The Fox Cities Exhibition Center is a multi-purpose

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located in the city of

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in the United States. The city of Appleton owns the center and is operated by the connected Hilton Appleton Paper Valley Hotel. On September 29, 2016, ground was broken on the Fox Cities Exhibition Center. It was finished and inaugurated on January 11, 2018, for an estimated cost of $31.9 million. Funding for the construction of the center is being provided by a 3% hotel-room tax being charged throughout the

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region. It was designed by Zimmerman Architectural Studios and Miron Construction served as the

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. The center is primarily used for conventions, meetings, trade shows, and community events. The Center welcomed over 60 events upon its first year open, which bypassed the expected events goal, with many more events planned for the future. Please visit the link below to the Fox Cities Exhibition Center website for more detailed information.

Location

The Fox Cities Exhibition Center is located 0.2 miles away from Appleton's city center. It is attached to the Hilton Appleton Paper Valley through a sky-walk, is located next door to the

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Justice Center and adjoins to Jones Park which has been remodeled to match the convention center and is now open.

Features

The Fox Cities Exhibition Center features of flexible meeting/convention space across three separate halls which are separated by movable walls which allows the space to be tuned into one large hall. There is also a large outdoor plaza space. The center is connected to the nearby Hilton Appleton Paper Valley Hotel via a

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, which contains an additional of ballroom, banquet, and meeting space. The center features an -tall spire lit by

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s (LEDs) commemorating 1882 when the first

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power plant in the world was put into operation on the Fox River in Appleton. The LEDs will be able to be programmed to display different shows for events throughout the year.

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