CLEVELAND, Ohio — The X-Center’s new 49 year lease approved by Cleveland City Council, to bring in a Fortune 100 company and 250 jobs, leaves out expo shows.
Will the Home & Garden Show transplant down the road just east to the Browns planned new covered stadium site, as councilman Mike Polensek fears? Or will it sprout back up at the current lakefront stadium, Rocket Arena, Progressive Field, the Convention Center, Public Hall or Mayor Justin Bibb’s back yard?
The big brown building with white stripes west of the airport, started as a tank plant during WWII and then became the International Exposition Center in 1985. Among the many expo shows held there, the two most prominent have been the Home and Garden Show and Auto Show. Here are two file photos of the Auto Show at Cleveland Public hall.
At the advent of the automobile, Cleveland was the home of many auto manufacturers, including electric, Baker Motors, whose building still stands…