Coming soon: Ohio Agriculture Center

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Available for booking beginning January 2027

This innovative multipurpose building features built-in kitchens, dining space, meeting rooms, and more than 100,000 square feet of clear-span, multi-use event space. During the Ohio State Fair, this building will combine functions of the Taste of Ohio Café and the Agriculture & Horticulture Building in partnership with the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and Ohio’s agricultural commodity groups. With expansive temperature-controlled space, this building creates new opportunity for year-round event rentals, including:

Community Outreach Events
Livestock and Equine Events
High School and Education Events
Robotics Competitions
STEM Competitions
Science Fairs
Youth Programming and Events
Graduations
Sports
- Basketball (5-8 courts)
- Gymnastics (2 competition layouts)
- Volleyball (14 courts)
- Indoor soccer (3 pitches)
- Cheerleading (22 mats)
- Fencing (17 pistes)
- Boxing (10 fields of play)
- Taekwondo (7 fields of play)
- Pickleball (24 courts)
- Table tennis (30 fields of play)
- Weightlifting (12 fields of play)
- Wrestling (12 fields of play)

Completion: 2026
Fast Facts

Meeting Rooms – 10
Exhibition Hall - 100,760 square feet
Total square footage - 177,491 square feet
Ceiling height – 31’ (30’ clear to bottom of operable bulkhead)

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Exhibit Hall Space - 360 Degree Tour

This 360-degree tour video allows you to pause the video and use your mouse to navigate around the space to see a full view of the Ohio Agriculture Center exhibit hall space.

Exhibit Hall Space - South Hall

The exhibit hall space, which exceeds 100,000 square feet of clear-span space and 31' ceiling height, can be divided into two sections, approximately 40% of the space (shown here with basketball courts), or 60% of the space (see other image), or combined for 100,760 square feet total.

Ohio Agriculture Meeting Rooms - 360 Degree View

This 360-degree tour video allows you to pause the video and use your mouse to navigate around the space to see a full view of the Ohio Agriculture Center meeting room space.

Exhibit Hall Space - North Hall

The exhibit hall space, which exceeds 100,000 square feet of clear-span space and 31' ceiling height, can be divided into two sections, approximately 60% of the space (shown here in a trade show setup), or 40% of the space (see other image), or combined for 100,760 square feet total.

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Building Fact Sheet

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