AUSTIN (KXAN) — Williamson County will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday afternoon for its Expo Center West Arena project in Taylor. The center features a 78,750-square-foot covered arena, which the county has named the "Friendship Pavilion" after a town that's now submerged under Lake Granger.

The expo center was designed by Austin-based architecture firm Parkhill and built by Bartlett Cocke General Contractors. Voters approved $10.7 million in funding for the project in 2023.

Construction started in December 2024. Williamson County Commissioner Russ Boles said at the time that the new center would be a space for the people who "made us ... the farmers and the ranchers."

“The expo center’s a spot for them to learn. It’s a spot for them to compete," Boles said in 2024. "It’s a spot

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