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The Wisconsin Exposition Center is an exhibit hall and exposition facility located on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair Park in the Milwaukee suburb of West Allis, Wisconsin and commonly referred to as the "Expo Center". It is owned and operated by the State of Wisconsin and staffed by Wisconsin State Fair Park employees. [1]
Packer games in Milwaukee were ended after the 1994 season. [3] The grounds of the State Fair, at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources park site, contain one of only two Indian effigy mounds remaining in Milwaukee County. (The other is located at Lake Park in Milwaukee.) Four pre-historic mounds originally populated the location, which ...
1881 – Matanzas, Cuba – Exhibition of Matanzas; 1881 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Milwaukee Industrial Exposition [49] 1881 – Paris, France – International Exposition of Electricity, Paris [30] 1881 – Dunedin, New Zealand – Dunedin Industrial Exhibition; 1881 – Atlanta, Georgia, United States – International Cotton Exposition [13]
1945-1950: The "Thrasher Brothers Aerial Circus" featuring the Twin Ercoupe and the "World's Smallest Airport", was born after World War II when the oldest brother, Grady Thrasher, purchased some surplus planes — Piper Cubs, a Stearman biplane and two Ercoupes — from the U.S. Army for $200 to $500 each and a new 1946 Ford car.
Veterans Park, Milwaukee General Douglas MacArthur is a public artwork by American artist Robert L. Dean, a 1953 graduate of the United States Military Academy (West Point, NY). Previously, the statue was located in MacArthur Square in the Milwaukee Civic Center Plaza, downtown Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA.
In the autumn of 2020, the Wisconsin Center District sold bonds to finance the expansion. [12] Plans are to pay off the bonds over a 40-year period, through Milwaukee County hotel, restaurant, and car rental taxes levied by the Wisconsin Center District, with debt payments beginning in 2027. [12] Site work for the expansion began in the summer ...
30 May – Wisconsin State Fairgrounds (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) – Sixteen people were injured when a stunt plane crashed while performing a transfer of a person on an airplane to moving automobile via a ladder stunt. The ladder became hooked on the automobiles exhaust pipe and lifted the vehicle's rear end and threw it out of control.
The Pabst Showcase located on the Henry W. Maier Festival Grounds during the 1994 Summerfest, with Downtown Milwaukee and Interstate 794 in the background.. Henry Maier Festival Park is a 75-acre festival park located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the shore Lake Michigan and is the site of the annual Summerfest musical festival and the home of the American Family Insurance Amphitheater.