Editing Eurovision Song Contest 2004 (section)

== Location ==
[[File:Abdi İpekçi Spor Salonu (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul – host venue of the 2004 contest.]]
{{location map+|Turkey Istanbul
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| caption = Locations of the suggested venues in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]: the chosen venue is marked in blue, while eliminated venues are marked in red
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{{location map~|Turkey Istanbul|lat=40.986353|long=28.83188|label=[[World Trade Center Istanbul|WTCI]]|mark=Red pog.svg|position=left}}
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[[Istanbul]] was chosen as the host city of the 2004 edition following Turkey's victory in the {{Escyr|2003}} contest in [[Riga]], Latvia with "[[Everyway That I Can]]" by [[Sertab Erener]]. Originally the Mydonose Showland, an entertainment center in the form of a giant pyramid tent near [[Atatürk International Airport]], was chosen by [[Turkish Radio and Television Corporation]] (TRT) to host the event,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/1825/trt_eurovision_song_contest_2004_at_the_mydonose_showland/|title=Eurovision TRT: Eurovision Song Contest 2004 at the Mydonose Showland|website=ESCToday.com|date=24 September 2003|access-date=18 February 2021|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125050133/http://esctoday.com/1825/trt_eurovision_song_contest_2004_at_the_mydonose_showland/|url-status=live}}</ref> but the venue was later changed to the [[Abdi İpekçi Arena]] as the contest approached due to its bigger capacity.<ref name="Decade" /> The Mydonose Showland, later renamed the Istanbul Show Center, was demolished in 2009 after a fire destroyed it in April that year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www4.cnnturk.com/2009/turkiye/07/31/mydonose.showland.artik.yok/537373.0/ |newspaper=[[CNN Türk]] |title=Mydonose Showland artık yok |date=2009-07-31 |language=tr |access-date=2014-02-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131055744/http://www4.cnnturk.com/2009/turkiye/07/31/mydonose.showland.artik.yok/537373.0 |archive-date=2014-01-31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2009/04/07/haber,4785601C3DB146FCBFBDF9382C52A6FD.html |newspaper=[[Sabah (newspaper)|Sabah]] |title=İstanbul Gösteri Merkezi bir anda yanıp kül oldu |author=derin, Deniz |date=2009-04-07 |language=tr |access-date=2014-02-08 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233132/http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2009/04/07/haber,4785601C3DB146FCBFBDF9382C52A6FD.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Abdi İpekçi Arena was closed after the 2016/2017 basketball season and was demolished in early 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/abdi-ipekci-yikiliyor-40416893|title=Abdi İpekçi yıkılıyor!|date=4 April 2017|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820104936/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/abdi-ipekci-yikiliyor-40416893|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.potamanya.com/abdi-ipekci-spor-salonu-efsanesi-yeni-bir-boyut-kazaniyor/|title=- "Abdi İpekçi Spor Salonu" Efsanesi, Yeni Bir Boyut Kazanıyor|date=19 January 2018|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915155719/http://www.potamanya.com/abdi-ipekci-spor-salonu-efsanesi-yeni-bir-boyut-kazaniyor/|archive-date=15 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A number of other venues in the city were reported as possible venues, these included [[Ataköy Athletics Arena]] and [[Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center]] (ICEC), the latter of which lost out to Mydonose Showland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/1705/istanbul_for_sure/|title=Eurovision Istanbul for sure!|website=ESCToday.com|date=27 June 2003|access-date=18 February 2021|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331054937/http://esctoday.com/1705/istanbul_for_sure/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Istanbul Chamber of Commerce]] president Mehmet Yıldırım offered the [[World Trade Center Istanbul]] (WTCI) as a venue for the event and confirmed that the Chamber would also provide financial support for the contest's organisation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/1664/only_choice_for_eurovision_2004_stanbul/|title=Eurovision Only choice for Eurovision 2004: İstanbul|website=ESCToday.com|date=28 May 2003|access-date=18 February 2021|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331153736/http://esctoday.com/1664/only_choice_for_eurovision_2004_stanbul/|url-status=live}}</ref>