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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:32:00

It replaced a condemned grandstand and became the Ohio State Fair's big-name stage. The Celeste Center at the Ohio Expo Center, 717 East 17th Avenue in Columbus, opened in 1991 and seats 10,200 for concerts in an amphitheatre-style bowl. The name honours a governor: Richard F. Celeste, Ohio's chief executive through the 1980s and later United States Ambassador to India, whose administration oversaw the fairgrounds redevelopment after the old State Fair Grandstand was demolished in 1990. The bu...