Malmömässan

The new MalmöMässan in 2012.

MalmöMässan is an exhibition and convention centre in Malmö, Sweden. The facility is located in the Hyllie area, close to Malmö Arena and has an area of 20,000 m², divided into exhibition hall, a conference centre and two restaurants.

One of the major annual events held there is Skånemässan ("The Scania fair") held in September and with about 25,000 visitors. According to the EBU, the former centre hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992.[1]

History

The former building, known as "Hall 7" (pictured in May 2007)

The former Malmömässan Convention Centre in the west harbour area of Malmö closed on 31 March 2010. The old building had an area of 20,000 m²[2] and was originally built as a manufacturing hall by the Kockums shipyard, it was turned into a SAAB factory following the Swedish shipyard crisis of the late 1970s and 1980s. In the early 1990s MalmöMässan AB, earlier based in Stadionområdet ("The stadium area", where Malmö Stadion and Malmö Isstadion are located), relocated there.

A new exhibition hall was built in Hyllie, opened in February 2012 by architect Erik Giudice.

Events

References

  1. ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 1992". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Malmö Exhibition & Convention Center, a place where people meet". Malmö Exhibition & Convention Center. Archived from the original on 2006-10-11. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  3. ↑ "Bröllopsmässan Malmö 2014". Eventegg.

Coordinates: 55°33′54″N 12°58′12″E / 55.56500°N 12.97000°E / 55.56500; 12.97000

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