Royal Exhibition Building
This past Sunday was open day at the Royal Exhibition Building over in Carlton. Brian, of the Fitzroy blog, Fitzroyalty, took some nice pictures of the building. It seems like the Exhibition Building is barely being used. Most big exhibitions (Sexpo, Car Show, Factory Seconds) seem to go to the Melbourne Exhibition Centre in Southbank. The two times I have been there (Beerfest, cheap bedding sale), the shows were barely using half of the space in the building.
The IMAX Cinema seems even worse. I love IMAX but the theatre is huge and it never fills up. IMAX Melbourne never gets any of the good IMAX films such as The Matrix. In fact, they are still playing the same movie I saw 4 years ago. How do IMAX and the Exhibition Building not bleed out money?
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Imax and the Royal both fall under Museum Victoria….so guess what?!?! yup, your paying for it!
Way back when I worked on an exhibition at the Royal - gorgeous building by the way…however one of the biggest problems with the Royal is that it’s heritage listed….so when you are setting up some exhibition or fair - there are a myriad of restrictions, expecially for lighting and builds (free standing walls).
Pain in the behind when it’s an art fair…oh…and it gets supa hot
One of the drawcards of jeff’s shed is the fact that there are NO internal columns….so it’s just one HUGE space.
perfect for big exhibitions….but no gorgeous garden or architectural detailing…
we have all our exams at the REB
That looks nice! When compared with NYC’s Javits Center, anything is nice.