Kingdome | |
 Exterior view of the venue (c.2015) | |
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| Former names | Qantas Credit Union Arena (2014–2015) |
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| Address | 35 Harbour St Sydney NSW 2000 Australia |
| Location | Haymarket |
| Coordinates | 33°52′42″S 151°12′10″E / 33.87833°S 151.20278°E |
| Owner | SHFA Rdf Entertainment |
| Operator | AEG Ogden |
| Capacity | |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1 May 1983 |
| Closed | 20 December 2015 |
| Demolished | January 2016 |
| Construction cost | $42 million ($223 million in 2022 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo and Briggs |
| Main contractors | John Holland Group |
| Tenants | |
| Sydney Kings (NBL) (1990–1999, 2002–2008, 2010–2015) Sydney Uni Flames (WNBL) (2003–2015) | |
| Website | |
| Former Venue Website | |
Sydney Entertainment Centre, later known as Qantas Credit Union Arena,[4] was a multi-purpose arena located in Haymarket, Sydney, Australia. It opened in May 1983, to replace Sydney Stadium, which had been demolished in 1970 to make way for the Eastern Suburbs railway line. The centre was owned by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, which administered the neighbouring Darling Harbour area, and managed under a lease.
It was one of Sydney's larger concert venues, licensed to accommodate over 13,000 people as a conventional theatre or 8,000 as a theatre-in-the-round. It was the largest permanent concert venue in Sydney until 1999, when the Sydney SuperDome opened at Sydney Olympic Park. The venue averaged attendances of 1 million people each year and hosted concerts, family shows, sporting events and corporate events. It closed the month before its demolition in January 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Floor Plans". Sydney Entertainment Centre. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Interactive Floor Plan". Sydney Entertainment Centre. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ McCabe, Kathy (18 January 2014). "Sydney Entertainment Centre given two-year lifeline and is now the Qantas Credit Union Arena". The Sunday Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 1 February 2014.