Tokyo Big Sight

Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center)
Conference Tower
Address	3-11-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0063, Japan
Owner	Tokyo Big Sight Inc. owned ultimately by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, with Mitsui Fudosan and Toshiba as minority investors
Operator	Tokyo Big Sight Inc.
Inaugurated	1 April 1996
Opened	1 April 1996 (1996-04-01)
Construction cost	¥198.5 billion (¥206 billion in 2019 yen[1])
Classroom-style seating	18-882
Banquet/ballroom	882
Theatre seating	20-1,100
Enclosed space
• Total space	102,887 square metres (1,107,470 sq ft)
• Exhibit hall floor	East Exhibition Hall: 51,380 m2 (553,000 sq ft) (6 halls) West Exhibition Hall: 29,280 m2 (315,200 sq ft) (4 halls) Atrium: 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) Rooftop Exhibition Area: 6,000 m2 (65,000 sq ft) Outdoor Exhibition Area: 9,000 m2 (97,000 sq ft)
• Breakout/meeting	Conference Tower: 5,137 square metres (55,290 sq ft) (2 halls and 22 rooms) East Exhibition Hall: 90 m2 (970 sq ft) (1 room)
• Ballroom	1,700 square metres (18,000 sq ft) (1 room)
Parking	Permanent: About 1,448 units (2 underground and 2 outdoor areas) Temporary: maximum 1,932 units (1 outdoor)
Public transit access	Tokyo Big Sight Station (Yurikamome) Kokusai-tenjijo Station (Rinkai Line)
Website
www.bigsight.jp/english/

東京ビッグサイト (東京国際展示場)
General information
Coordinates	35°37′47″N 139°47′39″E / 35.62972°N 139.79417°E / 35.62972; 139.79417
Completed	October 1995
Cost	198.5 billion yen
Technical details
Floor area	230,873.07 m2 (2,485,097.0 sq ft)
Grounds	243,419.46 m2 (2,620,145.3 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	AXS Satow
Main contractor	Hazama JV

Tokyo Big Sight (東京ビッグサイト, Tōkyō Biggu Saito), officially known as Tokyo International Exhibition Center (東京国際展示場, Tōkyō Kokusai Tenjijō), is a convention and exhibition center in Tokyo, Japan, and the largest one in the country. Opened in April 1996, the center is located in the Ariake Minami district of the Tokyo Waterfront City [ja] on the Tokyo Bay waterfront. Its most iconic feature is the visually distinctive Conference Tower. The name Tokyo Big Sight in Japanese eventually became the official name, and it also became the name of the operator in April 2003.

The center hosts the Comiket convention since 1996 and the AnimeJapan convention since 2014. It previously hosted the Tokyo International Anime Fair from 2002 to 2013. It was a planned venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics hosting wrestling, fencing and taekwondo events, but the reduction of public funds forced the organization committee to choose an alternative location for these events; it instead served as the main broadcasting and press center for the Games.^{[2][failed verification]}