Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre

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stadium_name = Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre
nickname = TREC


location = Hillvue, Tamworth, New South Wales
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opened = 1999
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owner = Tamworth Regional Council
operator = Tamworth Regional Council
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seating_capacity = Total: 5,100
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Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre is an Australian arena located approximately 5km south of the Tamworth Central Business District in the suburb of Hillvue. It is a multipurpose centre with a seating capacity of 5,100 and is the biggest of its kind outside the NSW and south-east Queensland metropolitan areas.

Centre Uses

Its biggest event each year is the CMMA Country Music Awards of Australia held in january during the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Other uses for the centre include:
* Concerts
* Trade Shows, Exhibitions and Product Launches
* Educational exhibitions
* Markets/Fairs
* Major event Dinners/Functions
* Conferences
* Indoor sporting events
* Community events
* Charity events

Centre History

The construction of a large event centre capable of housing a variety of functions on a year round basis and providing a facility capable of hosting Award ceremonies and concerts associated with the Annual Tamworth Country Music Festival has been on the “drawing boards” in Tamworth for at least 20 years.

During this time the profile of Tamworth as Country Music Capital has grown and country music has become a very popular music format. As a result it would be fair to say that Country Music is to Tamworth what miles of beaches are to the North Coast of NSW or the Blue Mountains are to Katoomba.

However, the Country Music Capital profile is not a natural advantage. It is the result of years of hard work and dedication by the country music industry and the community of Tamworth. Events had shown there was a need to keep pace with the country music industry growth rate and provide a facility to meet client expectations and demands.

Prompted by the need to protect our Country Music Capital profile and buoyed by offers of financial support, including a commitment by the business community to provide $800,000 over four years, and a commitment by the Federal and State Governments to provide $1.25m each towards construction costs, Tamworth City Council has decided to construct the Tamworth Regional Exhibition Centre as community owned asset for the long term benefit of the citizens of Tamworth.

The Tamworth Regional Entertainment & Conference Centre has been designed to provide a venue suitable for the staging of multiplicity of large major events, including indoor sports events of an international standard, in order to foster and contribute to the social and economic development of Tamworth and the North West Region.

Concerts & Events

Major artists to have played at the centre include Cold Chisel, Bob Dylan, The Seekers and Leo Sayer. The Australian bands Silverchair and Powderfinger played at the centre on the 4th September 2007 as part of their Across the Great Divide Tour in front of a crowd of 4500cite web
url = http://www.tamworth.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=general&story_id=1048112&category=general
title = Bands raise the roof: Declare concert Tamworthy
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publisher = Rural Press
accessdate = 10 September
accessyear = 2007] .Missy Higgins played at the Trec in 2007.

Other Events

# 2008 Young Drivers Expo
# Arrive alive Eastern University Games
# Australian Idol
# Capers School Specatucular
# Catholic Schools Celebrate…
# Case IH Product Launch
# Cold Chisel
# Concert of the Century
# Country Energy – Conference
# Doobie Bros
# Drums Tao – Unrivalled Drumming Sepctacular
# Dwight Yoaham
# Energy Safety Solutions Exhibition & Competition
# Food Services Industry & Exhibition
# Jayco Australia/CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia
# Jehovah Witness Annual Convention
# Leo Sayer
# Local Government Stores Suppliers Exhibition
# Longway to the Top
# Livestock & Bulk Carriers Association – Conference & Exhibition
# Hats Off to Slim Dusty
# Harlem Gospel Choir
# Home & Leisure Shows
# Namoi Landcare Forum
# National MG Car Club Rally
# National View Club Conference
# North West Dance Festival
# NSW Country Gymnastics Championships
# Pink Floyd Tribute
# Rotary District Conference & Dinner
# Rural Critical Care Conference
# School Presentations & Formals
# Shell Rimula Rig of the Year
# Silverchair & Powerfinger Tour
# 75th Anniversary Sydney Symphony Orchestra Concert
# The Seekers
# Toyota Country Theatre featuring Troy Cassar-Daley, Sara Storer, John Williamson, Melinda Schnieder, Colin Buchanan, Adam Brand, Gina Jeffreys and more!
# Tamworth & District Chamber of Commerce & Industry Business Awards
# Thirty Merc
# Uniting Church Synod Conference & Dinner
# Westpac Helicopter Annual Ball & Auction
# Willy Nelson In Concert

References

External links

* [http://www.tamworth.nsw.gov.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=19076&cid=36888&id=1140 Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre]