| Expo Tel Aviv | |
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| Address | 101 Rokach Boulevard |
| Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Coordinates | 32°06′19″N 34°48′31″E / 32.10528°N 34.80861°E |
| Owner | Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality |
| Operator | The Israel Trade Fairs & Convention Center Ltd. |
| Architect | Aryeh Elhanani |
| Opened | 1959 |
| Renovated | 2011 (Pavilion 10) |
| Expanded | 1983, 2003 (Pavilion 1) 2015 (Pavilion 2) |
| Demolished | 2010 (1959 pavilion) |
Former names | Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center Tel Aviv Convention Center (2014–18) |
Theatre seating | 6,090 (360° stage) (Pavilion 1)[1] 9,628 (360° stage) (Pavilion 2)[2] |
| Enclosed space | |
| • Total space | 75 acres (30 ha) |
| • Exhibit hall floor | 50,000 m2 (540,000 sq ft) 5,100 m2 (55,000 sq ft) (Pavilion 1)[3] 6,470 m2 (69,600 sq ft) (Pavilion 2)[4] |
| Parking | 2,200 spaces |
| Public transit access | Tel Aviv University railway station |
| Website | |
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Expo Tel Aviv (formerly the Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center (Hebrew: מרכז הירידים והקונגרסים בישראל) and later the Tel Aviv Convention Center (Hebrew: מרכז הירידים - תל אביב), commonly referred to as Ganei HaTaarucha (Hebrew: גני התערוכה, lit. "Exhibition Gardens") or the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds, is a fairground complex on Rokach Boulevard in northern Tel Aviv, Israel used as a venue for concerts, exhibitions, trade fairs and conferences.
Established in 1932 as Yerid HaMizrach at the site of the Levant Fair, near the Tel Aviv Port, the fairgrounds moved to their present location at 101 Rokach Boulevard (near the Yarkon Park and Tel Aviv University) in 1959. The site is directly accessible from the Ayalon Highway, Tel Aviv’s main transportation artery, as well as from the Tel Aviv University railway station.
Expo Tel Aviv hosts up to 2.5 million visitors and between 45 and 60 major events annually. The fairground has ten halls and pavilions and a large outdoor space including an amusement park known as the Luna Park. Nearby is the Drive in Arena which was built on the grounds of what was once Israel's only drive-in theater.
The venue was renamed to Expo Tel Aviv ahead of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.[5] It also hosted the 2022 Tel Aviv Open, the first major tennis tournament held in Israel since 1996.[6]
- ^ http://www.fairs.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bitan1_consept.pdf Archived 2018-05-08 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.fairs.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pavilion-2_hadmayut_13.09.16.pdf Archived 2018-07-13 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Tel Aviv Convention Center: Pavilion 1". Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ http://www.fairs.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pavilion-2_shivuk_new.pdf Archived 2018-07-13 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Tel Aviv to host Eurovision 2019! - Eurovision Song Contest Israel 2019". eurovision.tv. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "Tel Aviv Watergen Open tennis event gets underway". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 30 September 2022.