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Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island was an interim facility purpose built at
Glebe Island Glebe Island was a major port facility in Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour and, in association with the adjacent White Bay (New South Wales), White Bay facility, was the primary receiving venue for imported cars and dry bulk goods in the region unt ...
to house large trade and consumer shows during the development of the new
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at
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. The venue opened in February 2014, following the closure of the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre in December 2013, and closed on 30 September 2016. The structure, which was supplied by GL Events and previously used as the media centre at the
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, was located on the
Sydney Harbour Port Jackson, commonly known as Sydney Harbour, is a ria, natural harbour on the east coast of Australia, around which Sydney was built. It consists of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove River, Lane ...
foreshore underneath the
Anzac Bridge The Anzac Bridge is an eight-lane cable-stayed bridge that carries the Western Distributor (A4) across Johnstons Bay between Pyrmont and Glebe Island (part of the suburb of Rozelle), on the western fringe of the Sydney central business dis ...
. Managed by
AEG Ogden AEG Ogden was an Australian company that managed sports venues and convention centres in Australia and Asia. It was a joint venture between Australian interests and AEG Facilities (affiliate of Anschutz Entertainment Group) and Australian investors ...
, a joint venture between Australian venue management interests and AEG Facilities of the United States (
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), Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island had the largest single exhibition hall in Sydney at 9,600 square metres and has 20,000 square metres of permanent exhibition space.


Transport

The venue was accessible on exhibition event days by free special event ferry and bus services. Glebe Island is connected by road to the city and there was onsite car parking available at the venue.


References


External links


Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island website
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