MELBOURNE, Australia — Reside Nation Australia has secured a multi-year lease to function Festival Hall, the enduring Melbourne dwell music and sports activities venue.
By means of the association, confirmed late Friday (March 17), LN is predicted to spend money on a number of upgrades on the versatile area, which was constructed throughout WW1 and at present boasts a capability of 5,405.
Competition Corridor slots into the live shows large’s current portfolio of venues, which incorporates The Palais Theatre in Melbourne, the Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, the Hindley Road Music Corridor in Adelaide, and Anita’s Theatre, a historic venue in Thirroul, a northern seaside suburb of Wollongong, which final yr grew to become LN’s first push into regional Australia.
“We’re extraordinarily excited to be delivering the following chapter of Competition Corridor’s life,” feedback Roger Subject, president LN APAC, “not solely as a result of it can assist help the rising demand of reveals which might be coming down the pipeline throughout the business, but in addition to place the enduring venue firmly again on the worldwide dwell leisure map.”
LN’s imaginative and prescient for Competition Corridor, Subject continues, is to make sure that the venue “stays a cornerstone of the State’s dwell music scene for artists, business, and followers alike.”
The launch of this new venture will help 200 full-time equal jobs on occasion days, sources say.
Competition Corridor has a storied historical past. The multi-purpose area at 300 Dudley Road, in West Melbourne, was initially constructed again in 1915 by John Wren, chairman of Stadiums Pty Ltd. Fireplace ripped by means of the room in 1955, however a rebuild was accomplished in time for the 1956 Olympics Video games, the place hosted gymnastics and wrestling.
Over time, the likes of the Beatles, Invoice Haley, Johnny Money, Frank Sinatra, Liberace, Shirley Bassey, Foo Fighters, Ed Sheeran and Lorde have performed to packed homes at Competition Corridor.
In October 2020, the venue was bought by Hillsong Church with the intention to create a group hub to help dwell music, leisure, and different occasions. On the time Hillsong said, “it’s a technique to give again to Melbourne and proceed the venue’s legacy.”
It’s understood the church will proceed to make use of the venue for weekend companies and different occasions.
