Lamar Dixon Expo Center

Lamar Dixon Expo Center is a large multi-purpose venue in Gonzales, Louisiana, offering event organisers a range of indoor and outdoor facilities across a 247-acre site. Its spaces support trade shows, conventions, fairs, concerts, equestrian events, rodeos, livestock shows, sporting activities and community gatherings. Organisers can enquire about booking individual facilities to suit their event format and attendance.

Indoor options include the 68,000-square-foot Rev Center, a climate-controlled building with meeting rooms, concessions and restrooms. The Trademart offers 24,000 square feet of event space, capacity for up to 3,000 people, freight doors and a floor grid for phone and electrical connections. For smaller or more tailored occasions, the venue also has a 5,180-square-foot banquet hall with an attached bar, a commercial kitchen and configurable layouts. Several buildings and arenas are available, alongside barns, pavilions, sports and fitness facilities, fields and ponds.

The centre has a particular focus on equestrian and 4-H activities, while also catering for exhibitions, conventions, graduations, auctions, craft fairs, vehicle shows and public entertainment. Its extensive grounds and mix of spaces make it suitable for events with different layouts, audiences and operational needs. Organisers can contact the venue to discuss facility availability and make a booking enquiry. The complex is owned and operated by Ascension Parish and is located on South St Landry Avenue in Gonzales.