Brno Exhibition Centre
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| Location | Brno, Czech Republic |
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| Type | Exhibition centre |
| Capacity | 30,000 |
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| Built | 1927-1928 |
| Opened | 1928 |
Brno Exhibition Center is a convention centre based in Brno, Czech Republic. It was established in 1928. The centre occupies a site on 667,000 square metres (7,180,000 sq ft) and provides a total gross exhibition area of 203,523 square metres (2,190,700 sq ft) including open-air space and exhibition halls with an exhibition area of 72,057 square metres (775,620 sq ft). The centre has 15 exhibition halls with a visitor capacity of 25,000–30,000 (maximum 60,000) a day.
The city of Brno has a tradition of trade fairs, which is inseparable from the industrial development of the city into an industrial, scientific and logistics hub in Central Europe. Annual markets and trade exhibitions were held in Brno since 1243. As a result of the booming textile industry in the city, the first trade shows were held in the 18th century. Since 1821 regular trade exhibitions were held in Brno. Wholesale merchants from Vienna, Linz, Saxony, Hungary and Turkey attended the annual markets in Brno, i.e. from the same regions as today. 104,000 visitors attended the Imperial Jubilee Exhibition in 1888, the largest exhibition held in Brno until that time. From 1922 – 1927 Brno Annual Exhibition Markets were regularly held
Thanks to the tradition of trade fairs and an exhibition centre that is recognized as the leading trade show venue in Central Europe, the city of Brno, Czech Republic’s second business city, is also nicknamed as “The Capital of Trade Fairs”
By its construction on the purpose of the Exhibition of Contemporary Culture in Czechoslovakia in 1928, the city of Brno gained the most modern and the largest exhibition centre in Central Europe. Hall A, formerly the Palace of Industry and Trade, has become a landmark of the city of Brno. The majestic parabolic arch has become a symbol of the Brno exhibition center. It is embodied in the corporate logo of Trade Fairs Brno Co. Architects: Josef Kalous, Jaroslav Valenta
Tomáš G. Masaryk,the first President of Czechoslovakia, was the patron of the exhibition commemorated the 10th anniversary of the independent Czechoslovak state. The exhibition demonstrated the creative intellectual potential of Czechs and Slovaks in culture and technology. The exhibition endorsed the fact that in the 1920s Czechoslovakia was ranked among the 10 most developed nations in the world.
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