Edmonton Expo Centre, Convention center in Edmonton, Canada.
The Edmonton Expo Centre is a large event venue with multiple halls designed for different types of gatherings. The complex features exhibition spaces, an arena area for sporting events, and ballrooms for private occasions and conferences.
Built in 1984 on the site of the old Edmonton Gardens, the first home of the Edmonton Oilers, the venue was known as the Northlands AgriCom until 2009. Renovations completed in December 2009 doubled its size to 522,000 sq ft, adding four exhibition halls and the Alberta Ballroom, with $50 million from the province, $25 million federal and a $48 million city loan. The City of Edmonton took ownership in August 2017, and a $98 million rehabilitation finished in March 2025.
The name AgriCom came from the agricultural and commercial trade shows the venue was built to host before 2009. Since 2019 it has hosted Scream, an annual Halloween-themed electronic dance music festival held around October 31, which previously ran at the Edmonton Convention Centre.
The Edmonton Expo Centre stands in the Montrose neighbourhood, across the street from the former Northlands Coliseum, not in central Edmonton. The building has seven exhibition halls, a ballroom and the 4,600-seat Flair Airlines Hangar arena, so check which hall your event uses before arriving.
The arena inside the centre is branded the Flair Airlines Hangar and seats 4,600. The 2022–2025 rehabilitation added the largest rooftop solar array in Canada. The building stands on the site of the old Edmonton Gardens, the Oilers' first home.
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