The convention center is more than two decades old — and has been renamed six times. Though its renovation only ended months ago, the Baird Center has a 26-year history in Milwaukee.

Downtown Milwaukee's Wisconsin Center convention facility, which is undergoing a $456 million expansion, is getting a new name tied to wealth management and financial services firm Baird & Co.

Convention Fest, located within the RNC security zone between the Baird Center, Miller High Life Theatre and UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena on West Kilbourn Ave., featured over 75 national and local ...

The convention center is more than two decades old — and has been renamed six times. Though its renovation only ended months ago, the Baird Center has a 26-year history in Milwaukee.

Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee is home to the 2024 Republican National Convention where former President Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican party’s nomination for president.

Convention Fest is located on Kilbourn Avenue, between the Baird Center and Panther Arena. The event is a five-minute walk from Fiserv Forum, where the Republican National Convention takes place.

The downtown Milwaukee convention center opened in 1998 and was originally known as the Midwest Express Center under a naming rights agreement with the Oak Creek-based airline.

The Republican National Convention will be held July 15-18 in Milwaukee, with Fiserv Forum as the main venue.

A worker vacuums the convention floor as preparations continue inside the Fiserv Forum for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., on Saturday, July 13, 2024.

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The convention center is more than two decades old — and has been renamed six times. Though its renovation only ended months ago, the Baird Center has a 26-year history in Milwaukee.