 The cultural centre was closed in the summer of 1996 because the area was needed for the Messestadt Riem.The transformation of the former airport to the "Messestadt Riem" (Convention City Riem) with a name-giving convention centre, apartment houses and parks was one of the largest projects in urban planning of the city of Munich in the late 1990s and at the beginning of the 21st century.The only structures that remain of the airport today are the tower and the original terminal building, the "Wappenhalle" (hall of the coats of arms).