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Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre

Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre rather than just read about it. In short: The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC) is located on the Gold Coast Highway in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. The venue was opened on 29 June 2004 at a cost of A$167 million.

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Reference excerpt

The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC) is located on the Gold Coast Highway in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. The venue was opened on 29 June 2004 at a cost of A$167 million. It is linked by a covered walkway to The Star Gold Coast. The convention centre is managed by the Star Entertainment Group, which is a subsidiary of Bally's Corporation. The venue caters for up to 6,000 people.

Expansion The centre was expanded at a cost of $40 million in early 2009. The makeover was funded by the Queensland Government, adding two extra exhibition halls, a registration office, three meeting rooms, three new kitchens and an extra 3,000 square metres of floor space in total. The Queensland Government commenced construction proceedings as a result of the increasing demand on the Gold Coast for larger space and concurrent sessions during national and international conventions and incentives. The final product required over 124,000 man-hours, 1,550 m3 (2,030 yd3) of concrete poured, 375 t (413 tons) of structural steel erected and 7,000 L (1,500 imp gal; 1,800 US gal) of paint.

Events

The GCCEC is home to numerous conventions, from the association, corporate and franchise sectors to consumer shows and entertainment events.

Sports From the 2007–08 NBL season until the end of the 2011–12 season, the venue was home to the Gold Coast Blaze of the National Basketball League with the capacity to seat 5,269 spectators. During Blaze home games, the Centre was referred to as "The Furnace" and gained a reputation for having close games with three of the games during the 2010–11 NBL season going into overtime. Along with the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre and the Queensland Firebirds, a Brisbane-based netball team in the Suncorp Super Netball played occasional home games at the venue until 2018. In 2007, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) hosted its first-ever World Cup event at the GCCEC, pitting 5 nations of bull riders against each other in a team format; the event was won by team Brazil. The Centre hosted the Netball competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games which were held on the Gold Coast, as well as hosting the accredited media centre for the event. On 22 February 2026, the venue hosted the first ever NBL Ignite Cup Final. The game was a sell-out, with 5,000 tickets sold. The venue will host volleyball and weightlifting during the 2032 Summer Olympics, and will also be used for powerlifting and sitting volleyball during the 2032 Summer Paralympics.

Entertainment The convention centre was also home to the 12th Congress of APSR in 2007 held between 30 November – 4 December 2007. In 2012, GCCEC played host to the Gold Coast judges' audition in the third series of Seven Network's The X Factor and the UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson bout – the first of its kind to be held in Queensland. In October 2017, EB Games Expo was held there, with Regurgitator playing a concert playing their album Unit in full at the expo, the day before the event. On 8 and 9 February 2019, it hosted the Eurovision 2019 Australia Decides contest, the first venue for the contest. The centre once again hosted the contest a year later in 2020. In December 2019, the Gold Coast Convention Centre was meant to host the first Eurovision Asia Song Contest, however due to production issues the contest had been cancelled.

Awards The GCCEC has won more than 20 awards over the past decade, including winner of the 2012 Meetings and Events Industry Awards – National Meeting Venue 500 Delegates or More and 2010 Meetings and Business Tourism Category at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre

In research: Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2004 establishments in Australia, 2018 Commonwealth Games venues, Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in simple terms?

The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC) is located on the Gold Coast Highway in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. The venue was opened on 29 June 2004 at a cost of A$167 million.

Why does Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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