The Portland Expo Center ~ A local landmark with over 50 years of supporting our community and regional small businesses

The Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center is a first-class multi-purpose facility that has become the region's primary destination for consumer public shows, trade shows and public events. Representing a broad cross-section of our area economy, the Portland Expo Center serves as the region's gathering place for numerous events covering a wide variety of community interests. As far back as 1921, the Expo site presented some of the very largest exhibitions in the Northwest. Today, the Expo Center still serves a diverse group of regional and local small businesses that continue to positively impact Oregon's economy. The Expo Center hosts over 100 popular events annually, attracting in excess of 500,000 attendees.

This community campus includes a complex of five interconnected buildings. The Portland Expo Center totals over 330,000 square feet of multi-use exhibition space, 11 meeting rooms, professional catering facilities, parking for 2,500 vehicles, acres of outdoor exhibition space and since 2004, convenient access to public transportation via TriMet Interstate Max Light Rail system. Click Facility Info for additional building details and services.

The Portland Expo Center is managed and operated by the Metropolitan Exposition-Recreation Commission (MERC) (www.mercvenues.org) and is a service of Metro regional government (www.oregonmetro.gov)