That won’t be an issue for the Westmoreland County rally. Trump’s campaign was accused of delaying payments for political events during the previous campaign. Event organizers will be responsible for other expenses associated with the rally, she said. Security will be coordinated through the U.S.

The fairgrounds won’t have out-of-pocket expenses related to the rally, Sphon said. The county’s Democratic and Republican committees rent space in the exposition buildings each summer during the fair. “It’s OK to rent to a political organization as long as they know they have to be available to all political organizations.” “(Nonprofits) can be political but cannot be partisan,” Outon said. There is no prohibition that prevents the fairgrounds from hosting a political event, said Peggy Outon, founder of the Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. About 30,000 people attended an alternative rock festival at the fairgrounds in the early 2000s.

The fairgrounds also hosts other events throughout the year, including the annual Overly Country Christmas lights show, as well as food and arts festivals. The facility features a covered 5,000-seat grandstand and other onsite facilities. The fairgrounds is operated by a nonprofit created to manage the Westmoreland Fair. She declined to disclose the financial terms of the deal to rent the fairgrounds. “They reached out to us and worked out the details,” Sphon said. The event will be the first political rally conducted on the grounds, which hosts the county’s annual fair each August, said Sarah Sphon, secretary for the Westmoreland Fair board of directors. The rally is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Mehmet Oz, whom Trump has endorsed in the May 17 primary to replace the retiring U.S. It will be Trump’s first return to Westmoreland County since campaigning here in the lead up to the 2020 election. Pleasant Township on Friday for a rally featuring former President Donald Trump. Westmoreland Fair officials were told to expect as many as 20,000 people to descend upon the 170-acre facility in Mt.

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