Bilbao Exhibition Centre

Bilbao Exhibition Centre
BEC
	BEC entrance.
Location	Barakaldo, Basque Country, Spain
Coordinates	43°17′22″N 2°59′23″W / 43.28944°N 2.98972°W
Public transit	Metro Bilbao:; Line 2 at Ansio
Construction
Opened	April 2004
Architect	ACXT
Project manager	Celos Fonseca; Javier Vergar; Jon Ochoca; Javier Ruiz de Prada;
Structural engineer	Fernando del Campo
Website
	bilbaoexhibitioncentre.com

The Bilbao Exhibition Centre (commonly abbreviated as BEC) is an exhibition centre in Barakaldo, Basque Country, Spain. The current headquarters of the Feria de Muestras de Bilbao, its facilities are located on land formerly occupied by the Basque iron company Altos Hornos de Vizcaya in the neighbourhood of Ansio in Barakaldo, in the Greater Bilbao area. These facilities, opened in April 2004, allow for high capacity international fairs with better services, infrastructure, and connections than the previous facilities in central Bilbao.^[1]

The Bilbao Exhibition Centre is jointly owned by the Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Biscay, Bilbao Municipal Council, Barakaldo Municipal Council and the Bilbao Chamber of Commerce.

^ "Abre sus puertas el Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC), que sustituye a la Feria Internacional de Muestras de la capital vizcaína". hosteltur.com (in Spanish). 20 April 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[1] "Abre sus puertas el Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC), que sustituye a la Feria Internacional de Muestras de la capital vizcaína". hosteltur.com (in Spanish). 20 April 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

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