A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view . Please discuss further on the talk page . ( August 2010 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message )

Korea International Exhibition Center
General information
Address	217-60, Kintex-ro
Town or city	Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province
Country	South Korea
Coordinates	37°40′8″N 126°44′44″E  /  37.66889°N 126.74556°E  / 37.66889; 126.74556
Completed	2005; 2011
Owner	KINTEX Inc.
Website
www .kintex .com
Korean name
Hangul	킨텍스
Revised Romanization	Kintekseu
McCune?Reischauer	K'int'eks?

Korea International Exhibition Center ( Korean :  킨텍스 , commonly known as KINTEX ) is a convention and exhibition center located in Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province , approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Seoul , South Korea. It comprises two exhibition centers, one of which is connected to the office building of its parent company KINTEX Inc., and is the largest " MICE " venue in South Korea. ^{[1] [2]}

Overview [ edit ]

It is a three-storey building on a 224,800 m ² (2,420,000 sq ft) plot of land between Ilsan's central road, Chungangno, and the Han River . It has a total indoor exhibition area of 108,049 m ² (1,163,030 sq ft), the only exhibition center in Korea which has bigger area than 100,000 m ² (1,100,000 sq ft). Shortly after opening, it hosted the 2005 Seoul Motor Show.

History [ edit ]

This section is in list format but may read better as prose . You can help by converting this section , if appropriate. Editing help is available. ( May 2016 )

• 1999 04 Confirmed for Goyang city to attract the construction of an International Exhibition Center
• 2002 02 Goyang International Exhibition Center was officially titled KINTEX (Korea International Exhibition Center)
• 2003 03 Launched KINTEX CI
• 2005 04 Grand Opening of the first KINTEX Center
• 2006 12 Changed the corporate name to KINTEX, conducted the feasibility study for the second exhibition center
• 2007 07 Verified the validity to construct the second exhibition center
• 2008 12 Appointed the Hyundai Engineering and Construction Consortium to construct the second exhibition center
• 2009 07 Started the Construction for the second exhibition center

^[3]

Facilities [ edit ]

• Indoor exhibition area: first exhibition center 53,541 m ² (576,310 sq ft), second exhibition center 54,508 m ² (586,720 sq ft)
• Outdoor exhibition area: first exhibition center 2,849 m ² (30,670 sq ft), second exhibition center 68,000 m ² (730,000 sq ft)
• Event hall: seating capacity of 6,000 seats
• 26 meeting rooms
• Grand ballroom

Notable events [ edit ]

As the country's largest exhibition center, KINTEX has hosted many regional trade fairs (organized by KOTRA ) as well as international conventions and exhibitions. It is the main venue of the biennial Seoul Motor Show and is one of the venues of the Goyang International Flower Festival .

Kintex held Harvard WorldMUN 2015, and will host the World Universities Debating Championships in 2021.

Sports [ edit ]

KINTEX was the venue of the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships and the 2010 All That Skate figure skating show.

Entertainment [ edit ]

The venue has hosted various events such as SBS 's year-end music program Gayo Daejeon , the 2013 Mnet 20's Choice Awards , ^{[4] [5]} Infinite Challenge Expo in December 2015 to January 2016, ^[6] the 2016 tvN10 Awards , the 31st Golden Disc Awards and, more recently, the Booting Evaluations stage of the survival competition The Unit . The 32nd Golden Disc Awards will take place at KINTEX on January 10?11, 2018. ^[7]

Tests [ edit ]

Many important tests, such as civil service examination and Company entrance examination are taken in the KINTEX.

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• KINTEX official website (in English and Korean)