Friday, December 14, 2012

Winner named for Sydney venue bid


News this week: The New South Wales (NSW) Government has announced the winner for the bid to build the Sydney International Convention, Exhibition and Entertainment Precinct (SICEEP), which will now be formally known as the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) – the Destination Sydney consortium.

The Destination Sydney consortium is comprised of AEG Ogden, Lend Lease, Capella Capital and Spotless Facilities Services. AEG Ogden will be the operator of the new ICC Sydney, which will replace the existing Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre (SCEC). The ICC Sydney is scheduled to open in December 2016.

According to Geoff Donaghy, AEG Ogden’s director of Convention Centres and CEO of the new venue’s management company, the ICC Sydney will include a convention facility capable of holding four concurrent events of over 12,000 delegates, an exhibition capacity of 40,000 m2, an external event deck of 5,000 m2 featuring city views, a red carpet theatre with a capacity of 8,000 seats, a Grand Ballroom able to host more than 2,000 guests and a new ICC hotel complex with approximately 900 rooms.

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