President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attend the inauguration of the Baku Congress Centre

Inauguration of the Baku Congress Centre took place on April 29.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva and their daughter Arzu Aliyeva attended the inauguration.

With construction starting in February 2014, the centre’s total area is 6.2 hectares, while the area of the construction covers 46.6 thousand square metres. Vast improvement works have been carried out around the centre, areas of greenery laid out. The building has been provided with all necessary infrastructure.

A 405m² monitor has been installed in the building’s foyer, which is the biggest monitor installed in an enclosed space, with the highest pixel solution, in the world. In general, over 50 monitors with different sizes have been installed in the building. 17 conference rooms have been created in the Centre. Their total capacity is over 2500 persons. The conditions created in the conference rooms allows to change their capacity according to the number of guests attending the event. The building has been provided with all utility services, including an air conditioning system. Here is also a restaurant, and administrative and other rooms. State-of-the-art conditions have been created at the Centre for live broadcasting. 

The auditorium of the Baku Congress Centre too has been built to the latest standards. The hall has 3500 seats. Equipment with application of the latest technology has been installed here. The acoustic system of the hall is a product of leading companies of the world. State-of-the-art technology has been used  here for illumination.