NEC Arena

Remember when orange and brown interior decorating was all the rage? Remember when folks got down with the funk at discos? That’s right, it was the 70’s. But it wasn’t all bad. In 1976 The National Exhibition Centre (The NEC) opened its hallowed doors and changed the UK’s exhibition scene forever; it was a day to be remembered - The Queen even popped by.

Over 30 years on and ironically our hall exteriors are orange and brown, but regardless of this The NEC is the busiest exhibition centre in Europe, staging around 160 trade and consumer exhibitions each year, ranging from world-famous public shows such as Crufts and Clothes Show Live to huge international trade exhibitions like IPEX and Spring Fair, Birmingham.