Dubai to build new 10,000 capacity conference centre

Dubai Municipality has confirmed that plans are in place to build a new Dh1.8 billion (US$210 million) convention centre that will include hotels, restaurants and shops when completed.

Overlooking Dubai Creek, the new 55,000 metre² Convention Centre will be able to host 10,000 people and groundbreaking on the project is expected to commence later this year.

Announcing the project, Dubai Municipality Directro General Hussain Nasser Lootah said the project will be characterised by having “a magical location with a distinctive panoramic view of Dubai Creek, considered a perfect destination for business people and tourists”.

The new facility will feature two hotels – a 33-floor three-star hotel and a 48 floor four-star hotel – as well as a 36-floor office building.

Connecting the conference halls and the hotels will be The Concourse, a covered, air-conditioned glass corridor designed like a boulevard, with shops and restaurants spread over The Concourse’s 150-metre stretch.

The Dubai Conference centre will consist of a three-level, 10,000-capacity Sheikh Rashid Hall conference venue with 30 metre-high ceilings.

There will also be five smaller sub-halls, accommodating up to 1,000 people.

Lootah explained the importance of the venue for Dubai, saying that it will “directly contribute to improving the status of Dubai as the best city to live in at a global level.”

He went on to reiterate how much attention Dubai Municipality has paid to the establishment of tourism and service projects, which include the advancement of infrastructure, utilities and projects in order to further better Dubai’s tourism sector in the run up to World Expo 2020.

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