The Buta Palace is one of the principal performing arts center

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s and music venue

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s of Baku

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. It consists of two event halls and adjacent parking lot

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 for 800 cars. The greater hall is a caravanserai

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-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 1572 square metres (16,920.9 sq ft) and the minor hall — 652 square metres (7,018.1 sq ft).

The Buta Palace hosted a number of sizeable events, including the semi-final of Eurovision 2010 qualifications

Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

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 and performances of various artists (David Vendetta

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, Pitbull

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, 50 Cent

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, G-Unit

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, Akon

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, Chris Willis

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, and others).