Impact, Muang Thong Thani () is a commercial complex consisting of the
Impact Arena, a
convention centre
A convention center (American and British English spelling differences, American English; or conference centre in British English) is a large building that is designed to hold a Convention (meeting), convention, where individuals and groups ...
, and exhibition halls, located in
Muang Thong Thani in
Pak Kret District of
Nonthaburi Province, a northern suburb of
Bangkok
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, Thailand.
It has been considered as the second largest exhibition and convention venue in Asia with an indoor floor space of over 140,000 sqm. Its Challenger Hall is currently the world's largest column-free exhibition hall. The venue hosts over 490 events and welcomes over 15 million visitors each year.
History
Impact, Muang Thong Thani originated as the Muang Thong Thani Sports Complex, built for the
1998 Asian Games by real estate developer
Bangkok Land. Bangkok Land is the developer of
Muang Thong Thani, a real estate development envisioned in 1989 as a
satellite city of Bangkok. It grew rapidly among Thailand's economic boom of the early 1990s, but became ruined financially when the bubble burst in the lead-up to the
1997 Asian financial crisis
The 1997 Asian financial crisis gripped much of East Asia, East and Southeast Asia during the late 1990s. The crisis began in Thailand in July 1997 before spreading to several other countries with a ripple effect, raising fears of a worldwide eco ...
.
Bangkok Land had been selected as a venue for the games before the crisis, and there were concerns whether it would be able to finish the construction on time. It was completed less than a month before the games began in December 1998. The Muang Thong Thani Sports Complex hosted boxing, weightlifting, billiards & snooker, gymnastics, volleyball, tennis and rugby competitions.
Following the conclusion of the games, Bangkok Land redeveloped part of the sports complex as a convention and exhibition center, renaming it the Impact Exhibition Center in 1999. At the time, the entire venue comprised what is now Impact Arena and the first four halls of Impact Exhibition Center. The weightlifting and rugby venues, now Thunder Dome and
Thunderdome Stadium, had their ownership contractually transferred to the
Sports Authority of Thailand.
The Impact Convention Center was built in 2000, while the expansion of IMPACT Exhibition Center was completed in 2003. The column-free Impact Challenger exhibition halls were completed in early 2006. Spanning 60,000 sqm, the Impact Challenger Halls are presently the world's biggest column-free exhibition halls.

The
Miss Universe 2005 and
Miss Universe 2018 beauty pageants were held at the Impact Arena. It was originally scheduled to host the
Miss Earth 2011 but was relocated back to the
Philippines
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because of the
2011 Thailand floods.
The Impact Arena hosted five
ONE Championship
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mixed martial arts events from 2016 to 2018. It also hosted
2018 Thomas & Uber Cup badminton tournament, which is also the first time Thailand hosted a major badminton event since
1976 Thomas Cup.
The Impact Challenger is set to host the
2025 Miss Universe Pageant on November 21st (Thailand), November 20th (USA). This will be the 3rd time Impact, Muang Thong Thani, will host the pageant.
Facilities
Entertainment events
IMPACT the busiest entertainment venue in Thailand for many regional and international artists over the years when they perform in Thailand, spanning a wide range of musical genres.
See also
*
List of tennis stadiums by capacity
The following is a list of notable tennis stadiums by capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators they can regularly accommodate.
Notes:
* Stadiums ordered by their capacity (if equal, by the first stadium to reach the capacity)
* Some of ...
References
External links
Novotel Bangkok ImpactIbis Bangkok ImpactImpace Sports ClubBeehive Lifestyle MallCosmo Office ParkThunder Dome
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Buildings and structures in Nonthaburi province
Convention centers in Thailand
Music venues in Thailand
Indoor arenas in Thailand
Tennis venues in Thailand
Sports venues in Thailand
Bangkok Land
Event venues established in 1998
1998 establishments in Thailand