Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre

Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
Entrance to main building (December 2005)
Map
AddressBridge of Don
Aberdeen AB23 8BL
Scotland
Coordinates57°11′11″N 2°5′14″W / 57.18639°N 2.08722°W / 57.18639; -2.08722
OwnerAberdeen City Council
Opened1985
Renovated2003
Expanded2003
ClosedJune 2019
Demolished2020 (arena)
Classroom-style seating
440 (Fleming Auditorium)
Banquet/ballroom685 (Gordon Suite)
533 (Crombie Suite)
244 (Forbes Suite)
Theatre seating
8,500 (BHGE Arena)
2,000 (Boyd Orr Hall)
Enclosed space
 • Total space9,849 square metres (110,000 sq ft)
 • Exhibit hall floor7,300 square metres (79,000 sq ft)
 • Breakout/meeting1,033 square metres (11,000 sq ft)

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.

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.

  1. ^ "BDS Sponsorship is proud to announce brokering new AECC Arena title sponsorship with GE Oil & Gas – BDS Sponsorship & Commercialisation". sponsorship.co.uk.