MEC: 14 February 1996 MCC (former): May 1990 MCC (current): 5 June 2009 Expansion: 1 July 2018
Construction cost
MEC: A$129 million MCC: A$125 million Expansion: A$205 million
Architect
MEC: Denton Corker Marshall MCC and Expansion: NH Architecture and Woods Bagot Masterplan Lead Designer: Larry Oltmanns[1]
The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), colloquially referred to as Jeff's Shed, is a group of three adjacent buildings next to the Yarra River in South Wharf, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The venues are owned and operated by the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Trust.
Following the opening of its expansion in 2018, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre regained the status as being the largest convention and exhibition venue[2] in Australia and one of the largest spaces in the Southern Hemisphere.
The total size of the MCEC is 70,000 square metres. The venue consists of 63 meeting rooms, outdoor courtyard spaces, a Plenary that can be divided into three self-contained acoustically separate theatres, the Goldfields Theatre a 9,000 square metre multi-purpose event space with a retractable 1,000-seat theatre and 39,000 square metres of pillarless exhibition space.
In 2017/18, 1,124 events were held at MCEC. These events attracted 950,385 delegates, including 23 international conventions involving 28,750 delegates and 34 national conventions which attracted 38,626 delegates.[3]
In 2018/19, the MCEC contributed more than $1.10 billion in economic impact to the state of Victoria.[4]
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^Australia, Tourism (28 June 2019). "Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre Expansion Update". businessevents.australia.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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^"Extended Shed Now Our Global Events Powerhouse". Premier of Victoria. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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