On April 15th 2003 the centre was officially opened by The Princess Royal after an £18 million redevelopment. TECA, with 48,000 square metres of exhibition space, opened Summer 2019. AECC has been replaced by the P&J Live complex, 2019.
CORONAVIRUS: All venues in the UK were shut down on March 16, 2020, and the restrictions were finally lifted on July 19, 2021. It is important to mention that the UK Theatre Web archive listings (iUKTDb) from March 2020 to July 2021 might not be accurate due to the lack of information regarding rescheduled and cancelled shows.