The Cascade Center is named after Cascade Park, located on the outskirts of the city's East Side in Shenango Township along Pennsylvania Route 65. A former trolley park, it was restored and converted into a regular outdoor park in the 1980s with a few historical buildings as well as the park's entrance sign restored, avoiding the fate of nearby Idora Park in Youngstown. The park hosts the annual "Back to the 50s Weekend" classic car show, and previously hosted the similarly themed "Thunder in the Cascades" motorcycle show until concerns about nudity and alcohol use at the event as opposed to the more family-friendly "Back to the 50s Weekend" had the event moved to the Lawrence County Fairgrounds in nearby Hickory Township in the early 21st century.