The company, which is developing large swathes of former dockland in Manchester and Liverpool, tells EN its ‘EventCity’ will open with its first exhibition business at the end of February 2011, offering four halls. The facility is currently operating as the Museum of Museums.The first main event will be Great Days Out, a show promoting the North’s tourist sector. The show was previously held at the Bolton Arena. EventCity marketing manager Claire Hewitson says eight consumer trade shows are signed up and confirmed talks about exhibition launches are ongoing with Clarion and Upper Street Events.She was adamant no major obstacles remained to prepare the EventCity space for its launch into the world of commercial exhibitions other than “an ongoing programme of upgrading the facility and its technology”. A Tutankhamun exhibition currently occupies the museum space.“We were spurred on by the fact that there isn’t much competition in the North West of England,” says director at The Peel Property Mike Butterworth. “You probably have to go as far as Harrogate in one direction and the NEC in the other.” He promises EventsCity venue will be cheaper than Manchester Central, with three times the exhibition space.