- TSB Bank Arena
Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = TSB Bank Arena
nickname =
location =Wellington ,New Zealand
coordinates = coord|-41.285631|174.778790
broke_ground =
opened =1995
closed =
demolished =
owner =Wellington City Council
tenants =Central Pulse ,Wellington Saints
operator =
surface =
construction_cost =
architect = [http://www.ccm.co.nz Craig Craig & Moller]
former_names = Queens Wharf Events Centre
seating_capacity = 4,650 (fully seated)
5,600 (general admission) [http://www.eventscentrewellington.co.nz/planning/venues/eventscentre/concerts.html] |The TSB Bank Arena, formerly known as the Queens Wharf Events Centre [http://www.wellingtonconventioncentre.com/planning/venues/eventscentre/] , is anindoor arena located inWellington ,New Zealand . The arena hosts mainlybasketball games and is the part-time home arena of theNew Zealand Breakers when they play in Wellington, but also hosts expositions and conventions like the [http://www.pulpexpo.com Armageddon Pulp Expo] and the [http://www.standrews.org.nz/dcm//events/bookfair.html DCM Book Fair] . Built in1995 , it originally held 3,635 people. In 2005, the number of seats was upgraded to 4,570 as part of a redevelopment and expansion plan. There are further plans to carry out upgrades to the Events Centre in 2007. [http://www.wellington.govt.nz/projects/benefits/events.html]It also operates as a music venue, but does not have ideal
acoustics and professionalsound treatment; for example, the retractable stadium traps allreflections (early and late) also acting as abass trap (wanted or unwanted), thus impairing a clearsound . But as a live venue, it is still able attract overseas acts, such as from its past,Faith No More , Live,Radiohead ,Metallica and more recently Hi-5, Edgefest,Deep Purple ,Kings of Leon ,Disturbed andWestlife .In 2005, the annual Montana World of WearableArt ( [http://www.worldofwearableart.com/ WOW] ) Awards Show moved from Nelson to Wellington, to the TSB Bank Arena.
In a feature article from the
11 April 2007 edition of theDominion Post , theWellington Architectural Centre rated TSB Arena as Wellington's 2nd worst building. [http://wellurban.blogspot.com/2007/04/shooting-fish-at-bottom-of-barrel.html]External links
* [http://www.eventscentrewellington.co.nz/ Official Events Centre site]
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