Multnomah County acquired the facility in 1965 it was renamed the Multnomah County Exposition Center. Among various attractions, the centennial exposition featured a railroad line that used two trains built for the then-new Portland Zoo Railway (now the Washington Park and Zoo Railway), on temporary loan. įor three months in the summer of 1959, the Oregon Centennial Exposition was held at the site. Torii Gate, an installation piece by Portland artist Valerie Otani, acts as a memorial honoring the people held at the Portland Assembly Center in 1942. 3,676 people of Japanese descent were confined in the hastily converted animal corrals for a period of five months, while they awaited transfer to more permanent camps in California, Idaho and Wyoming. įrom May 2 to September 10, 1942, the center suspended livestock exposition operations and served as a Civilian Assembly Center under President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066, which authorized the eviction and confinement of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast during World War II. Later the show included horse show and rodeo venues. The show later had a side line of holding huge auctions of livestock for breeding purposes. ![]() It is now owned by the Multnomah County Fair Association. Subsequent shows were held in this building, which still stood as of 1979. Later, a building was constructed adjacent to the North Portland stockyards, which was next to Swift & Co. Two huge exhibition tents were erected for the judging of the stock. ![]() 1920), the stock, including cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs, were housed in the beef cattle covered pens. Ayre, Portland, a wealthy lumberman as a group formed the Pacific International Livestock Show in Portland. Ruby, Portland, breeder of Clydesdale Horses O.M. Alexander Chalmers, Centerville/Forest Grove, breeder of Shorthorn Cattle Frank Brown, Carlton, breeder of Shropshire Sheep and Shorthorn Cattle Herb Chandler, Baker, breeder of Hereford Cattle A.C. The complex was originally built in the early 1920s as the Pacific International Livestock Exposition, and operated as a livestock exhibition, cattle grading, and auction facility. Located on the north side of Portland near Vancouver, Washington, it includes the northern terminus for the Yellow Line of Portland's light-rail transit system and has connections to TriMet Bus Line 11-Rivergate/Marine Dr. Opened in the early 1920s as a livestock exhibition and auction facility, the center now hosts over 100 events a year, including green consumer shows, trade shows, conventions, meetings and other special events. The Portland Expo Center, officially the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center, is a convention center located in the Kenton neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States.
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