FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre


The Conference and Exhibition Centre of Seville, usually referred to as FIBES or Fibes, is a conference and exhibition centre in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The centre consists of two buildings, FIBES I and FIBES II, which are connected by a footbridge.

History

In the 1980s, FIBES, an entity that organized congresses and exhibitions in Seville, promoted a permanent venue for their activities, and in 1989, FIBES moved to the building purposely designed by Álvaro Navarro Jiménez. In September 2012, the centre was expanded with FIBES II, a building designed by Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra that includes a 3,550-seat auditorium.
In 2015, FIBES was dissolved as a society, and the Seville City Council assumed both buildings.

Description

FIBES I contains three 7,200-square-meter pavilions without any columns intended for exhibitions and trade fairs. FIBES II contains a 3,550-seat auditorium.

Events

Several social, cultural and industrial fairs are regularly held in the FIBES facilities, as well as national and international congresses. In June 2002, the venue hosted the 91st EU Summit, and in 2007 it hosted an informal meeting of NATO.
On 2 February 2019, FIBES II hosted the 33rd Goya Awards ceremony. On 3 November 2019, FIBES hosted the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards.