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ARENA - LOWER GROUND FLOOR
ARENA - GROUND FLOOR
people as you enter on the ground floor and either walk up to
the upper level seating or branch off to the lower arena level
rather than entering at the lower level and then requiring people
to circulate upwards. arena floor, lower and ground floor main circulation spaces and the
Casino/Hotel BOH. An advanced fly tower, catwalk and hanging
sub-grid design allows maximum flexibility and loading capacity
within the overall constraints of the arena.
Facilities Placement
The main circulation core down to the super basement is centrally
located at the north of the arena. Restroom blocks are conveniently
located at the NE, NW, SE and SW corners on the lower ground
floor and ground floor. The multi-level BOH facilities are all located
at the south of the arena linking the service yard to the stage, The Structure
The project was not originally envisaged in steel. The columns
on which the edged gutter and roof wedges sit were originally
conceived in concrete, but due to steel offering faster construction
times, this was later changed to steel. The roof structure, which is
a tubular truss frame roof, plus a large gutter were done in steel.
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