[COM] Adelaide Convention Centre - Stage 3 | $350m

[ghs]

Why would you have a water slide with a space bowl in a convention Centre?

It's not a swimming pool or waterpark!

It was a joke.

I remember you were very excited about the space bowl at Marion.

[Nathan]

None of those things sound like something that should be within a convention centre. If there's sufficient market for convention guests to demand such things, then I'd expect them to set up as private businesses within the general precinct. Convention visitors generally demand night activities - restaurants, bars, etc; as they're generally at their convention/conference during the day.

[obituary resider]

In my experience the best thing to put in Convention Centres is... space for conventions!

Forgive the sarcasm, though I would also imagine that people hiring out the place for their conventions would not want to have to compete with other things within the same building? :/


As a few people have already mentioned, the best thing the architects (Woods Bagot btw) couldve done in temrs of getting more people in the area would have been improving the connection with North Terrace/the Riverbank or adding a connection to the train station.. IMO they certainly missed a few tricks there.

[pushbutton]

You could have all the connections in the world to the convention centre but I'd still never go in it because there's nothing I can enjoy in it.

[ghs]

Obviously there are a few issues with this building however I don't think we should be too negative towards
Woods Bagot.

Woods Bagot would have been working under the direction of the state government and the state government
are therefore ultimately responsible for the development.

[Matt]

You could have all the connections in the world to the convention centre but I'd still never go in it because there's nothing I can enjoy in it.

Why should there be things there for you to enjoy?

Unless you're attending a convention, it's probably not for you. The hint's in the name?

[Norman]

You could have all the connections in the world to the convention centre but I'd still never go in it because there's nothing I can enjoy in it.

???

That's like saying you'll never go to a supermarket or grocery store because there are no fun things to do inside. Who cares about the need to eat, drink, etc...

People go there for meetings, conventions, fairs, exhibitions and so on. I was there a few years ago for my university graduation. It wasn't fun, but it's an important part of mine and other people's lives, and things like this are important to our city.

Which reminds me, are things like ComicCon or all the other exhibitions not fun? They are all being staged there.

[serca]

Push button you have some unique views and ideas which is great!! But mate just quietly it is a CONVENTION centre for conventions, functions etc? Lego Land, Fun House??? As relevant as having a Bunnings or Bounce in or adjoining the new RAH. I'm not sure they could or should do much more to bring people to the area? The focus for that should be further up around the Casino/Festival Centre

[Patrick_27]

This discussion leads to my thoughts on the matter... The Adelaide Convention Centre would have been better suited on the Western side of the Morphett Bridge (opposing side of the train tracks to the new health precinct) - could have been larger with an additional Exhibition building (like Melbourne) with a better blended design and freeing up the old site for public space as per pushbuttons comments.

[rev]

This discussion leads to my thoughts on the matter... The Adelaide Convention Centre would have been better suited on the Western side of the Morphett Bridge (opposing side of the train tracks to the new health precinct) - could have been larger with an additional Exhibition building (like Melbourne) with a better blended design and freeing up the old site for public space as per pushbuttons comments.

Jesus Christ how much public space do you people want?
The City is surrounded by public space. The majority of it is wasted and underused or never used.
Instead of coming up with hair brain ideas, why not come up with some ideas of how to better utilize the AMPLE amounts of public space that already exists?

[Briggzy_03]

Extra $50m for Convention Centre renovations

ADELAIDE | The State Government will spend almost $50 million extra on the rebuild of the Adelaide Convention Centre.

http://indaily.com.au/news/2014/12/24/e ... novations/

The redevelopment will now cost nearly $400 million because of changes to the final design of the building and increased costs associated with building on top of Adelaide Railway Station.

“As a result of the project’s unique and highly technical design and the challenge of construction on a complex site, including building over an operating railway station, the total project budget has been increased $350.32 million to $396.82 million,” said Infrastructure Minister Stephen Mullighan.

The extra funds will come out of Adelaide Convention Centre’s Future Asset Replacement Account ($14.5 million) and a loan through the South Australian Finance Authority ($32 million).

The only impact on the state budget will be from interest payments on the loan.

Meanwhile, stage two of the redevelopment has begun, following the demolition of the centre’s original Plenary Building, which began earlier this month.

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An artist’s impression of the site once stage two is complete.
Mullighan said the redevelopment would “re-establish Adelaide as one of the premier conference destinations in the world” and bring $4.3 billion worth of tourism and related economic activity to the state over the next two decades.

“In the past two decades, the Convention Centre has hosted thousands of events and generated more than $1 billion in direct economic benefit to the state,” Mullighan said.

“This redeveloped Adelaide Convention Centre will again position South Australia as a leader in the international convention market by providing one of the largest, most flexible and up-to-date meeting places in the world, and removing the capacity restraints which have meant we have in recent years lost hosting opportunities interstate and overseas.

“The increased plenary hall capacity going from 2,500 to 3,500 delegates opens us up to bid for more than 500 additional national and international events which have previously been out of our reach.”

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A bird’s eye view artist’s impression of the completed redevelopment
Stage two is due to be complete in 2017. Mullighan said conventions worth more than $210 million are already booked.

“We are currently bidding for 16 events of more than 3000 delegates, which would deliver a potential economic impact of $160 million and more than 200,000 bed nights,” said Mullighan.

“This would not be possible without the redevelopment.”

He said the largest conference ever held in Adelaide has been booked. The 68th International Astronautical Conference is expected to bring 3,500 delegates to Adelaide Convention Centre.

The redevelopment was designed partly by international firm Woods Bagot, which also designed the multi-award winning South Australian Health and Medical Research (SAHMRI) building on North Terrace.

[[Shuz]]

Need to change thread title to reflect extra cost - now $400m.

[Phantom]

The first stage of this development is now complete.

Welcome to the new West Building! The multi-million expansion of the Adelaide Convention Centre includes the Riverbank meeting rooms and the Panorama Ballroom – the ‘jewel in the crown’ – with its sweeping vistas of the River Torrens from the majestic SAHMRI building to the new Adelaide Oval.

The Panorama Ballroom can cater for up to 600 for a gala dinner and 1,000 for a meeting or conference. Operable walls provide the flexibility for the Panorama Ballroom to be sub-divided into three smaller meeting spaces.

A week long program of business, arts and free community events will mark the much anticipated official opening of the Adelaide Convention Centre’s West Building – the first completed stage - in March.

For more information on any events at the Adelaide Convention Centre visit http://www.adelaidecc.com.au

[Phantom]

Drove past it along the Morphett St bridge this morning. Unfortunately, the crash barrier along the side is still up. With the completion of the first stage of this development, does anyone have any idea when the eastern city-bound lane will re-open?

When that reopens, do you guys reckon it is safe to assume that the stairs from North Terrace will be opened to the public, aswell?

[rev]

Hideous carpet. Who decides these things?