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Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre

The Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (also known as the General Electric Exhibition Centre and often shortened to the AECC) was a large exhibition and conference complex, in the suburb of Bridge of Don, in Aberdeen, Scotland. The complex is home to a Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotel, conference facilities and multi-purpose arena which hosted concerts and local sporting events, including the Aberdeen Cup tennis event.

Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre

1985

2003

2003

June 2019

2020 (arena)

440 (Fleming Auditorium)

685 (Gordon Suite)
533 (Crombie Suite)
244 (Forbes Suite)

8,500 (BHGE Arena)
2,000 (Boyd Orr Hall)

9,849 square metres (110,000 sq ft)

7,300 square metres (79,000 sq ft)

1,033 square metres (11,000 sq ft)

The BHGE Arena[1] (formerly the AECC Arena (1985–2002), Press & Journal Arena (2002–2012), and the GE Oil and Gas Arena (2012–2017)) was an indoor arena with a standing capacity of 8,500 and 4,750 seated for concerts and up to 8,000 for other events. The sponsorship lasted until 2019 when the arena was closed and replaced with a new arena at TECA.

– Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre

Official website

Redevelopment website

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