Rental Facilities

Buildings and Floorplans

Welcome to the Rental Office! If you've got an event to put on, we've got everything you need to make it a success. At the Ohio Expo Center, you'll find more than one million square feet of event space, seats for 20,000 people and ties for 2,000 cattle. Our versatile, 360-acre, 20-building

Bricker Building

Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour! This building is so expansive, it is measured in acres! Size, adaptability, conveniences: the larger your needs, the more you'll be attracted to the Bricker Multi-Purpose Building. This handsome, modern facility has 3.5 acres under one roof, with a 20' ceiling, so it

Brown Building

Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour! The Brown Sheep Building offers 140,000 sq. ft. of open-arrangement space - and is a site for events that go beyond its name. It has been a successful facility for consumer shows and swap meets, as well as livestock events. It offers el

Buckeye Building

  Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour! If you need up to 66,000 sq. ft. of open floor space, the Buckeye Building may be ideal. It has hosted all kinds of trade shows, consumer shows, swap meets, liquidation sales, and banquets for up to 5,000 people. And it has b

Celeste Center

Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour!   Celeste Seating Chart Download detailed version This modern facility can transform itself from a 10,200 seat concert hall . . . to a 300-booth trade show . . . to a banquet hall hosting thousands . . . to an equine and livestock center . . . to a sports coliseum - almost ov

Cooper Arena

  Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour! A mini-coliseum for smaller shows, competitions and other events. Ideal for livestock shows and sales, and it's often the site for mini-tractor pulls and remote control car and truck racing. It features elevated seating for 2,000 in an oval arrangement. The arena i

Donahey Ag/Hort Building

Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour! Well-known for its unique and attractive architecture, the Donahey Ag & Hort. Building offers 40,600 sq. ft. of display or meeting area. This historic building, constructed in 1926, adds turn-of-the-century charm to events and celebrations. A second floor balcony overlooks the ex

Gilligan Complex

  Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour! This utilitarian complex is designed primarily for livestock and equine events-and all the conveniences they'll need. But it adapts easily to provide a large area for just about any function, such as a trade show, consumer show or swap meet. It

Kasich Hall

Kasich Hall is the perfect home for numerous conventions, expositions and trade shows, offering customized settings in exhibit halls ranging from 12,500 to 75,000 square feet. On the second story mezzanine, six different meeting rooms can accommodate a combined 200 individuals and feature glass windows to overlook either the convention hall

Lausche Building

Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour!  Event planners have come to expect great adaptability from the Lausche Building, and rightly so. It offers 52,000 sq. ft. of clear span floor space, ideal for trade and consumer shows, conferences, major meetings and banquets - comfortably seating up to 4,500 din

O'Neill Building

  Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour! Designed with special attention to the needs of agricultural shows and sales - but easily doubles as a multi-use facility for events like flea markets and midget car races. It features 78,000 sq. ft. of space, loading docks, refrigerated display cases, p

Ohio Building

  Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour! The Ohio Building is a true showcase facility, all circular clear-span space and floor-to-ceiling glass walls. Its light, airy interior offers 14,095 sq. ft. of space in a 135' diameter circle. Ceiling height rises to 20' in the center. It is i

Rhodes Center

Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour! This versatile complex has the capabilities to host a morning meeting, an evening banquet, a weekend exhibit, or an extended conference. Everything's here, including dormitories and cafeteria if you need a self-contained mini-campus or convention center. The auditorium/exhibition hall offers 15,680 sq

Taft Coliseum

Taft Coliseum Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour! A natural home for major sporting events, concerts, consumer shows, horse shows, truck and tractor pulls - the circus! Depending on your needs, there's seating for up to 7,000 in color-coded sections. And the facility is designed to make your ev

Voinovich Livestock & Trade Center

   Floor Plan Download detailed version Take a Virtual Tour This state-of-the-art facility is one of the biggest and best of its type in the region. It's designed with everything to make your event successful . . . whatever it is you're planning. Livestock show. Product show. Sporting event. Conference. Banquet. The c

Pricing

  Facilities (daily rate) Ag & Hort Building 40,600 sf $1,250 Bricker Multi-Purpose (AC) 155,000 sf $4,750 Buckeye Building 66,000 sf $2,300 South one-half $1,650 Buckeye Lot $1,575 Celeste Center (AC) 60,000 sf $4,500 Coliseum 25,200 sf $3,300 Commercial Buildings North Commercial & Poultry - 36,288 sf/ea. $850 South Commercial - 25,740 sf $850 Congress Pavilion 20,000 sf $550 Cooper Arena 14,212 sf $1,100 Denny Hales Pavilion (300' x 128') $550