National Exhibition Centre
| National Exhibition Centre | |
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The main entrance to the NEC (July 2015) | |
Interactive map of National Exhibition Centre | |
| Location | Marston Green, Solihull, England |
| Coordinates | 52°27′12″N 1°43′10″W / 52.45333°N 1.71944°W |
| Owner | The Blackstone Group (since 2018) |
| Operator | NEC Group |
| Built | 16 February 1973 to 1976 |
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| Opened | 2 February 1976 |
| Renovated | 2009, 2018 |
| Expanded | 1980, 1989, 1993, 1998 |
Classroom-style seating | 40–350 |
Meeting-room seating | 10–720 |
| Banquet/ballroom | 30–500 |
Theatre seating | 15,683 (bp pulse LIVE) |
| Enclosed space | |
| • Exhibit hall floor | 190,000 m2 (2,000,000 sq ft) |
| Parking | 16,500 spaces |
| Public transit access | Birmingham International railway station |
| Website | |
| thenec | |
The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is an exhibition centre located in Marston Green in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, near the city of Birmingham. It is near junction 6 of the M42 motorway, and is adjacent to Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International railway station. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1976.