Qudos Bank Arena
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| The Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney (April 2016) | |
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Sydney SuperDome (1999–2006) |
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Sydney Olympic Park Homebush Bay , Sydney , Australia
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 50 '39.6 " S , 151 ° 3' 43.5" O |
| owner | Affinity Equity Partners |
| operator | AEG Ogden |
| start of building | September 1997 |
| opening | November 1999 |
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Parquet ice artificial turf PVC - flooring sand / earth |
| costs | 190 million AUD |
| architect | Abigroup Ltd. Obayashi Corporation |
| capacity | 21,000 seats (maximum) 18,200 seats (basketball) 18,200 seats (netball) |
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The Qudos Bank Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Sydney Olympic Park in Homebush Bay , 16 kilometers from the center of the Australian city of Sydney , New South Wales , removed. It was one of the main sports venues for the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Paralympics in the Sydney Olympic Park. The arena is located in the immediate vicinity of what was then the Olympic Stadium, Stadium Australia (today: ANZ Stadium ). It offers a maximum capacity for 21,000 spectators, including 52 VIP - boxes and is the largest entertainment venue in Australia. 2015 bought Affinity Equity Partners of the Nine Entertainment Co.
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From its opening in November 1999 to May 2006, the hall was called the Sydney SuperDome. This was followed by the sponsor name of the Taiwanese computer company Acer with the Acer Arena . As of September 2011, the Australian telecommunications company Allphones owned the name rights. From then on, the multifunctional hall was called Allphones Arena . Since April 11, 2016, the arena has been named the Qudos Bank Arena. The name sponsor is Qudos Bank (previously: Qantas Credit Union)
history
The then Sydney SuperDome was designed and conceived by Abigroup Ltd. in collaboration with Obayashi Corporation . The construction project consisted of three parts. In addition to the SuperDome (190 million AUD ) there was a car park area called P1 with 3,400 spaces (25 million AUD) and the area, the plaza (25 million AUD), around the arena with an area of over 32,000 m 2 . A BOOT (Build Own Operate Transfer) contract was concluded for the event hall . In September 1997 the construction of the large Olympic hall began. Completed after 18 months, the opening was celebrated by the Prime Minister of New South Wales , Bob Carr , in November 1999. The Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti met at the festive event .
During the 2000 Summer Olympics, the Games of the Olympic Basketball Tournaments , from the quarterfinals onwards, took place in the Sydney SuperDome. Furthermore, the gymnastics and trampoline competitions were held in the sports facility. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, games of wheelchair basketball competitions took place. From 1999 to 2002, the Sydney Kings basketball team from the NBL was based in the SuperDome. The Tennis Masters Cup made a stop in Sydney in 2001. The Australian Lleyton Hewitt defeated the French Sébastien Grosjean in three sets (6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 4) in the final . The Sydney Swifts ( CBL ) netball team played their games from 2001 to 2008 in the Olympic Hall. The games of the netball team of the NSW Swifts ( ANZ Championship ) have been played since 2008 . From August 7th to 16th, the 2015 Netball World Cup took place in the Sydney Arena. Other sporting events under the hall roof are u. a. Tennis , ice hockey , boxing , rodeo , motocross or wrestling ( WWE , WCW , WWA ).
In 2013, the Allphones Arena was ranked 11th worldwide in the Pollstar ranking among the event arenas in terms of ticket sales. In October 2014, the arena was nominated in the Top Arena category at the Billboard Touring Awards, alongside London’s O 2 Arena and New York’s Madison Square Garden . There are more than 10,000 parking spaces available in the Sydney Olympic Park. Up to two percent of the seating capacity can be made available for wheelchair users and accompanying persons. For visually impaired visitors, signs and signposts in 306 different color contrasts were distributed in the arena. A video cube with four video walls hangs under the roof of the hall . Another 200 TV screens are distributed in the arena.
Other Events
In addition to the sporting events, there are mainly concerts . There are also family shows such as Cirque du Soleil , Disney on Ice , Ice Age Live , musicals , exhibitions , banquets , conferences , seminars and also political and religious gatherings.
Dates and numbers
- Construction time : 18 months
- Building area : 20,000 m 2
- Land area : 70,420 m 2
- Concrete : 25,696 m 3
- Purlins ( steel - rafters ): 25 km
- Reinforcing steel : 1,884 t
- Weight of the roof : 1,235 t
- Inside height of the arena: 39 meters
- Highest point: 42 meters (top of the roof masts)
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The Sydney SuperDome, from 2006 to 2011 Acer Arena
The Acer Dome at night in July 2011
Game of the All-Star Games Tour of the Legends Football League (June 2012) in the Allphones Arena
The Sydney Olympic Park in 2007. In the foreground the dismantled Olympic Stadium (then: Telstra Stadium ) and to the right behind the Acer Arena.
Delta Goodrem at a concert in April 2015
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Web links
- qudosbankarena.com.au: Official website (English)
- sydneyolympicpark.com.au: Qudos Bank Arena on the site of the Sydney Olympic Park (English)
- aegogden.com: Qudos Bank Arena on the operator's website (English)
- austadiums.com: Qudos Bank Arena (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ themusic.com.au: Nine Entertainment Sells Nine Live For $ 640 Million Article from April 16, 2015 (English)
- ↑ austadiums.com: sponsor names (English)
- ↑ noise11.com: Qudos Bank Takes Over Naming Rights Sydney Super Dome Article from April 11, 2016 (English)
- ↑ a b c qudosbankarena.com.au: History and dates of the Qudos Bank Arena ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ telegraph.co.uk: Hewitt bandwagon surges on Article of November 18, 2001 (English)
- ↑ allphonesarena.com.au: Australia to host 2015 World Netball Championships ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ nwc2015.com.au: Website of the Netball World Cup 2015 ( memento of the original from August 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ sopba.com.au: Allphones Arena Biggest year ever (English)
- ↑ billboard.com: Billboard Touring Awards Finalists Announced article from October 30, 2014 (English)
- ↑ qudosbankarena.com: Parking ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ qudosbankarena.com.au: Accessibility ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ setlist.fm: concert list of the Sydney SuperDome , the Acer Arena , the Allphones Arena and the Qudos Bank Arena (English)
- ↑ lfl360.com: Australia | All-Fantasy Tour Tickets on Sale today (English)
Competition venues for the 2000 Summer Olympics
