All posts belonging to the NEC tag can be found in the list below.
Paul Thandi, chief executive of NEC Group, has said it will take “two or three years” for the business to recover and has predicted that no indoor arena events will take place in 2020. Most eve...
Tags: arena, Arenas, COVID-19, NEC, NEC GroupVenues from the 2002 and 2014 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and Glasgow are to be converted to support the fight against COVID-19, with facilities from the upcoming 2022 edition of the event in Bir...
Tags: Birmingham, Commonwealth Games, COVID-19, Glasgow, Manchester, NEC, SECOak View Group (OVG), the global venue development, advisory and investment company for the sports and live entertainment industries, has added NEC Group as the second founding member of its Internati...
Tags: Arena Birmingham, International Venue Alliance, NEC, NEC Group, Oak View Group, SponsorshipThe organising committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has reworked its venue programme, with netball events moving to the NEC and Villa Park no longer forming part of the plan. Net...
Tags: Birmingham 2022, Commonwealth Games, Coventry Indoor Arena, NEC, Ricoh Arena, Villa ParkPrivate equity firm Blackstone has acquired live events business the NEC Group, which operates a number of venues in the Midlands, as well as The Ticket Factory. Blackstone, a US-based company, has...
Tags: Arena Birmingham, Blackstone, Genting Arena, NEC, NEC Group, The Ticket FactoryThe Genting Arena near Birmingham has been rebranded as Resorts World Arena. The rebrand has been announced today (Tuesday) as part of Genting UK’s continued partnership with NEC Group, which ope...
Tags: Genting, Genting Arena, Genting UK, NEC, NEC Group, Resorts World ArenaNEC Group Arenas, which manages a number of venues in the English city of Birmingham, has appointed Ben Sharman as its new venue sales manager. Sharman will work across the Genting Arena (pictured)...
Tags: Arena Birmingham, Ben Sharman, Birmingham, Genting Arena, NEC, NEC Group ArenasNew face recognition technology from NEC that can identify suspicious individuals among crowds has been successfully trialled at a stadium in the US. The Intel-powered NEC NeoFace was found to be a...
Tags: face recognition, Intel, NEC, SecurityBirmingham is to centre its Commonwealth Games 2022 bid on existing indoor arenas including the NEC and Barclaycard Arena. Organisers said four venues, also including the Genting Arena and Symphony...
Tags: 2022, Birmingham, Commonwealth Games, NEC
