 80 acres along North University Avenue, with the Lubbock County Expo Center (LCEC) corporation committing to pay $375,000 for the schematic package.

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