Wembley Conference Centre

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Coordinates: 51.5572° N 0.2847° W Wembley Conference Centre was a conference centre near Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, England.

Opened in 1977, it was the first purpose built Conference Centre in the UK. Events included conferences, corporate hospitality, annual general meetings, banquets and sports events including snooker tournaments. It was also the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977 and the first Brit Awards.

It was demolished in the summer of 2006 and the masters snooker tournaments are now to be held at Wembley Arena.

[edit] External links

• Official wembley site

Preceded by Congresgebouw The Hague

Eurovision Song Contest Venue 1977

Succeeded by Palais des Congrès Paris

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