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The Big E, formally known as The Eastern States Exposition, is an annual fair in West Springfield, Massachusetts, which opens on the second Friday after Labor Day and runs for seventeen days. It is billed as " New England 's Great State Fair ," the largest agricultural event on the eastern seaboard and the fifth-largest fair in the nation. [ 2 ]
Built as the Eastern States Coliseum in 1916, adding to the facilities for the annual Eastern States Exposition, the Big E Coliseum was the longtime home of the Springfield Indians professional hockey team in the American Hockey League, and later served as a part-time home to the New England Whalers hockey team while the team was in the World Hockey Association. [1]
The Big E is back in Massachusetts for its 2024 run from Sept. 13-29. Hosted by the Eastern States Exposition, the largest fair on the East Coast features a wide variety of delicious fair food ...
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Hits like “Cold as Ice,” and “Waiting for a Girl Like You” will be rocking The Big E Arena by members of the band Foreigner.
Sep. 24—WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Big E is open after a year's hiatus because of the pandemic, and attendance numbers are looking good. This past Tuesday saw the highest single day attendance for ...
The Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show is an annual show, covering railroads, railroad Museums, model railroading, and railroad related toys, held at the Eastern States Exposition grounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts by the Amherst Railway Society. The show usually held on the last weekend in January.
Springfield—like many mid-size Northeastern cities, e.g., Hartford, Albany, and New Haven—from the 1950s to the 1970s, razed a significant number of historic commercial buildings in the name of urban renewal. In 1961, this included Unity Church, the first building designed by the young Henry Hobson Richardson. [127]
The Big E; Clark Art Institute; The Five Colleges: Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and UMass Amherst; Forest Park in Springfield – one of the largest urban parks in the U.S., featuring a zoo and Bright Nights during the holidays; Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art; Historic Deerfield