A 44-stop tour lands on one weekend
The Oddities & Curiosities Expo publishes 44 dated stops for 2026. Its about copy calls the run a 40+ city international tour across the United States, Canada and Australia. The Oregon Convention Center holds the Portland stop on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November 2026 in Halls C-D-E. Seattle runs 24 and 25 October and Sacramento 14 and 15 November.
A touring consumer show hands a venue host a fixed package. The run is two days, the halls are three, and the clock is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day from the organiser's FAQ. The venue's event page lists the dates, the halls, the street address and a ticketed public event label, and lists no door time.
What the $330 million measures
The venue's about page states that consumer spending totals more than $330 million each year as a result of the convention center's business. Its sustainability page puts the annual economic impact at an estimated $625 million and the jobs supported in the Portland region at about 6,000.
The three figures measure three different things. The $330 million is consumer spending attributed to the building's business. The $625 million is economic impact. The 6,000 is jobs.
Neither page divides any of the three by event, weekend or hall. A two-day consumer fair enters against a published annual base and adds an unpublished share. A property that needs a figure for this weekend counts the door.
The booking sequence around the fair
The venue's November calendar carries nine bookings, and its filter reads November 2026 (9). Three of them frame this weekend.
Friday 6 November holds the 2027 HBA Housing Forecast Breakfast in Portland Ballroom 251-252-253-258. Saturday 7 November carries this expo in Halls C-D-E and the NW Martial Arts Festival 2026 in Hall A. Sunday 8 November carries the expo alone. Monday 9 November holds nothing. Tuesday 10 November holds the 28th Annual Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Conference in Portland Ballroom 251-254 and 257-258, and Kumoricon 2026 takes Halls A-A1-B-C-D-E from 13 to 15 November.
Saturday carries two events in one building. Sunday carries one. The following Friday hands the full hall stack, A through E, to a single convention.
Three halls and a dock ring
Halls C-D-E give the show three halls. The venue's move-in page prints 18 loading bays, all with load levelers, and 8,000 square feet of indoor dock space reached through three drive-in ramps and three roll-up doors. Door sizes run 20 to 22 feet tall and 18 to 20 feet wide.
The loading docks sit on NE First Avenue. The venue routes exhibitor freight to the show decorator and states that it will not accept or ship exhibitor freight or drayage. After unloading, vehicles move to the OCC garage or a parking lot so the next truck can unload.
The cashless line runs through the building
The venue states that it accepts credit, debit and touchless payment only. Its cashless page names vending machines, locker rentals, the parking garages and lots, and the food and beverage outlets. The organiser's FAQ splits the floor from the building: the door takes cash and credit, the large majority of vendors take both, cash-only vendors post signs, and some take Venmo, CashApp or Zelle.
The building holds five ATMs in the Pre-Function A, B, C and E lobbies and on the South Ginkoberry Concourse. A reverse ATM sits down the short hallway to the left of the welcome desk in the MLK Lobby. It swaps cash for a Visa card, loads once and charges no fee.
An attendee who plans to eat or park inside the building needs a card. An attendee who plans to buy on the floor may need cash.
The $20 door
The organiser publishes one admission figure. Day-of tickets cost $20, paid in cash or by card at the door, and children aged 12 and under enter free and hold no ticket.
A ticket is valid until scanned and works on either day of the weekend. Ticket prices vary by country, currency, venue, ticketing provider and fees, and select Ticketmaster venues carry higher service and convenience charges.
The organiser publishes no attendance figure, no vendor count and no per-day head count. The venue publishes none for this event. Gate revenue rests on the door count at a fixed $20 price.
The pattern a property can hold
The published record carries no room block, no rate, no cut-off and no group rate for this show. The organiser names no host property and the venue names no hotel.
The pages do carry a repeatable shape. A 44-stop tour books a weekend. The weekend takes three halls. The building shares its Saturday with a second event, owns its Sunday, sits empty on the Monday and hands the hall stack to a convention on the following Friday.
A property reads the halls, the two doors, the dock ring and the shared Saturday, and builds its own weekend on the published clocks. The head count comes from the door.