Wisconsin State Fair Park

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Wisconsin State Fair

The Wisconsin State Fair Park is an exhibition and event center in West Allis in the State of Wisconsin . The Wisconsin State Fair has been held here since 1892. It is also one of the motorsport centers of the American Midwest . It is home to the Milwaukee Mile racetrack, the world's oldest continuously operated racetrack, and the Pettit National Ice Center , a training facility for the US Olympic Ice Skating Team , which also belongs to the state of Wisconsin.

history

The Wisconsin Agricultural Society bought about 40 acres of land in what was then North Greenfield (Honey Creek settlement) from George Stevens in 1891  to secure a permanent venue for the Wisconsin State Exhibition. During the Spanish-American War and both World Wars, Camp Harvey stood on the site . Two monuments at the entrance to the exhibition center of the fair commemorate this.

The site also has a site under protection from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources , which is one of two sites where the Indian man-made mounds of earth are located in Milwaukee County . The second is in Lake Park , Milwaukee. The 4 prehistoric mounds built by the Woodlands People between 100 and 1000 contained artifacts dated to 8000 BC. Some of them are on display at the West Allis Historical Museum .

Wisconsin State Fair Park also had a football stadium known as the Dairy Bowl . It was the home ground of the NFL- playing Green Bay Packers from 1934 to 1951 when they played in Milwaukee. The final of the 1939 NFL Championship was played here. In 1940 and 1941 the stadium was also home to the Milwaukee Chiefs, who played in the AFL's third division .

From July 25 to 27, 1969, the Midwest Rock Festival took place in the park.

Facilities on the premises

  • Ag Village
  • Master Spas Pavilion
  • Milwaukee Mile (racetrack)
  • Pettit National Ice Center
  • Caravan parking space
  • Guest center
  • Tommy G. Thompson Youth Center
  • Wisconsin Exposition Center
  • Wisconsin Products Pavilion
  • Parks of Milwaukee

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cliff Christl: Glory Years: Packers' 12 NFL Titles , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Archived from the original on September 26, 2008. Retrieved April 27, 2009. 

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Coordinates: 43 ° 1 ′ 19 ″  N , 88 ° 0 ′ 46 ″  W.