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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 since 1886.


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The fairgrounds site includes numerous fair buildings: the Bricker Building, Taft Coliseum, 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
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, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol 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, Christina Aguilera performed to a sold-out crowd as part of her first concert tour.


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All American Quarter Horse Congress The All American Quarter Horse Congress (AAQHC) is known as the largest single breed horse show in the world. The annual event is held at the 360 acre Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds in Columbus, Ohio, and is hosted by the Ohio Quarter Ho ...
* List of contemporary amphitheatres


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