Changi Exhibition Centre

This article is about the current venue of the same name. For the former venue, see Changi International Exhibition and Convention Centre.

Coordinates: 1°21′50.49″N 104°01′19.75″E / 1.364025°N 104.0221528°E / 1.364025; 104.0221528

The Changi Exhibition Centre (CEC) (Chinese: 樟宜会展中心) is a convention center in Singapore located on a plot of land just beyond the northern edge perimeter fencing of the new Changi Air Base (East). Purpose-built initially to host the Asian Aerospace, disagreements with co-show organiser Reed Exhibitions led to Asian Aerospace pulling out in 2007. The Singapore event was rebranded as the Singapore Airshow and has been held at the venue since 2008.

Specifications

The CEC is built on a 30-hectare site off Aviation Park Road, on reclaimed land to cater for future expansion of Singapore Changi Airport. Aviation Park Road, a new service road built to serve the site, branches off from Changi Coast Road and is specially built to also double-up as a taxiway linking the site with the runway at Changi Air Base (East). This provision allows exhibition aircraft to arrive and depart without disrupting operations in Changi Airport.

The fully air-conditioned exhibition hall itself has a total gross floor area of 42,500 m^2[1], spread over three halls on the first floor and a small mezzanine floor. The three main exhibition halls has a continuous H-shaped layout which can be segregated, and includes halls 1A (17,300 m²), 1B (3,200 m²) and 1C (17,000 m²) for a total of 33,340 m² of space. Nine function rooms ranging in size from 65 m² to 330 m² are located within Hall 1A, covering a total of 1,753 m². The mezzanine floor offers an additional 5,000 m² of space.

The outdoor exhibition space^[2] includes a front plaza measuring 298 by 94 metres in size, and an outdoor display area 355 by 259 metres in size, both of which are located adjacent to the exhibition hall. Outdoor exhibition chalets are located along the waterfront beside the outdoor display area. In all, 100,000 m^2[3] of outdoor exhibition space is available, equivalent to 33 soccer fields and can house ten Boeing 747s at a time^[4].

A total of 2,000 open-air car parking lots are available on site.

Usage

The primary purpose of the Changi Exhibition Centre is to host the biennial Singapore Airshow, which it has since held twice in 2008 and 2010. In between these events, the show site became a venue for car-related events, comprising 80% of all venues held there^[5]. Several brands including BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Ariel and Porsche has held events there, most in the form of private driving experiences. It also played host to the Formula Drift Competition in 2008.

Since 2007, the CEC became the venue for the annual New Balance REAL Run, organised by HomeTeamNS^[6].

The International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (IMDEX) Asia 2011, held biannually and using the Changi Naval Base, will be shifted here with effect from 2011. It will be held from May 18 to May 20, 2011.^[7].

References

1. ^ http://www.changiexhibitioncentre.com/layoutSpecs.html
2. ^ http://www.changiexhibitioncentre.com/pdf/CEC%20General%20Plan.pdf
3. ^ http://www.changiexhibitioncentre.com/cec.html
4. ^ http://www.changiexhibitioncentre.com/pdf/BT_Weekend_Changi_s3016_17May09.jpg
5. ^ http://www.changiexhibitioncentre.com/pdf/BT_Weekend_Changi_s3016_17May09.jpg
6. ^ http://www.realrun.sg/
7. ^ http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1089456/1/.html

External links

• Official site