Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center
Coordinates: 33°54′17.82″N 35°30′35.83″E / 33.9049500°N 35.5099528°E
The Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (commonly BIEL) is a large multi-purpose facility, in downtown Beirut. Lebanon's largest such complex, it hosts exhibitions (Beirut Book Fair), conferences, concerts and private events. It opened on 28 November 2001.
Famous performances
American pop-R&B diva Mariah Carey gave the Beirut concert of her Charmbracelet World Tour on 24 February 2004 at the BIEL. British pop musician Phil Collins in 2005 took a part of a charity concert for children cancer at the BIEL. On 10 June 2006, rapper 50 Cent and The G-Unit performed their first concert in the Arab world at the BIEL. On May 26 2011, Columbian Singer Shakira of Lebanese Origins performed her first concert in Lebanon. On 23 July 2014, English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding performed in the BIEL as part of The Halcyon Tour of hers. Avicii perforemed in the BIEL the 22nd of July 2016.