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The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre ('''SECC'''), located on the north bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow , is Scotland's national venue for public events. Having five main Exhibition halls of area up to 10,000 m2, the SECC is the UK's largest exhibition and Conference centre. The Regeneration of the Clyde Corridor , which involved the Reclamation of a large amount of land from obsolete dockland areas, started in 1983 with the construction of the SECC on the site of Queen's Dock. Completed in and opened 1985 (Main Building), the SECC occupies 64 acres (260,000 m²) of land — most of which is car parking space — and hosts numerous music concerts, exhibitions and professional conferences. The SECC also has its own Railway Station , Exhibition Centre, on the Argyle Line of Glasgow's suburban railway network. Upon its opening, the Centre quickly gained its nickname among locals: "The Big Red Shed", owing to its outward appearance, which resembled a giant red painted warehouse. The nickname has become redundant following the building being repainted grey in recent years. In 1995 construction began on a new building — the Clyde Auditorium — to become part of the SECC complex. Designed by award-winning architect Sir Norman Foster and often called "the armadillo" by Glaswegians, this new 3,000 seater building was completed in 1997 . In April 2004 , the owners SEC Ltd again commissioned Foster And Partners to design a £562 million regeneration of the Queen's Dock area, under the name QD2 — so-called as this is the second regeneration of the former Queen's Dock area since the centre's inception. This project will incorporate a new 12,500 seat, £50 million concert arena for the SECC, as well as creating a new Casino resort (subject to UK gaming regulatory reform). Construction of this development is expected to be completed during 2007 . EXTERNAL LINKS
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