/tags/arnold-sports-festival Arnold Sports Festival en-US Copyright Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:57:18 GMT /sports/2025-02-27/security-beefed-up-for-2025-arnold-sports-festival Law enforcement placed barriers around the Greater Columbus Convention Center and plan to use drones to monitor the weekend event. Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:57:18 GMT /sports/2025-02-27/security-beefed-up-for-2025-arnold-sports-festival Mark Ferenchik /show/all-sides/2024-02-29/the-future-of-the-arnold-sports-festival The four-day event, which was co-founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger and his Worthington friend, pumps more than $50 million into the local economy. Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:00:00 GMT /show/all-sides/2024-02-29/the-future-of-the-arnold-sports-festival /sports/2022-03-04/arnold-sports-festival-2022-opens-at-columbus-convention-center The 2022 Arnold Expo opened on Thursday and features nearly 1,000 exhibitor booths with sports, nutrition, apparel and equipment and four stages of unique, non-sport competitions. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:58:13 GMT /sports/2022-03-04/arnold-sports-festival-2022-opens-at-columbus-convention-center Natasha Williams /news/2022-03-03/arnold-sports-festival-returns-to-full-capacity For the first time since the pandemic began, the events at the Arnold Sports Festival will have spectators. Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:00:00 GMT /news/2022-03-03/arnold-sports-festival-returns-to-full-capacity Natasha Williams /2021-09-25/a-scaled-down-arnold-classic-returns-saturday Before the pandemic, the full Arnold Sports Festival brought in hundreds of thousands of fans from around the world and tens millions of dollars to the Columbus economy. A significantly smaller version of the event will take place Saturday at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Sat, 25 Sep 2021 14:10:21 GMT /2021-09-25/a-scaled-down-arnold-classic-returns-saturday Scott Good /news/2021-01-08/arnold-sports-festival-to-be-postponed-likely-until-fall-2021 The Arnold Sports Festival will be postponed to a later date this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Columbus' annual sports competition and fitness鈥� Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:25:14 GMT /news/2021-01-08/arnold-sports-festival-to-be-postponed-likely-until-fall-2021 Adora Namigadde /news/2020-05-13/early-warning-behind-the-gut-wrenching-decision-to-cancel-the-arnold-fitness-expo The decision to bar spectators from the Arnold Sports Festival started with a message from Houston. For the past 40 years, thousands of energy sector鈥� Wed, 13 May 2020 09:00:00 GMT /news/2020-05-13/early-warning-behind-the-gut-wrenching-decision-to-cancel-the-arnold-fitness-expo Nick Evans /news/2020-03-05/chaos-inside-arnold-sports-festival-as-competitions-begin-without-spectators It鈥檚 been a chaotic couple of days for the Arnold Sports Festival. First came word the expo was cancelled and spectators would be limited to a few鈥� Thu, 05 Mar 2020 20:05:45 GMT /news/2020-03-05/chaos-inside-arnold-sports-festival-as-competitions-begin-without-spectators /news/2020-03-05/ohio-issues-public-order-banning-most-spectators-at-arnold-sports-festival The state of Ohio has issued a public health order prohibiting most spectators at this week's Arnold Sports Festival. Event organizers say they will鈥� Thu, 05 Mar 2020 12:24:10 GMT /news/2020-03-05/ohio-issues-public-order-banning-most-spectators-at-arnold-sports-festival Gabe Rosenberg, Steve Brown /news/2020-03-04/will-coronavirus-impact-other-events-at-the-columbus-convention-center Ohio's governor and the mayor of Columbus announced this week they would limit spectators for this year鈥檚 Arnold Sports Festival over concerns about the鈥� Wed, 04 Mar 2020 22:00:54 GMT /news/2020-03-04/will-coronavirus-impact-other-events-at-the-columbus-convention-center