International Exhibition Center

The IEC with the Resurrection Cathedral under construction and the Dnieper in the background

The International Exhibition Center ( IEC , Ukrainian Міжнародний виставковий центр / Mischnarodnyj vystawkowyj Zentr ) is an international exhibition and congress center in the Ukrainian capital Kiev .

The IEC as the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 can be seen here on the stage

The International Exhibition Center , which opened in October 2002, is the largest exhibition center in Ukraine with a total area of ​​58,000 m², including 28,018 m² of exhibition space. The complex has three pavilions, a congress hall and fourteen conference halls with a capacity between 90 and 600 seats.

Eurovision Song Contest 2017

With a total capacity for 10,000 spectators, it was the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in May 2017 . For the competition, the exhibition hall was fully equipped with over 6,000 seats, i.e. grandstands. In the "Golden Circle" there was around 4,000 standing room, which stretched from the "Green Room" from the end of the hall to the main stage. Accordingly, almost 9,000 spectators came together in the hall on the final evening of the ESC.

location

The exhibition center is located in the Dnipro district in the east of Kiev on the left bank of the Dnieper on Browarskyj Prospect ( Броварський проспект ) 15 between the Resurrection Cathedral and the metro station of the U-1 Liwobereschna line ( Лівобережна ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IEC website , accessed on September 21, 2016
2. ↑ The organization of international exhibitions of the IEC ; Retrieved September 19, 2016

Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 8 ″  N , 30 ° 35 ′ 29 ″  E