The Perth Entertainment Center is the indoor arena and cinema complex in Perth, Western Australia, located on Wellington Street in the city center. It was destroyed as part of the Perth City Link project at the end of 2011, with its successor, Perth Arena, opened the following year.
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The venue is organized and championed by Brian Treasure, then General Manager at Perth TVW 7 television and theater entrepreneur Michael Edgley. Their interest is basically that both of their organizations have put on a big stage show that travels around the country in circus tents; a process that creates major logistical challenges. This place was designed by architects Hobbs, Winning and Leighton and is estimated to cost $ 5 million, but its construction coincides with an intense industrial action period. Delays and interruptions, including strike action that coincides with concrete pours, leads to outgoing costs. The final cost is $ 8.3 million and interest costs put direct financial pressure on the business.
The venue opened on December 27, 1974 as a Channel 7 Edgley Entertainment Center with the Australian debut of the second Disney On Parade show . In about 1975, the owners approached the State and Federal governments for aid and the Western Australian Government took ownership of the building, changing its name to the Perth Entertainment Center.
With a capacity of 8003 seats, the Entertainment Center is the premier concert venue in Perth from 1974 until closure in 2002. It was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as a public theater built with the main purpose (which contains the proskenium arches) in the world.. It also hosts numerous extravaganza theaters, as well as numerous other events including musicals, circuses, corporate functions and international beauty contests (Miss Universe 1979).
The Entertainment Center was home to the NBL Perth Wildcats team from 1990 to 2002. It was also home to the Perth Breakers of the WNBL from 1988 to 1989.
In front of the Perth Entertainment Center (west side) is "The Academy Twin Cinemas" which opened on January 17, 1975. The name changed to "Academy West End Alternative Cinemas" in June 1986. The name changed again to "Lumiere Cinema" in 1989. The "Lumiere Cinema" closed on June 28, 1996. The theater remained empty, and was destroyed along with the Perth Entertainment Center.
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Demolition
The place is owned by Seven Network and officially closed in August 2002. In 2005, the West Australian Government announced plans for a new entertainment center to be built on the parking site for the existing center. In 2006, the new center was officially named Perth Arena. Unloading unused premises began on May 11, 2011 and completed in December 2011, in preparation for the City Government project of Perth City Link and includes tentative approval for new residential and business towers on site.
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External links
- 6000TIMES: a series photo at the Perth Entertainment Center before unloading
- Northbridge Link
- NorthbridgeLink.com
- Brian Treasure
- Perth Entertainment Center in Austadiums
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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