The Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (formerly known as the Sherbourne Conference Centre) is a

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facility on the Caribbean island of

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. Owned by the

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and managed by the government agency Barbados Conference Services Limited (BCSL), the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre is just outside the

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, in

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Facility

First opened in 1994, the building contains a total of over of meeting space and is made up of space which may be subdivided for smaller events of between 50 and 1200 persons (theatre style). When first constructed the building was considered too large by members of the opposition and construction on back portion of the facility halted just after a change in government. Many Calypsonians sung about the side of the facility (which contained a planned performing arts centre) as being "unfinished" or stating the facility had its "backside exposed". After a change in government in 2008, the semi-completed ~15-year-old auditorium was torn down to make way for office space and a carpark instead. This action was much to the condemnation of the former prime minister that spearheaded it, Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford.

Annual events

*Laff It Off Productions * Caribbean Consumer Conference *KLOTH Pop Up Event

Past major events

*The UN Global Conference on Sustainable Development for Small Island States *The Caribbean Tourism Conference (CTC-20) *The CARICOM Heads of Government Conference *The US- CARICOM summit between US president

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and the CARICOM heads of government *

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(OAS) * The UN World Conference Against Racism - African and African Descendants World Conference Against Racism. * 2020 State Opening of second session of Parliamen

* UNCTAD-15 (202

Awards

* 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 - The "Caribbean's Leading Conference Centre" - by the World Travel Awards

Naming

On 24 October 2008, the facility's original name of Sherbourne Conference Centre was changed to its present name in honour of

Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, Knight or Dame of St. Andrew (Barbados), KA, Privy Council (United Kingdom), PC (24 March 1937 – 26 June 2023) was a Barbadian politician. He served as the fourth prime minister of Barbados from 1987 to 1994, and l ...

, a former prime minister of Barbados.

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