The Brighton Centre is a conference centre located in Brighton

Brighton

Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The capacity of the main hall for conferences is 4,500 people and 5,100 for standing concerts.

It also has smaller rooms for weddings, banquets etc.

As well as hosting business conferences, entertainment events, and a regular records & comics sale, the Centre is known for regularly hosting conferences of the major British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 political parties.

The main hall was also the home venue of former professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team Brighton Bears

Brighton Bears

Brighton Bears was a British basketball team based in Brighton, Sussex. From 1984 to 1999 the club was known as the Worthing Bears and was based in the town of Worthing, 12 miles west of Brighton. The Bears played in the top-flight British Basketball League until 2006 when the franchise folded...

, which folded in 2006.

Music

American rockers Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...

 played their first concert in the UK here in 1984, at the time supporting KISS

KISS (band)

Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...

.

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....

 gave his last public performance in this building on 10th October 1977.

Speedway

Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...

The Brighton Centre was home to the Indoor Speedway Championship from 1997 to 2008.

Redevelopment

The centre is current undergoing planning permission for a major redevelopment. The main intention of the redevelopment is increase the capacity of the centre, a direct connection with Churchill square, Car parks, with a direct walk way from the centre to the sea front.

External links

• Official site The Brighton Centre Official Website
• Satellite Image Google Maps satellite image of the Brighton Centre