The Events Complex Aberdeen (TECA), also known as P & J Live after its sponsor, is situated on the A96 Trunk Road, to the northwest of Bucksburn, 4½ miles (7 km) northwest of the centre of Aberdeen and immediately to the southeast of Aberdeen Airport. Opened in 2019 at a cost of £333 million, it replaced the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre as the city's principal concert and conference venue. Built around a square, to provide a gathering space, the venue comprises 48,000 sq. m (517,000 sq. feet) of flexible event space, including a 9000-sq. m / 97,000-sq. foot arena with 15,000 seats, which is the largest in Scotland, a vast stage, dressing rooms, three 2000-sq. m (21,500-sq. foot) exhibition halls (each with a seating capacity of 1700), seven conference spaces, eleven meeting rooms, sixteen hospitality suites, a VIP lounge, a restaurant and coffee shop, and 2500 parking spaces. Half of these spaces lie within an underground parking structure, which can also be used as additional exhibition space. There are also two hotels located on the site; a four-star Hilton with 200 rooms and three-star Marriott-group hotel with 150 rooms.
The venue provides a permanent home for the enormous biennial Offshore Europe conference and exhibition for the oil and gas industry but is also intended to give NE Scotland a first-class venue for national and international conferences, concerts, sporting events, banquets and award dinners. Bands and artists attracted include Deacon Blue, The Drifters, Sir Elton John, Justin Bieber, the Kaiser Chiefs, Madness, Oasis, Sir Rod Stewart, The Proclaimers, Simple Minds, Status Quo and Bryan Adams. The Complex is expected to contribute an additional 4.5 million visitors and £113 million of income to the local economy.
The complex is located on a 52.6-ha (130-acre) site previously occupied by the Rowett Institute site. The architect was the Glasgow-based practice Keppie Design, while the contractor was the family-owned Robertson Group, based in Elgin.
Energy is provided by a novel hybrid combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) plant, based on three hydrogen fuel cells - the largest such installation in the UK to date. This provides the venue and hotels with heat, air-conditioning and electricity, including a total electrical output of 1.4 megawatts, while delivering environmental benefits.
The venue is owned by Aberdeen City Council and operated by Los Angeles-based venue management company ASM Global.
