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| Address | 1 Driver Ave Moore Park, NSW 2021 Australia |
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| Location | Entertainment Quarter |
| Owner | Centennial Park & Moore Park Trust |
| Operator | Playbill Venue Management |
| Capacity | 5,500 |
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| Opened | 2 April 1924 |
| Renovated | 1972, 1999 |
| Construction cost | £45,000 ($4.14 million in 2022 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | Trenchard Smith & Maisey |
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Hordern Pavilion (known locally as The Hordern) is a building located in Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the grounds of the old Sydney Showground. Now known as a sports venue, dance party and music concert venue, the Hordern Pavilion was originally constructed for the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales to meet the increasing demands for exhibition space at the Royal Easter Show. Hordern's undeniable importance was a rather unique use WWII as a bulk store for the Army.
- ^ AU = 1850-1901: McLean, I.W. (1999), Consumer Prices and Expenditure Patterns in Australia 1850–1914. Australian Economic History Review, 39: 1-28 (taken W6 series from Table A1, which represents the average inflation in all of Australian colonies). For later years, calculated using the pre-decimal inflation calculator provided by the Reserve Bank of Australia for each year, input: £94 8s (94.40 Australian pounds in decimal values), start year: 1901.