Entertainment and concert venue in Luna Park, Sydney
The Big Top
Entrance to venue (c.2013)
Full name
The Big Top at Luna Park Sydney
Former names
Luna Circus (planning/construction)
Address
1300 Big Top Sydney NSW 2061 Australia
Location
Luna Park, Milsons Point
Owner
Brookfield Metro Edgley Pty Ltd
Operator
Luna Park Venues
Capacity
2,950
Construction
Broke ground
7 February 2003 (2003-02-07)
Opened
2 April 2004 (2004-04-02)
Construction cost
$20 million ($33.1 million in 2022 dollars[1])
Architect
Hassell
Structural engineer
MacDonald Contracting
Services engineer
Douglas Partners
General contractor
Cordell Construction
Website
Venue Website
The Big Top (also known as the Big Top Auditorium and The Arena; commonly known as Big Top Sydney) is a multi-purpose entertainment venue located within Luna Park Sydney. Opening in 2004, the venue was a part of the amusement park’s 2003 redevelopment plan. It has a capacity of nearly 3,000, making it one of Sydney’s largest mid-sized venues.
It has housed notable events such as: the 2005 MTV Australia Video Music Awards, Come Together Music Festival and the 2013 Sydney Darts Masters.
^AU = 1850-1901: McLean, I.W. (1999), Consumer Prices and Expenditure Patterns in Australia 1850–1914. Australian Economic History Review, 39: 1-28 (taken W6 series from Table A1, which represents the average inflation in all of Australian colonies). For later years, calculated using the pre-decimal inflation calculator provided by the Reserve Bank of Australia for each year, input: £94 8s (94.40 Australian pounds in decimal values), start year: 1901.
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