The first Dayton Off Road Expo was held in Dayton, Ohio in January of 2015 at the old Hara Arena. The Expo was chock full of many unknowns. We had just over 15 vendors and a handful of rigs. At the end of the extraordinarily successful weekend, we had a list of "musts" for the second year and even more congratulatory responses from the vendors and attendees. In our second year, we doubled our size and had created expectations by our followers. 

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Through events beyond our control and pure serendipity, we were forced to find a new venue, which led us to the Roberts Centre. By this time, we had built a reputation and didn't want to lose what we created over two years of hard work. So the show moved to Wilmington, Ohio and into a beautiful facility but we kept our now recognizable name.