Grand City Convex Surabaya

Grand City Convex occupies part of the Grand City mall, hotel and apartment complex at Jalan Walikota Mustajab in the Genteng district of central Surabaya, a location that puts exhibitions directly above a shopping centre rather than on a peripheral campus. Trade shows were already running here by 2010, when Indo Water Surabaya used the hall. The venue is one of East Java's main trade and consumer show addresses and the usual Surabaya home for events such as Indobuildtech, FESyar and the city's GIIAS satellite show. Its two principal spaces are quite different. The ground-floor Exhibition Hall measures 4,100 sqm, with a 4,042 sqm floor plate of 94 by 53 m, a 12.8 m ceiling and a 2 tonne per sqm load, backed by an 880 sqm pre-function area and outdoor parking. On level 3, the Convention Hall offers 3,320 sqm in total, a 60 by 43 m room with a 2,580 sqm floor, the same 12.8 m clear height and a lighter 1.2 tonne per sqm load; it seats 3,500 theatre-style or 5,000 in festival format and can be dressed as 2,600 sqm of exhibition space. Both halls are column-free, which is the practical reason the venue can swing between trade fairs, banquets and concerts. The trade-off is architectural: this is a commercial box inside a mall, not a landmark building, though the 12.8 m ceilings keep large stands and rigging feasible. Gubeng railway station and the city centre are a short drive away.