New exhibition centre for Bahrain

Manama : Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Zayed R. Alzayani said a new centre for exhibitions and conferences with a capacity of over 5,000 will be built in Sakhir.

“We have not yet finalised the design. Some of the highlights of the new centre are its infrastructure, accessibility, connecting road network and parking space,” he said.

“The built up area is 40,000 square meters, with the possibility of phase 1 and phase 2 expansion which could take it to 100,000 square meters. We are also planning to have a hotel and shopping complex next to it,” the Minister explained on the occasion.