Entertainment Precincts All the Rage, Four More Revealed

Pictured: The Gold Coast’s Artesian Hospitality has secured the heritage-outlined Valley GPO on Ann Road, and two adjoining houses.

Just a thirty day period right after TMN documented that 7 new enjoyment precincts were the pipeline, 4 far more have since been declared

The seven bundled Canberra, Wollongong, Hobart, Melbourne, Darwin, Ipswich and Toowoomba. Now new precincts are planned for Queensland, ACT and NSW.

Brisbane

Fortitude Valley seems to be like having a nightclubbing precinct within the subsequent six months.

The Gold Coast’s Artesian Hospitality has secured the heritage-detailed Valley GPO on Ann Road, and two adjoining attributes.

“We will be placing several venues in the setting up to set up it as a precinct,” said its taking care of husband or wife Matthew Keegan.

A $7 million devote will turn the 2000 sq m room into “a assortment of exceptional experiential venues that patrons love to stop by all over again and again.”

The Valley GPO, developed in 1887, was a long-time lodge and nightclub ahead of slipping sufferer to the covid lockdowns in 2020.

Artesian’s Gold Coastline venues consist of the Bed room Nightclub, White Rhino, Cali Seashore Club and Surfers Pavilion.

It options to open far more venues on the Gold Coast and Brisbane about the next 12 to 18 months.

This 7 days as part of a shift into festivals, it signed with Main Occasions Gold Coast to produce two pop up bars to the inaugural free beachfront Springtime which runs September 2 to 4.

Canberra

The ACT Government’s revitalising of Canberra’s Exhibition Park (EPIC) will contain a new competition precinct inside EPIC, and increase capacity for this sort of gatherings.

It’s previously employed by the Nationwide Folks Festival and Groovin’ the Moo.

The approach also calls for a multi-objective indoor location to also provide as an exhibition place.

In 2020 the Authorities advised EPIC as the web page of a 25,000-seat stadium.

Townsville

A proposal is for Townsville’s historic waterfront Burns Philp building close to Ross Creek – the city’s initially wharf – to be an enjoyment precinct.

New enterprise Flinders Street Wharves has applied to the council for its redevelopment to rent out to these presenting concert events, nightclubs, bars, food items and drink, retail and capabilities.

It’s set in the Flinders Road East Stop enjoyment region and close to the CBD, the Strand and Queensland State Lender Stadium.

A single-time tenant Bullwinkles nightclub shut four a long time ago but Santa Fe Gold stays.

Penrith

An enjoyment precinct for St Marys is mooted by the Penrith City Council in Sydney.

It is component of the NSW Government’s $5 billion WestInvest program to establish infrastructure assignments throughout Western Sydney.

Fifteen Regional Authorities Parts are suitable. Penrith’s share of $397 million involves a wish listing of 37 projects.

The amusement precinct would price tag $21 million and in accordance to Council, will enhance the neighborhood financial system and align with other town-shaping jobs coming to the jap town centre, this sort of as the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport rail backlink, which will start off at St Marys.