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Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, commonly known as BEXCO (), is a convention and exhibition center located in
Centum City Centum City () is a major multi-project urban development part of Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea. It is also one of CBDs in Busan Metropolitan City. This site is at the westernmost area of Haeundae-gu in U-1-dong, Jae-song-dong. The site was ori ...
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Haeundae-gu Haeundae District ( ko, 해운대구) is a district ( ''gu'') of Busan, South Korea. Haeundae has a population of about 423,000, the most populous district of Busan with 11.6% of the city population, and covers an area of 51.44  km² (19. ...
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Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea ...
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South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. It features over 46,500 m2 of exhibition space and 53 meeting rooms. In June 2012, BEXCO completed its expansion to add a 4,002-seat auditorium and a new exhibition center. BEXCO has hosted a variety of events, notability as a concert venue for Koreans as well as international artists, such as
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Events

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2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...
Group Draw : December 1,2001 *
2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002ë…„ 아시아 경기대회/2002ë…„ 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, ì œ14회 아시아 경기대회/ì œ14회 아시안 ê ...
International Broadcast Center and Main Press Center : 16 September to 16 October 2002 * 2004
Mariah Carey Mariah Carey (; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the " Songbird Supreme", she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style and signature use of the w ...
: Charmbracelet World Tour - February 13, 2004 * 2005
APEC Summit The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
: 15 November to 21 November 2005 * 2009
OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate ...
World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy : 27 October to 30 October 2009 * 6th Busan International Motor Show : 24 May to 3 June 2012 *
Jason Mraz Jason Thomas Mraz (; born June 23, 1977) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, ''Waiting for My Rocket to Come'' (2002), which spawned the single " The Remedy (I Won't ...
: world Tour concert - 8 June 2012 * 2011 the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan : 9 November to 1 December 2011 * 2012 the 95th
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Convention : 22 June to 26 June 2012 *
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40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man 40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man was a concert tour by Elton John taking place in Oceania, Asia, North America, South America, and Europe celebrating the 40th anniversary of his top 20 hit single " Rocket Man". Background 40 years ago, duri ...
'' - 29 November 2012 * The 10th Assembly of the
World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. Its full members today include the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, most ju ...
: 30 October to 8 November 2013 * International Aerosol Conference 2014 August, 2014 *
2014 League of Legends World Championship The 2014 ''League of Legends'' World Championship was an esports tournament held from September 18 to October 19, 2014, for the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''League of Legends''. It was the fourth iteration of the ''League of Lege ...
Quarterfinals October 3–6, 2014. * 2014
ITU The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Union ...
Plenipotentiary Conference : 20 October to November 7, 2014 * 2014 ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit: 20 October to 7 November 2014 * 2015
Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Carib ...
(IDB) and the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors : 26 March to 29 March 2015 * 2016 Drone Show Korea : 28 January to 29 January 2016 * 2018
League of Legends World Championship The ''League of Legends'' World Championship (commonly abbreviated as Worlds) is the annual professional '' League of Legends'' world championship tournament hosted by Riot Games and is the culmination of each season. Teams compete for the cham ...
Group Stage and Quarterfinals Oct 10-17 and Oct 20-21 * 2019
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World Championship Nov 15-16 * 2022 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational May 10-29


See also

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G-Star G-Star (sometimes also written G*STAR, G★ or G★STAR; ) is an annual trade show for the video game industry presented by Korea Association of Game Industry and Busan IT Promotion Agency in November. Originally held in the Seoul Capital Area ...


References


External links


Official websites

City of Busan - BEXCO
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