Impact, Muang Thong Thani

"Impact Arena" redirects here. For Alfreton Town's football stadium also known as the Impact Arena, see North Street (stadium).

IMPACT Muang Thong Thani (Thai: อิมแพ็ค เมืองทองธานี) is a complex consisting of an arena, convention center and exhibition hall in suburban Bangkok, Thailand. It is located in Amphoe Pak Kret, Nonthaburi Province.

IMPACT Arena, Exhibitions and Convention Centre is currently the 2nd largest exhibition and convention venue in Asia with an indoor floorspace of over 140,000 square meters. Its Challenger Hall is currently the world's largest column free exhibition hall.

Each year, the venue hosts over 490 events and welcomes a visitorship of over 15 million.

Facilities

• IMPACT Arena - A 12,000-seat arena-style concert hall. It is the primary large-scale entertainment venue for the Bangkok metropolitan area. Past concerts have included shows by Michael Jackson, Kylie Minogue, Fatboy Slim, Pet Shop Boys, Travis, Keane, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, Avril Lavigne, The Black Eyed Peas, Mariah Carey, Backstreet Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Maroon 5, Simple Plan, Difficult Plan, Common Plan, Stupid Plan, Janet Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, Cliff Richard, Gwen Stefani, Robbie Williams, Sting, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Deep Purple, Scorpions, Green Day, Tom Jones, Taiwanese stars like Jay Chou and popular band F4, Korean stars like TVXQ, JYJ, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, SS501, 2PM and CN Blue Japanese Rock Band X Japan Thai stars like Carabao and Palmy as well as Disney on Ice. The arena was also used for the Miss Universe 2005 pageant and the 2007 Summer Universiade. It also hosts muay Thai and the Thailand Open tennis tournament. On December 2011, the arena was scheduled for the venue for Miss Earth 2011, however due to massive flooding in Bangkok, it was relocated back to the Philippines.
• Aktiv Square - An open-air amphitheater of 37,940 square meter for outdoor concerts that can host up to 40,000 people.
• IMPACT Convention Center - 30,000-square-meter facility with the 2,000 square meter Grand Diamond Ballroom and meeting rooms.
• IMPACT Exhibition Center - 47,000-square-meter exhibition hall.
• IMPACT Challenger - A 60,000-square-meter column-free exhibition hall.
• IMPACT HOTEL - A 400 room 4-Star hotel to be ready by 2011.

History

Located in the northern suburban city of Pakkret about 40 kilometers from Bangkok's central business district, Mueang Thong Thani (Golden City) was established by real-estate developer Bangkok Land in 1989 as a self-contained satellite city with high-rise condominiums and an intended population of around 150,000 people.

The project languished in the mid-1990s with the East Asian financial crisis, but was revived in 1998 when Bangkok Land built Mueang Thong Thani Stadium as one of the three stadiums to host the 13th Asian Games. The stadium was expanded and renamed IMPACT Exhibition Center in 1999. IMPACT Convention Center was built in 2000, while expansion of IMPACT Exhibition Center was completed in 2003. The column-free IMPACT Challenger exhibition halls were completed in early 2006. Spannng 60,000 sq meters, the IMPACT Challenger Halls are presently the world's biggest column-free exhibition halls.

External links

• Official site
• Comprehensive site dedicated to Muang Thong Thani

Preceded by CEMEXPO Quito, Ecuador

Miss Universe Venue 2005

Succeeded by Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, USA