The History of Prospect Arena Site History and Historical Use: PROSPECT HORSE ARENA, West 52nd Avenue & DeFrame, in the Fairmount Neighborhood. The parcel is approximately five acres as currently developed. Originally, the Prospect Arena was located on the south side of West 44th Avenue & Fig Street. This land was needed by the plans for the Highway, so the County sold it, ordered the arena vacated. In July 1971 the County allocated $4,500 for removal and replacement of arena. Several horsemen’s groups volunteered to do the manual labor of moving posts and fencing to a new location. On May 6, 1974 the County closed on the 5 acres at W. 52nd and DeFrame for a purchase price of $33,000. Moneys used were funds from the sale of the Fig Street land - $52,600 plus funds allocated for replacement - $4,500. The difference available for construction was $24,000. Resurfacing of the arena in later years was accomplished with the use of the Ferguson Homes (development to the east of arena) escrow fund for trees to screen the arena; however, the neighbors to the east insisted that they did not want the arena screened from their view. The First Annual Darrell Skelton Memorial Benefit Show also raised some funds for the arena resurfacing.
PROSPECT ARENA MASTER PLAN
Scenes from within Prospect Arena today
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