York State Fair and Expo Center

246 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 different municipalities to provide a complete package location with great success.” “We are the de facto Convention Center for York, Pennsylvania, as the city itself does not have an official convention center, and are the preferred site for hundreds of year-round events, including the Keystone Farm Show, Pennsylvania Special Olympics, NSRA Street YORK STATE FAI R AND E XPO CENTER Rods Nationals, York Train Show, Celtic Classic Dog Show, York Gun Show and many more… One being the mighty York State Fair,” he continues. Perhaps the center’s most famous event, the York State Fair was founded in 1765. Then known as the York Fair, the event was originally held in what is now known as Penn Park before being moved to the York State Fairgrounds in the early