The Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (commonly BIEL) is a large multi-purpose facility, in downtown Beirut

Beirut

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...

. Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

's largest such complex, it hosts exhibition

Trade fair

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s (Beirut Book Fair), conferences, concert

Concert

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s and private events. It opened on 28 November 2001.

British pop musician Phil Collins

Phil Collins

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 in 2005 took a part of a charity concert for children cancert at the BIEL. On 10 June 2006, rapper 50 Cent

50 Cent

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 and The G-Unit

G-Unit

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performed their first concert in the Arab world at the BIEL.