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The exhibit hall was also the home of professional wrestling cards from the early 1980s to mid-1990s with monthly visits from the WWE and the occasional WCW event. The hall totals 90,000 square feet (8,400 m 2 ) of exhibit space - 65,000 on the main floor and 25,000 on the balcony, and can be divisible into two halls.
The convention center was conceived in 1969 as a way for the City of Columbus to generate economic revenue by hosting events and revitalize the downtown area after a period of decline. [3] Voters approved a $6 million bond in 1971 to purchase 27.5 acres (11.1 ha) which was the site of the first Union Station in the world.
The Columbus chapter of 100 Black Men of America has a mission to improve the quality of life and economic opportunities for African Americans.
In 2000, inspired by Spirits of Independence, and with Sim's blessing, Columbus small press comics publisher Bob Corby staged the first SPACE show at the Rhodes Center in the Ohio Expo Center. 49 small press exhibitors — including Matt Feazell, Carla Speed McNeil, Alex Robinson, and William Messner-Loebs [4] — came from as far as Illinois ...
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.
A neo-Nazi turf war may have just flared in Columbus, Ohio. Jewish, Black and elected leaders won’t stand for it ... the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism’s vice president, Oren Segal ...
Black men are not a monolith any more than Black people are one, and it follows that Black men shouldn’t be coerced to vote as one, nor scapegoated for the failure of a presidential bid.
The Ohio History Connection is headquartered in Columbus, with its flagship museum, the 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m 2) Ohio History Center, 4 mi (6.4 km) north of downtown. Adjacent to the museum is Ohio Village , a replica of a village around the time of the American Civil War.