Facilities
- IMPACT Arena - A 12,000-seat arena-style concert hall. It is the primary large-scale entertainment venue for the Bangkok metropolitan area. Past concerts have included shows by Janet Jackson, Kylie Minogue, Fatboy Slim, Pet Shop Boys, Travis, Keane, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, Avril Lavigne, The Black Eyed Peas, Mariah Carey, Backstreet Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Maroon 5, Simple Plan, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, Cliff Richard, Gwen Stefani, Robbie Williams, Tata Young, Sting, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Deep Purple, Scorpions, Green Day, Tom Jones, Taiwanese stars like Jay Chou and popular band F4, Korean stars like TVXQ, JYJ, Super Junior, BIGBANG, Girls' Generation, SS501, 2PM and CN Blue, Japanese Rock Band X Japan and L'Arc-en-Ciel, Thai stars like Carabao and Palmy as well as Disney on Ice. The arena was also used for the Miss Universe 2005 pageant and the 2007 Summer Universiade. It also hosts muay Thai and the Thailand Open tennis tournament. On December 2011, the arena was scheduled for the venue for Miss Earth 2011, however due to massive flooding in Bangkok, it was relocated back to the Philippines. The pageant will be back in 2013.
In 2013 the Impact Arena will host the Mister Universe pageant
- Aktiv Square - An open-air amphitheatre of 37,940 square m for outdoor concerts that can host up to 40,000 people. The American superstar Michael Jackson performed here on November 5, 1996, as part of his HIStory World Tour.
- IMPACT Convention Centre - 30,000-square-m facility with the 2,000 square m Grand Diamond Ballroom and meeting rooms.
- IMPACT Exhibition Center - 47,000-square-meter exhibition hall.
- IMPACT Challenger - A world-largest 60,000-square-m column-free exhibition hall.
- Novotel IMPACT HOTEL - A 400 room 4-Star hotel management by Novotel
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