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| Location | Tbilisi Avenue, Baku, Azerbaijan |
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| Coordinates | 40°23′30″N 49°49′30″E / 40.39167°N 49.82500°E |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1977[1] |
| Built | 1989[1] |
| Opened | 1990 |
| Renovated | 2006, 2013–15 |
| Architect | Yuzef Kadimov[1] |
| Structural engineer | G.I.Bely[1] |
The Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex is the main exhibition space of Baku, Azerbaijan. Named after the former President Heydar Aliyev), it is located on Tbilisi Avenue between Hyatt Hotel and Grand Hotel Europe. Since its opening in 1990, it held about 40 international competitions in different kinds of sports.[2]
The facility seats 8,000 people and being the largest sports facility in Azerbaijan, the complex offers all the necessary conditions for major international competitions.[3]
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radicalwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Спортивно-Концертный комплекс им. Гейдара Алиева Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Спортивно-выставочный комплекс имени Г.Алиева Archived 2009-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)