CLINTON ARENA
14730 Plank Rd
Clinton, LA, 70722

Welcome to the Clinton Arena.  The Clinton Arena is located 3.8 miles down Hwy. 10 from Clinton, LA.  The arena was built to provide the local community and surrounding parishes with a multi-use facility with an emphasis on equine, livestock, FFA and 4-H activities.  The goal of the arena is to attract a variety of activities from the East Feliciana, West Feliciana, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, and East Baton Rouge parishes in a safe, family friendly environment.

Riding Membership

With a paid annual membership of $200, riders may become members of the Clinton Arena.  Benefits include 2 hour private visits to the arena as well as booking privileges for the use of the arena.

Local Events

Attend community events such as ropings, rodeos, horse shows, barrels races, ranch rodeos, playdays, and barn dances.

Community Activities

Area youth are encouraged to attend community activities such as    4-H and Future Farmers of America events that will build leadership, work ethic, and responsibility.  

Cowboy Churches

Attend one of the local cowboy churches in our area for a great worship service or cowboy church playday or ranch rodeo.

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Arena Updates

 We currently have Family Riding Memberships available!!!  Sign Up Today!!
The 2021 Riding Membership includes any immediate family member living in the same household.
The form is available online on the Forms page or Member page.  Annual Membership fee is $200 and Guest Fee is $10.  You can call or text Stephen Norred at 225-936-0099 for assistance on membership or call or text Doyle Redditt at 225-931-7751 for all other inquiries or needs.

  We APPRECIATE your ongoing support and want to remind everyone that this is an ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
The arena depends on everyone's support to assist with the care and cleanliness of the facility.  Members are also depended upon
to assist in keeping the facility open and ready for use the next member or event.

Arena History

FAARM - Feliciana Agricultural and Recreational Marketing Group

 The FAARM organization was formed in 1996 by a group of East Feliciana Parish citizens who were interested in creating a place for residents to hold public events.  In 1996 FAARM reached a corporative endeavor agreement with the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury to allow the FAARM organization to use 20 acres of land located on Highway 10 east of Clinton to build a multi-purpose facility.  That year, state grant money was obtained to purchase the building and in 1998 an additional grant was obtained to construct the building.

 In 2007, a grant was obtained from the Pennington Foundation which allowed for construction of perimeter fencing, panels for an arena, gutters & drains, and purchase of a tractor and implements.

 In 2009 Marc and Bettye Ann Browning got involved with Clinton Arena determined to make it a facility that could be used by the people of the parish as opposed to a vacant building. With Marc as President, the riding membership was formed and the Clinton Arena Play Days were created.

In 2010 a state grant was obtained which allowed for construction of a restroom facility and sewer system. It also allowed for construction of an arena sprinkler system.  Private individual donations assisted in obtaining additional necessary equipment for operation. The riding membership fees covered the maintenance costs of the facility along with volunteer labor.

The first official event was a horse show at the Clinton Arena sponsored by FAARM on 10/23/2010. Since that date we have held additional shows to benefit the arena and also to draw in community involvement.

From 2010 to 2014 Clinton Arena became a functional facility with a promising future. The riding membership continued to grow and the facility started being used regularly by the membership. We added bleachers in 2011 and 2012, interior and exterior lighting achieved thru grants and private donations in 2012-2013, a sound system acquired by private donation, a permanent pen installed during the summer of 2014 paid for by membership funds and private donations, and we received a donation of 300 tons of sand from Dolese to improve the arena surface in the summer of 2014.

Marc Browning resigned from the board in the Fall of 2014 after achieving his final goal of the installation of the permanent pen which allows the arena to be open for all types of livestock events. Under his years of leadership the arena went from being a closed structure to a fully functional facility which can hold events day or night and is used on a regular basis by the riding membership.
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The arena is now under the leadership of Mr. Doyle Redditt and with the help of his productive board of directors they are continuing the growth of the arena and expanding the use of the arena to include organized groups putting on shows in the community. They also hope to move forth with additional fund raising to continue to advance the facility into a complete multi-purpose arena.

​Keep

East Feliciana

​Beautiful!