page_title: Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre / History / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: The Aberdeen Arena
context_page_description: The Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, was a large exhibition and conference complex, in Aberdeen, Scotland. The complex is home to a Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotel, conference facilities and multi-purpose arena.
  The arena hosted local sporting events, including the Aberdeen Cup tennis event. In 2003, the AECC underwent a major refurbishment, with the conference facilities being completely re-built. As part of the redevelopment, a large viewing tower was constructed and is one of the tallest structures in Aberdeen.
  The BHGE Arena is an indoor arena which can hold around 4,000 to 8,500 people, depending on the event and size of the performance. The sponsorship lasted until 2019 when the arena was closed and replaced with a new arena at TECA.
context_section_description: Oasis have played several times over the years – their first being two performances on the 19–20 September 1997. They returned for another two gigs on the 9–10 September 2002 and once more on 12 December 2005. They performed their most recent, and probably last concerts at the venue on the 1–2 November 2008. All these gigs were sold out in a matter of minutes. Noel Gallagher returned to the venue on 14 February 2012 as part of his High Flying Birds Tour. The concert was a sell-out.
  Iron Maiden, Neil Young and AC/DC are some the biggest acts in its history when AC/DC played in 1996, Young in 2009 and Iron Maiden in 2011, 2017 and 2018
  On 15 June 2014, American country star Dolly Parton performed a sold-out concert at the venue. The concert sold out in less than 10 minutes from going on sale.
  Within the last decade it has hosted major international acts including the likes of Westlife, Steps, Kylie Minogue, blink-182, Rihanna, The Prodigy, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, The Killers, Hey Ocean, Katy Perry and Paramore, as well as comedians such as Frankie Boyle, Ricky Tomlinson, Peter Kay, Michael McIntyre and Russell Howard.
  One Direction have also played the AECC as part of The X Factor Live Tour 2011.
  Since 2006, it has played host to the Premier League Darts.
  The arena has also played host to WWE wrestling events, Torville and Dean, Disney on Ice, World Snooker's Grand Prix Championship, The X Factor Live Tour and The Britain's Got Talent Live Tour.
  The AECC also hosted many trade conference and exhibitions the largest of which is the biennial SPE Offshore Europe the oil and gas exhibition and conference that which place on alternate years in September.
  The final event ever held at the AECC was an outdoor performance by Rod Stewart on July 15, 2019. The performance was originally scheduled for June 12, 2019, but this was cancelled due to dangerous weather conditions.
caption: West entrance to arena (July 2010)
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