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{{Infobox venue
|name = Exhibition Centre Liverpool
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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}}
|architect=[[Populous(company)|Populous <br> (Design Architect)]]<br> [[Denton Corker Marshall]] <br> (Executive Architects)▼
|broke_ground = January 2014
|structural engineer=Booth King▼
▲|opened = September 2015
▲|architect = [[Populous (company)|Populous
▲|structural engineer = Booth King
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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> During its first year of opening, the Exhibition Centre welcomed more than 113,
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> During its first year of opening, the Exhibition Centre welcomed more than 113,00 visitors over 100 different exhibitions.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ltd|first1=Insider Media|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>
== 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]]
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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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