Wembley Conference Centre
Coordinates: 51°33′26″N 0°17′05″W / 51.5572°N 0.2847°W Wembley Conference Centre was a conference centre in Wembley, London, England.
History
Opened in 1977, it was the first purpose built Conference Centre in the UK. Events included conferences, corporate hospitality, annual general meetings, banquets and sports events including snooker tournaments.
On 7 May 1977, it hosted the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest.
On 18 October 1977, it hosted the first ever BRIT awards which was called the 1977 BPI Awards.
It provided a filming location for the 1979 Blake's 7 episode "Voice from the Past".
Between 1979 to 2006, it hosted Masters snooker.
On 30 August 1995, it hosted the first ever National Television Awards presented by Eamonn Holmes
On 7 November 1999, it hosted the darts match between the reigning PDC World Champion Phil Taylor and the reigning BDO World Champion Raymond van Barneveld, with a 60 minute clock ticking down to zero and with a short break around the half-way stage. The match was broadcast on ITV. Taylor won the match 21–10 in legs.
It hosted three Ricky Hatton boxing matches where he was victorious. 21 October 2000, he defeated fellow Brit Jon Thaxton by unanimous decision, In 26 March 2001, he defeated Canadian Tony Pep with a fourth round TKO two and a half minutes in and on 15 December 2001, he defeated Australian Justin Rowsell with a second round TKO with thirty six seconds to go.
Between 10 July 2004 and 22 April 2006, it hosted ten Cage Rage events.
| Cage Rage event | Date |
|---|---|
| Cage Rage 7 | July 10, 2004 |
| Cage Rage 8 | September 11, 2004 |
| Cage Rage 9 | November 27, 2004 |
| Cage Rage 10 | February 26, 2005 |
| Cage Rage 11 | April 30, 2005 |
| Cage Rage 12 | July 2, 2005 |
| Cage Rage 13 | September 10, 2005 |
| Cage Rage 14 | December 3, 2005 |
| Cage Rage 15 | February 4, 2006 |
| Cage Rage 16 | April 22, 2006 |
The building was demolished in the summer of 2006.
