The Adelaide Convention Centre is a large convention centre on North Terrace

North Terrace, Adelaide

North Terrace is one of the four terraces that bound the central business and residential district of the city of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It runs east-west, along the northern edge of the CBD.-North Side of North Terrace:...

, Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, Australia

Australia

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. It was the first purpose-built convention centre to be built in Australia.

The convention centre was constructed over part of the Adelaide Railway Station

Adelaide Railway Station

Adelaide Railway Station is the central terminus of the Adelaide Metro railway system. It is at on the north side of North Terrace, west of Parliament House. The Adelaide Casino is in part of the building that is no longer required for the station....

, together with the Hyatt

Hyatt

Hyatt Hotels Corporation , is an international operator of hotels.Hyatt Center is the headquarters for Hyatt corporation...

 Regency Hotel, Exhibition Hall and an office block in the 1980s as part of the Adelaide Station and Environs Redevelopment (ASER) project. It has been rebuilt and extended upon a few times since its original construction in 1987. In 1999 an extension was planned and in late 2001 it was unveiled.

It was designed by Larry Oltmanns

Larry Oltmanns

Larry Oltmanns has achieved international acclaim for his work as an architect and master planner of large-scale mixed-use developments worldwide. Master plans designed by Mr Oltmanns include 25 mixed-use developments over $100 million, of which 12 have been completed and four are under construction...

 who was a design partner with SOM

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP is an American architectural and engineering firm that was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City, New York in 1937. SOM is one of the largest...

 at the time. The project won the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

Royal Australian Institute of Architects

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 2002 Awards of Merit: BHP Colourbond Steel Award, Interior Architecture and New Building.

SOM’s expansion and renovation of Adelaide’s Convention Centre reconnected historic parts of the city to the waterfront. Built on space assembled from air rights over a rail yard, the new facility shares a site with the Old and New South Australia State Parliament Houses

Parliament House, Adelaide

Parliament House, on the corner of North Terrace and King William Road in Adelaide city centre, is the seat of the Parliament of South Australia. It was built to replace the adjacent and overcrowded Parliament House, now referred to as "Old Parliament House"...

, the Adelaide Exhibition Hall, the Festival Centre

Adelaide Festival Centre

The Adelaide Festival Centre, Australia's first multi-purpose arts centre, was built in 1973 and opened three months before the Sydney Opera House. The Festival Centre is located approximately 50 metres north of the corner of North Terrace and King William Street, lying near the banks of the River...

, and the Adelaide Railway Station - Casino.

The SOM project, was completed with Adelaide architects Woods-Bagot Pty Ltd.,and conformed to the Adelaide Riverbank Master Plan.

Its "rational cooking system", the largest of any convention centre in the world, is equipped to serve 4,000 dinners in 20 minutes. The centre's main Plenary Hall can house up to 3,500 people in full convention mode.

Looking over Torrens Lake, the centre is home to most of Adelaide's major conventions. It has also been the location of some significant commemorations of Australian icons.

The most recent expansion was announced in 2011.

AVCon

AVCon

AVCon is an anime and video games convention held in Adelaide, South Australia each year. The convention showcases Japanese Animation and Video Gaming, attendees at the convention partake in events such as cosplay, video game tournaments, anime screenings, anime music videos and more including many...

, an annual anime and video games convention has been held at the Adelaide Convention Centre since 2009.

External links

• Adelaide Convention Centre