International Convention Centre Sydney | |
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Alternative names | ICC Sydney |
General information | |
Location | Darling Harbour |
Address | 14 Darling Dr Sydney, New South Wales Australia |
Coordinates | 33°52′24″S151°11′56″E / 33.8734°S 151.1990°E |
Groundbreaking | 10 January 2014 |
Opened | 12 December 2016 |
Cost | A$1.5 billion |
Owner | Government of New South Wales |
Management | AEG Ogden |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | |
Structural engineer | Robert Bird Group |
Civil engineer | Hyder Consulting |
Quantity surveyor | ESO Surveyors |
Main contractor | Lendlease |
Website | |
Official Website |
International Convention Centre Sydney | |
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Banquet/ballroom | 790 (Cockle Bay Room) 1,260 (Parkside Ballroom) 2,410 (The Gallery) 3,600 (Grand Ballroom) |
Theatre seating | 1,000 (Pyrmont Theatre) 2,500 (Darling Harbour Theatre) 9,000 (ICC Sydney Theatre) |
Enclosed space | |
• Exhibit hall floor | 37,567 square metres (404,370 sq ft) |
• Breakout/meeting | 6,925 square metres (74,540 sq ft) |
• Ballroom | 7,289 square metres (78,460 sq ft) |
Public transit access | Exhibition Centre Convention |
The International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) is an exhibition and convention centre which opened in December 2016, in Sydney, Australia. [1] [2] ICC Sydney has over 70 meeting rooms, three theatres and two formal ballrooms. [3]
ICC Sydney includes convention spaces for 2,500, 1,000 and 750 people. It also includes a flexible space of 2,500 square metres (27,000 sq ft) and the largest ballroom in Sydney, able to accommodate 2,000 people. The ICC Exhibition Centre and Entertainment Centre includes 33,000 square metres (360,000 sq ft) of exhibition space, which can be divided into smaller spaces according to requirements. [4] The first major event held at the newly developed centre was RTX Sydney hosted by Rooster Teeth Productions on 4–5 February 2017. [5]
The ICC Sydney, part of Darling Harbour Live, was developed by a consortium comprising AEG Ogden (now ASM Global [6] ) Lend Lease, Capella Capital and Spotless, with AEG Ogden the venue operator. [7]
ICC Sydney is located in the Darling Harbour on the western side of the Sydney central business district. [8]
ICC Sydney was designed by two architectural firms, Hassell and Populous. [3] It replaces the former Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre that was demolished in December 2013. [9] Construction began in early 2014; an estimated 32,000 cubic metres (1,100,000 cu ft) of concrete was used to construct the building. [10]
ICC Sydney is an A$1.5 billion development being delivered through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with the New South Wales Government and Darling Harbour Live (comprising Lend Lease, Hostplus, Capella Capital, AEG Ogden and Spotless). The development of ICC Sydney is part of a broader A$3.4 billion works program at Darling Harbour [11] that includes a new 590 room hotel tower (under the Sofitel brand), a residential and commercial development (Darling Square), [12] pedestrian boulevard and improved public domain upgrade. The works also include a reconfiguration of Tumbalong Park to provide an additional 3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft) of green space acting as a new adaptable event space. [13]
In accordance with the contractual agreement with Darling Harbour Live and the NSW Government, secured First State Super, an equity partner in the PPP's consortium, as the naming rights sponsor for the venue's 9,000 seat entertainment theatre, which was called "First State Super Theatre". In 2020, following First State's rebrand to Aware Super, the theatre was named Aware Super Theatre. [14] Since December 2023, this theatre has had no naming rights sponsor and has returned to its original name, ICC Sydney Theatre. [15]
The 1989 Sir John Sulman Medal for Public Architecture was awarded to Philip Cox Richardson Taylor Partners as joint winners for Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour which was demolished in 2014 to make way for the new development. Architects John Andrews and Philip Cox spoke out over the demolition of the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre completed in 1988, criticising the fact that the existing structures had not been incorporated into the new development. [18]
ICC Sydney consists of three conjoined key structures:
Events held at ICC Sydney include:
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