Buta Palace

Buta Palace
Address Heydar Aliyev Avenue, Surakhany Circle
Location Baku, Azerbaijan
Type Performing arts center
Seating type Seating and standing
Capacity 2,000
Opened 2006
Website
butapalace.az

The Buta Palace is one of the principal performing arts centers and music venues of Baku. It consists of two event halls and adjacent parking lot for 800 cars. The greater hall is a caravanserai-stylized venue, capable of accommodating about 2,000 visitors. The minor hall is designed for conferences and presentations and can house 400 visitors. The size of the greater hall is 1,572 square metres (16,920 sq ft) and the minor hall — 652 square metres (7,020 sq ft).

Events

Semi-final allocation draw ceremony for Eurovision 2012

The Buta Palace hosted a number of sizeable events, including the semi-finals and finals of Eurovision Song Contest qualifications and performances of various artists (David Vendetta,[1] Pitbull,[2] 50 Cent,[3] G-Unit,[3] Akon,[4] Chris Willis,[5] and others).

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Buta Palace.
  1. "David Vendetta & Micah Baku". Eventful.com. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
  2. "Pitbull Konsert 07.03.10" (in Azerbaijani). Tac.az. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
  3. 1 2 "50 Cent Buta Palace səhnəsindən Azərbaycan tamaşaçısına köynəyini, papağını, dəsmalını hədiyyə edib" (in Azerbaijani). APA. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  4. "Akon's Concert in Baku" (in Russian). CityLife.az. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  5. "A Party with Chris Willis at Buta Palace" (in Russian). 1news.az. Retrieved 2010-08-01.

Coordinates: 40°26′15″N 50°01′23″E / 40.43750°N 50.02306°E / 40.43750; 50.02306

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