ASM Global adding four UK venues

MICE News
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
ASM Global Europe plans four new state-of-the-art UK venues (in London, Newcastle Gateshead, Derby and Southport) by 2027.

The new venues will open between northern spring 2025 and 2027 and will handle events including exhibitions, congresses, conferences, hospitality and meetings, plus live entertainment and consumer events.

Pictured: The Sage ICC, Newcastle Gateshead

The openings including at Olympia, London and The Sage ICC on the Newcastle Gateshead quayside, will see ASM with 15 venues ranging from Aberdeen, Scotland to London, England.  
 
The four are: 
 
Anticipated opening 2025 – Becketwell Performance Venue, Derby is a GBP45 million venue with 1,000 sqm of exhibition space, a 2,100 theatre style auditorium and 600 banqueting capacity.
 
Anticipated opening 2026 – The Sage ICC, Newcastle Gateshead, a GBP300 million complex with more than 5,700m2 of flexible exhibition and banqueting space, a 900-seat auditorium, plus 17 conference and meeting spaces.
 
Anticipated opening 2026 - Olympia London will offer art, culture, entertainment, education and events through a GBP1.3 billion regeneration project. In addition to being connected to Olympia’s world-famous exhibition spaces, the completed complex will boast two internationally-renowned hotels, a brand new conference centre with new conference spaces, meeting rooms and a further 2,000m² of additional exhibition space for more than 5,000 delegates, alongside 2.5 acres of new public space.
 
Anticipated opening 2026 – Southport Marina Lake Events Centre (MLEC) will have space for up to 1,200 theatre style, complemented by 1,500m2 of exhibition space, breakouts for up to 1,000 attendees and views of the UK’s only permanent water and light show. 

ASM Global adding four UK venues

MICE News
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
ASM Global Europe plans four new state-of-the-art UK venues (in London, Newcastle Gateshead, Derby and Southport) by 2027.

The new venues will open between northern spring 2025 and 2027 and will handle events including exhibitions, congresses, conferences, hospitality and meetings, plus live entertainment and consumer events.

Pictured: The Sage ICC, Newcastle Gateshead

The openings including at Olympia, London and The Sage ICC on the Newcastle Gateshead quayside, will see ASM with 15 venues ranging from Aberdeen, Scotland to London, England.  
 
The four are: 
 
Anticipated opening 2025 – Becketwell Performance Venue, Derby is a GBP45 million venue with 1,000 sqm of exhibition space, a 2,100 theatre style auditorium and 600 banqueting capacity.
 
Anticipated opening 2026 – The Sage ICC, Newcastle Gateshead, a GBP300 million complex with more than 5,700m2 of flexible exhibition and banqueting space, a 900-seat auditorium, plus 17 conference and meeting spaces.
 
Anticipated opening 2026 - Olympia London will offer art, culture, entertainment, education and events through a GBP1.3 billion regeneration project. In addition to being connected to Olympia’s world-famous exhibition spaces, the completed complex will boast two internationally-renowned hotels, a brand new conference centre with new conference spaces, meeting rooms and a further 2,000m² of additional exhibition space for more than 5,000 delegates, alongside 2.5 acres of new public space.
 
Anticipated opening 2026 – Southport Marina Lake Events Centre (MLEC) will have space for up to 1,200 theatre style, complemented by 1,500m2 of exhibition space, breakouts for up to 1,000 attendees and views of the UK’s only permanent water and light show.