Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center

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Front entrance to the complex.

The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center , or SECC for short , is an exhibition and convention center in Glasgow and the largest in Scotland .

From 1979 the center was built on the former Queen's Dock on the banks of the Clyde and opened on September 6, 1985. After an extension to the multi-purpose hall SSE Hydro , which was completed in 2013 according to a design by Foster + Partners , the complex consists of various halls, including two halls with a spectator capacity of 10,000 or 5,852 seats and a side hall with 1,000 seats and the Clyde Auditorium with a number of 3,000 seats. The building complex also includes intrigued restaurants and a hotel with luxurious suites and standard rooms. Snooker events have already taken place in the main hall , as well as music events and concerts such as the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 . In SECC Hydro musicians gave as Prince , Lady Gaga , Adele , Madonna , Rod Stewart , Ellie Goulding , Beyoncé , Taylor Swift , Bette Midler , Justin Bieber , Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey her concerts. Also, The Who and U2 have performed there.

Web links

Commons : SECC  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Who, Glasgow SECC, review: 'too polite' The Telegraph , May 22, 2016
  2. ↑ Gig review: U2, SECC Hydro, Glasgow The Scotsman , November 7, 2015

Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 39.1 ″  N , 4 ° 17 ′ 17.2 ″  W.