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[[File:Exhibition Centre Liverpool.jpg|thumb|Computer generated image of the proposed Exhibition Centre Liverpool (left) and existing [[ACC Liverpool]] complex (right)]]
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'''Exhibition Centre Liverpool''' is a multi-million pound exhibition and events complex that accompanies [[ACC Liverpool]] (alongside the Echo Arena and BT Convention Centre) on the former [[King's Dock, Port of Liverpool|King's Dock]] in [[Liverpool]], England.<ref name=Ref1>{{cite web|url=http://www.accliverpool.com/ourvenue/the_venue/new_exhibition_hall/index.asp|title=New - Exhibition Centre Liverpool|publisher=[[Liverpool City Council]]|accessdate=13 May 2012}}</ref>
|name = Exhibition Centre Liverpool
|nickname =
|former_names =
|logo_image = Exhibition Centre Liverpool Logo.jpg
|image = Exhibition Centre Liverpool from the Mersey 2018.jpg
|location = [[King's Dock, Port of Liverpool|Kings Dock]], Liverpool, England
|coordinates = {{coord|53.39527|-2.99016|region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|broke_ground = January 2014
|opened = September 2015
|architect = [[Populous (company)|Populous]] (design)<br />[[Denton Corker Marshall]] (executive)
|structural engineer = Booth King
}}
 
'''Exhibition Centre Liverpool''' is a multi-million pound exhibition centre, the latest addition to Liverpool event campus, alongside interconnected sister venues [[ACC Liverpool]] and [[Liverpool Arena|M&S Bank Arena]].
The 8,100m<sup>2</sup> exhibition centre was constructed from January 2014 and opened in September 2015.<ref>http://www.exhibitioncentreliverpool.com/about-us/who-we-are/history/</ref> Proposals include a sky bridge connecting the building to the adjacent [[BT Convention Centre]], in turn creating the only purpose built interconnected arena, convention centre and exhibition facility in the UK. ACC Liverpool expects the centre to attract 50 events (including exhibitions, concerts, national and international conferences) in its first year of operation.<ref name=Ref1/>
 
==History==
[[File:Construction of Exhibition Centre, Liverpool (1).jpg|thumb|200px|left|The 'sky bridge' connecting the two venues (March 2015)]]
The 8,100m<sup>2</sup> exhibition centre was constructed from January 2014 and opened in September 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.exhibitioncentreliverpool.com/about-us/who-we-are/history/|title=History}}</ref> A sky bridge connecting the building to the adjacent [[BT Convention Centre|convention centre]] was completed in September 2015, in turn creating the only purpose built interconnected arena, convention centre and exhibition facility in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shennan|first1=Paddy|title=Take a look inside the £66m Exhibition Centre Liverpool set to open in September|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/take-look-inside-66m-exhibition-9245447|website=Liverpool Echo|accessdate=27 July 2017|date=13 May 2015}}</ref> During its first year of opening, the Exhibition Centre welcomed more than 113,000 visitors over 100 different exhibitions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Exhibition Centre Liverpool welcomes 113,000 visitors|url=https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/business/exhibition-centre-liverpool-welcomes-113000-visitors|website=Insider Media Ltd|accessdate=27 July 2017}}</ref>
 
The venue can also be utilised for standing concerts for up to 7,000, with the introduction of Space by M&S Bank Arena Liverpool, Exhibition Centre Liverpool's sister venue.
 
== Events ==
[[File:Entrance to ECL Labour conference 2023 cropped.jpg|thumb|Labour Party conference in 2023]]
Since 2011, Exhibition Centre Liverpool has regularly hosted the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]'s [[Labour Party Conference|annual conference]]. Alternating between venues and locations, Exhibition Centre Liverpool along with its interconnecting sister venues, [[ACC Liverpool]] and [[Liverpool Arena]], has hosted [[Labour Party Conference|Labour Party conference]] five times to 2023. In 2023, the conference was attended by 18,000 party members, businesses, and visitors drawing in an estimated £29m for the local economy.
 
==See also==
* [[ACC Liverpool]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons [http://www.accliverpool.com/Images/Exhibition%20Centre%20Liverpool%20brochure_tcm166category-211846.pdf inline|Exhibition Centre Liverpool Brochure]}}
*{{Official website|http://www.exhibitioncentreliverpool.com/}}
 
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