The Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds is an exhibition center and fairground site, located in

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

. The site has been home to the

Ohio State Fair The Ohio State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the United States, held in Columbus, Ohio during late July through early August. As estimated in a 2011 economic impact study conducted by Saperstein & Associates; the State Fair contributes ...

since 1886.

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The fairgrounds site includes numerous fair buildings: the Bricker Building,

Taft Coliseum The Taft Coliseum is a 5,003-permanent seat multi-purpose arena located at the Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds in Columbus, Ohio. History It opened in 1918 and is nicknamed "The Barn". The facility hosted the 1929 NCAA Wrestling Champions ...

, Celeste Center, Congress Pavilion, Cooper Arena, Cox Fine Arts Center, and others. Parks included in the site include Natural Resources Park, Central Park, and Heritage Park. Nearby entities considered on the fairgrounds include the

Ohio History Center The Ohio History Center is a history museum and research center in Columbus, Ohio. It is the primary museum for Ohio's history, and is the headquarters, offices, and library of the Ohio History Connection. The building also houses Ohio's state a ...

Historic Crew Stadium Historic Crew Stadium, previously known as Columbus Crew Stadium and Mapfre Stadium, is a soccer-specific stadium in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It primarily served as the home stadium of the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer from 1999 u ...

, and the

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Training Academy.

Celeste Center

Celeste Center is a 10,200-seat multipurpose arena. The building, named for former Ohio Governor and United States Ambassador to India Richard F. Celeste, is used for concerts, trade shows, banquets, and sporting events. The arena contains . of unobstructed floor space and two stages, one a -by-32-foot permanent stage and a portable stage measuring up to by . It also features air conditioning, an excellent sound system, dressing rooms with showers, large rest rooms, office space and concession stands. The Celeste Center is a rather low roofed arena for its capacity (53 feet tall). When used for concerts, the seating is set up amphitheater style. In 2000,

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performed to a sold-out crowd as part of her first concert tour.

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Celeste Center

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