Perth Entertainment Centre - RIP
 

[url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/beginning-of-the-end-for-iconic-perth-entertainment-centre/story-e6frg13u-1226053832791]Beginning of the end for iconic Perth Entertainment Centre | Perth Now[/url]

Some final pics of the iconic Perth Landmark below.

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Source: [url=http://www.6000times.com/2011/05/perth-perth-entertainment-center.html]Perth : Perth Entertainment Centre - Abandoned Stadium | PERTH AUSTRALIA - 6 0 0 0 T I M E S[/url]

Some great memories of this place as a child.

Watching the wildcats when basketball was huge in Australia.

Movie premieres etc.

It is being replaced with something bigger and better next door, but the memories are what make it special.

I've been wanting to go inside this building for a long time. Went there a whole heap as a child watching the Wildcats, Disney on Ice plus many other events.. Is a shame to see it go, but hopefully the new one will provide similar memories!

Thanks for sharing TJ

Sad looking at those pics! But how cool would it be to get inside there!

A friend is an engineer on the new building next door.

He tried to get us access in December and got turned down.

I want a row of seats...

My first major concerts were almost all at that centre - INXS, Dire Straits, Billy Joel and U2. Slept out for many many more on the doorsteps including Pink Floyd of which I had ticket #1.

Very sad to see it go.

Hmmm...yes...lots of concerts that I saw there... U2, Genesis, Cold Chisel, ZZ Top, Red Hot CP's, D Bowie and Bob Marley & the Wailers (true!), S Winwood, Oils ...etc...etc...to name just some...

Ah Pearl Jam as a sweaty, pimply teenage virgin concert goer. Then Presidents of the USA...

What times! :D

[QUOTE=nauli;564628]Hmmm...yes...lots of concerts that I saw there... U2, Genesis, Cold Chisel, ZZ Top, Red Hot CP's, D Bowie and Bob Marley & the Wailers (true!), S Winwood, Oils ...etc...etc...to name just some...[/QUOTE]

How old are you?

[QUOTE=nauli;564628]Hmmm...yes...lots of concerts that I saw there... U2, Genesis, Cold Chisel, ZZ Top, Red Hot CP's, D Bowie and Bob Marley & the Wailers (true!), S Winwood, Oils ...etc...etc...to name just some...[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=fatboy;564644]How old are you?[/QUOTE]

David Bowie - 14-15 November 1978 and 4-6 November 1983
Bob Marley & The Wailers - 23 April 1979

Clearly quire old :p

Somre pretty big names on the list of concerts that were held there...

Sherbet - 1975
Eric Clapton - 28 April 1975 and 1985[citation needed]
John Denver - 13-14 October 1975
Wings - 1 November 1975
Queen - 11 April 1976, with Lucifer
The Skyhooks - 21 August 1976 and 7 May 1983
ABBA - 10th (6pm and 9pm) - 11th (8pm) - 12th (3pm and 8:30pm) March 1977
Alice Cooper - 14-15 March and 5 September 1997 and 17 April 2001
Fleetwood Mac - 18-19 November 1977, 21-22 February 1980 and 8-9 April 1990
The Beach Boys - 14-15 March 1978
Bob Dylan - 25 and 27 March 1978
Olivia Newton-John - 12 November 1978
David Bowie - 14-15 November 1978 and 4-6 November 1983
Bob Marley & The Wailers - 23 April 1979
The Police - 19 March 1980 and 26 February 1981
KISS - 8-11 November 1980 and 4 February 1995
AC/DC - 13 February 1981, 29 January-2 February 1988 and 23-24 October 1991
Adam and the Ants - October 1981
Devo - 17 February 1982
Duran Duran - 27 November 1983
Robert Plant - 28 January 1984
Poison - 12 July 1989
Elton John - 6-7 March 1984 and 27-28 January 1990
U2 - 23-24 September 1984 and 21-23 September 1989, with B.B. King
Deep Purple - 27 November 1984 and 5 March 2001
Phil Collins - 20 April 1985 and 4-5 April 1990
Tina Turner - 23-24 December 1985, 24-24 February 1988, 29-30 October 1993 and 3-5 April 1997
Australian Crawl - 1 February 1986 (their last ever concert)[3]
Thompson Twins - 14 February 1986
Simply Red - 29-30 August and 1 September 1987, 19 August 1989, 3 October 1992 and 10 April 1996
George Michael - 8-9 March 1988
Whitney Houston - 31 October 1988
Sting - 6-7 November 1988 and 19 October 1996
Bon Jovi - 8 November 1989 and 4 October 1993
Aerosmith - 15 October 1990
Kylie Minogue - 13 February 1991 and 28 and 30 April 2001
Elvis Costello - 8 September 1991
Diana Ross - 24 October 1991
Bob Dylan - 18 March 1992 and 18 March 2001
Bryan Adams - 25 January 1994 and 13 March 2000
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - 17 October 1992, 10 May 1996 and 7 February 2000
Metallica - 7-8 April 1993 and 11-12 April 1998
Depeche Mode - 5 March 1994
R.E.M. - 13 January 1995
Janet Jackson - 23 February 1995
Cliff Richard - 28 February and 1 March 1995 and 1-2 March 1998
Pearl Jam - 6 March 1995, with The Meanies and 19-20 March 1998, with Shudder to Think
Take That - 4 October 1995
The Smashing Pumpkins - 4 March 1996
Celine Dion - 18 March 1996, with Human Nature
Santana - 7 May 1996
The Corrs - 4 February 1997 and 4 February 1998
Oasis - 26 February 1998
Van Halen - 29 April 1998
The Offspring - 21 June 1999, with Guttermouth and The Andy Callison Project
Alanis Morissette and Garbage - 5 October 1999, with Stellar
ZZ Top - 17 April 2000
Blink-182 - 2001
Robbie Williams - 1 November 2001
Tool - 2002[citation needed]
Youth Alive WA - August 2002 (the final show at the venue before closing