Sava Center
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Sava Center (Serbian: Сава Центар / Sava Centar) is an international, congress, cultural and business centre of various multi-functional activities located in Belgrade, Serbia. It is has the largest audience hall in Serbia and entire former Yugoslavia.
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[edit] History
Construction lasted from 1976 through 1979, and the chief designer and team manager was Stojan Maksimović. Sava Center was quickly constructed because of an upcoming Communist congress. The main hall was supposed to have a revolving stage however the plan was scrapped as the date for the communist congress was nearing.
[edit] Dimensions
Sava Centar has 69,720 m2 of useful and 100,000 m2 overall area, containing a theatre hall with 4,000 seats, 15 conference halls, exhibition area and a number of other facilities. Annually, more than half million visitors visit it.
Basement - In the basement of Sava Centar shops and toilets can be found.
1st floor - The first floor has two wings, building A and building B. In building A or the first wing of the first floor one can fing offices, conference rooms, shops/commercial space, toilets, restaurants and bars. Building B houses the Great (Blue) Hall intended for big conferences, concerts and other performances. The space in front of the Great Hall can accommodate more than 4,000 visitors and has bars, an information desk, separate seating areas and large areas with exotic plants.
2nd floor - One are of the second hall (referred to as Building A) is the lobby for the balcony of the great hall. It also has toilets, a bar, press centre and offices. Building B of the second floor is the administrative part of Sava Center, which contains offices only.
Parking - Sava Centar has large parking space. More about it can be read beneath.
[edit] Parking complex
The newly reconstructed parking complex at Sava Center was opened on the 16th of August, 2006. The reconstructed parking has a capacity of 410 parking spaces of which 55 are reserved. The parking complex has electronic checking, 3 entrance and 2 exit ramps.
[edit] Events
Sava Center has been the host of significant congress gatherings and artistic programs: OEBS, Annual General Meeting of MMF and World Bank, 55th Annual General Meeting of Interpol, 6th UNKTAD, General Meeting of UNESKO, FOREKS, FISIT, 9th Summit of Non-aligned Countries. Sava Center has hosted: Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Miles Davis, Henrik Schering, B. B. King, Johan Strauss Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Okazu Philharmonic Orchestra and many more. It is also the host venue of the Miss. Serbia competition hosted annually in July. While it is also the host venue for the Beovizija and Evropesma contest (a contest for singers that want to represent Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest).
