Malmömässan

Malmömässan and Turning Torso in the background.

Malmömässan (in English, Malmö Exhibition & Convention Centre), is an exhibition and convention centre in Malmö, Sweden.

The Convention Centre in the west harbour area of Malmö closed on 31 March 2010 and a new building is under construction in Burlöv to be opened in 2011.^[1]

The old building 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.

In 1992, the Isstadion played host to the Eurovision Song Contest.

The facility has an area of 20,000 m², divided into exhibition halls and a conference centre.^[2] The biggest annual event held there is Skånemässan ("The Scania fair") held in September and with about 25,000 visitors.

References

1. ^ http://www.malmomassan.se/
2. ^ "The Malmö Exhibition & Convention Center, a place where people meet". Malmö Exhibition & Convention Center. Archived from the original on 2006-10-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20061011035349/http://www.malmomassan.se/public/english/anlaggningen/eng_oversikt_anlaggning.html. Retrieved 2007-03-28. 

Preceded by Olympic Stadium Moscow	Davis Cup Final Venue 1996	Succeeded by Scandinavium Gothenburg
Preceded by Cinecittà Rome	Eurovision Song Contest Venue 1992	Succeeded by Green Glens Arena Millstreet

Coordinates: 55°36′44″N 12°58′50″E / 55.61222°N 12.98056°E / 55.61222; 12.98056