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{{Infobox venue
|name = Exhibition Centre Liverpool
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|former_names =
|logo_image = Exhibition Centre Liverpool Logo.jpg
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|location = [[King's Dock, Port of Liverpool|Kings Dock]], Liverpool, England
|opened=September 2015▼
|coordinates = {{coord|53.39527|-2.99016|region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|broke_ground = January 2014
|structural engineer=Booth King}}▼
▲|opened = September 2015
|architect = [[Populous (company)|Populous]] (design)<br />[[Denton Corker Marshall]] (executive)
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'''Exhibition Centre Liverpool''' is a multi-million pound exhibition
==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>
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.
▲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> A sky bridge connecting the building to the adjacent [[BT 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> ACC Liverpool expected the centre to attract 50 events (including exhibitions, concerts, national and international conferences) in its first year of operation.<ref name=Ref1/>
== 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==
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[[Category:Exhibition and conference centres in England|Liverpool Exhibition Centre]]
[[Category:Redevelopment projects in Liverpool|Exhibition Centre]]
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