By David Wichner | Arizona Daily Star
The owners of one of Tucson’s biggest mineral shows have purchased a plot of land near downtown from the city, with plans to build a $12M cooperative exhibit hall.
The proposed permanent home for the 22nd Street Mineral, Fossil and Gem Show is near 22nd Street and Interstate 10.
Eons Expos LLLP paid the city $1.6M for the 6.5-acre parcel just east of Interstate 10 and north of West 22nd Street, where it has run the 22nd Street Mineral & Fossil Show under tents since 2011, Eons co-owner Lowell Carhart said.