The building's façade prominently displays a ceramic mosaic reproducing a work by Joan Miró.

The building's plot lies on the intersection of the Paseo de la Castellana with the Avenida del General Perón [es], in the Cuatro Caminos neighborhood, Tetuán district.

[7] The Palacio de Congresos hosted the press centre of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, for which a temporary skyway across La Castellana to connect the building to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium was built and then dismantled.

Mayors Manuela Carmena and José Luis Martínez-Almeida have asked for the building's reopening.

[10] A viability plan published in 2020 by Turespaña, the Spanish government agency for tourism promotion, contemplated a 40-year lease, presumably to host the headquarters of the UN's World Tourism Organization (UNWTO),[11][12] currently located in the neighbouring Calle del Poeta Joan Maragall [es].