Venue Focus
Visit Scotland
EN explores the venues Scotland has
to offer
The Scottish Event Campus (SEC)
W
ith its 5.5m population,
over 700 islands and
3,000 castles, Scotland is
a country often associated
with history, culture and
scenery.
However, there are many
other things that makes
Scotland a great option for
hosting events, including
great venues.
Glasgow
The SEC sits at the heart of
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Glasgow, Scotland’s largest
city. The SEC is made up
of the SEC Centre, the
SSE Hydro and the SEC
Armadillo, and has a number
of event spaces including
three auditoria, 20 breakout/
meeting spaces and five
exhibition halls. In 2019, the
group saw 46 exhibitions and
89 conferences.
The venue’s plans for the
future include a continued
focus on accessibility and
sustainability, making the
most of the flexible venue
space, to create more unique
events experiences - for
example, ‘festivalised’ events
such as Celtic Festival.
Throught 2020, the SEC
will see the return of shows
that launched there during
2019, including the Gin to
My Tonic, Road Expo, Celtic
FC, and the Scottish Hair
& Beauty Show in addition
to long-standing shows
like Model Rail Scotland,
Country Living Christmas
Fair, and the Scottish
Wedding Show, among
others.
The SEC is situated
within Finnieston, which
was voted the UK’s hippest
neighbourhood by The
Times, and 67 per cent
of Scotland’s population
(3.7m people) are within an
hour’s journey of the venue.
The set-up of the venues