It has since expanded and runs several annual and biannual events such as the education fair, and the Cyprus motor show.
[2] The grounds of the state fair moved to their current location in the Nicosia suburb of Makedonitissa in the early 1970s and have undergone several phases of expansion since.
Currently they cover an area of 30,000m2 of indoor space and 100,000m2 of outdoor grounds.
Apart from hosting exhibitions the grounds have at times been used for other purposes such as music concerts, large rave parties even as a service station for the Cyprus arm of the Middle East Rally.
[3] In 2006 the American Embassy to Cyprus was allowed to use two large exhibition halls as temporary accommodation to house the thousands[4] of American citizens evacuated from the war in Lebanon.