| Brisbane Entertainment Centre | |
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| Boondall | |
| Location | Melaleuca Drive, Boondall, Queensland 4034 |
| Opened | 1986 |
| Owner | Queensland State Government |
| Operator | AEG Ogden |
| Surface | Customisable |
| Capacity | Total: 13,500 |
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| Brisbane Bullets (NBL) (1987–1997) | |
The Brisbane Entertainment Centre (BEC) is a centre, located in Boondall, a Brisbane City suburb, in Queensland, Australia.
The arena has an assortment of seating plans, which facilitate the comfort of its users, subject to performance. Specific seating plans usually are allocated, depending on the performance and the size of its audience. The general seating arrangements are end stage mode, "in the round" and intimate mode, which only uses half of the arena.
It also has a sporting complex and many other smaller function rooms, which are available to hire for wedding receptions, business functions and the like.
The centre has 11,000 tiered seats and a maximum concert capacity of 13,500.
The centre's large audience capacity is used for the staging of concerts and musical theatre shows, including Grease, Beauty and the Beast, and The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular. It has also staged ice-skating shows, including Disney on Ice.
From 1986–1997 the BEC was home to former NBL team the Brisbane Bullets. The Bullets won the 1987 NBL championship at the centre against the Perth Wildcats.[1] The largest basketball crowd was 13,221 for game two of the 1990 NBL Grand Final series, also between the Bullets and the Perth Wildcats. The crowd also stands as the largest NBL Grand Final crowd away from Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.
Due to a conflicting schedule, the BEC was used as the home venue for the Bullets 2007 grand final series against the Melbourne Tigers Brisbane won Game 1 of the series 98–95 and won their last ever game at the arena 113–103 in Game 3. In all the BEC saw six NBL Grand Final games played between 1986 and 2007 with the Bullets winning three of the six games.
The Entertainment Centre was also the filming venue for the original Australian series of Gladiators from 1995 to 1997.
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In 1987, Michael Jackson performed during his Bad World Tour for two sold out shows on November 25 and 28. During the performance on the 28th, Stevie Wonder came out and performed "Bad".
In 2009, 11 concerts were performed by Pink, on her worldwide Funhouse Tour, which proved to be Australia's largest tour.
In 2010, Nitro Circus performed 3 Motorbike Stunt Shows at the venue.
Many other notable artists have performed at the venue, including Mariah Carey, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, David Bowie, Green Day, AC/DC, Muse, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Elton John, The Eagles, Coldplay,Miley Cyrus, Chris Brown, The Black Eyed Peas,Kylie Minogue and many more. The entertainment centre continues to house exciting and notable events, with anticipated upcoming concerts from Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Elton John, Kings Of Leon and Meat Loaf. It has also hosted World Wrestling Entertainment house shows.
Located in Boondall, users can catch a QR Citytrain to Boondall railway station, on the Shorncliffe railway line, or travel by taxi. There are 4,000 car parking spaces and buses do not run to the centre. It is located just off the Gateway Motorway.
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