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The Baird Center (formerly Wisconsin Center, Midwest Express Center, Midwest Airlines Center, Frontier Airlines Center, and Delta Center) is a convention and exhibition center located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The center is part of a greater complex of buildings which includes the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena and the Miller High Life ...
The UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (originally the Milwaukee Arena and formerly MECCA Arena and U.S. Cellular Arena) is an indoor arena located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.The arena, which seats as many as 12,700 people and offers 41,700 square feet (3,874 m 2) of floor space, is part of a larger downtown campus, that includes the Milwaukee Theatre and Wisconsin Center.
The Wisconsin Exposition Center is the state's largest exhibit hall with over 200,000 square feet (19,000 m 2) of space and nearly 10,000 on-site parking spots. Four large meetings rooms total about 3,000 square feet (280 m 2 ) of exhibit space.
The $456 million project doubled the convention center's size, officials said, including allowing for 300,000 feet of exhibition space. A grand opening was held Saturday.
The skywalk system consists of 1.75 mi (2.82 km) of walkways that connect about eight city blocks in downtown Milwaukee. Some notable buildings that the skywalk connects include: The Avenue, 310W, Hyatt Regency, Baird Center, Chase Tower, Riverside Theater, and 100 East Wisconsin. The system crosses the Milwaukee River in two places. [1]
King drew comparisons between the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland and the July 15-18, 2024, convention in Milwaukee, saying the cities offer similar experiences.
In April 2023, Milwaukee was selected to serve as the site of the convention. A key challenge of organizing the convention in Milwaukee was securing overnight accommodations for convention-related visitors. Milwaukee and its immediate metro area had fewer hotel rooms than is typical of a major party presidential convention host city.
here are several road and ramp closures scheduled downtown next week related to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.