Brno Exhibition Centre: Czech Republic Convention Centre

2exhibitions March 14, 2024 Venue 355 Views

Brno Exhibition Centre : Venue Name
Category: Venue
Location: Brno Exhibition Centre – Výstaviště 405/1, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 541 151 111
Email: mbusios[at]bvv.cz
www: www.bvv.cz
Timings: 09:00 AM – 17:00 PM

Brno Exhibition Centre: Overview

Expo 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 net exhibition area of 125,496 square metres (1,350,830 sq ft) including open-air space and exhibition halls with an exhibition area of 61,479 square metres (661,750 sq ft). The centre has 15 exhibition halls with a visitor capacity of 25,000 – 30,000 (maximum 60,000) a day. The number of visitors per year grew to 780,000 in 2017.

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 have been 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“.