| Sydney Entertainment Centre | |
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| Location | Haymarket, Sydney |
| Opened | 1 May 1983 |
| Owner | Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority |
| Operator | Managed and Operated by DHCE Pty Limited |
| Capacity | Total: 13,250[1] Basketball: 10,517[2] |
| Tenants | |
| Sydney Kings (NBL) (1990–2008, 2010–) Sydney Flames (WNBL) |
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The Sydney Entertainment Centre (SEC) is a multi-purpose venue, located in Haymarket, Sydney, Australia. It opened in May 1983, to replace Sydney Stadium, which had been demolished to make way for a new railway. The centre is currently owned by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, which administers the neighbouring Darling Harbour area, and managed under a lease. It is one of Sydney's larger concert venues, licenced to accommodate over 13,000 people as a conventional theatre or 8,000 as a theatre-in-the-round. The centre's only regular tenant is the Sydney Kings who play in the National Basketball League. The SEC, known as the "Kingdome" during Kings home games has a capacity of 10,517 for basketball.
It is averaging an attendance of 1 million people each year and hosts concerts, family shows, sporting events and corporate events.
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Elton John has played numerous concerts there over the years, including eight dates in 1986 with an orchestra. The latter shows were some of the last he performed prior to throat surgery.
Genesis played 9 dates at the 1986 leg of the Invisible Touch Tour (25–27 November and 15–20 December). Some of the songs were performed with an Australian string section. Archives 2 – disc 2 holds a version of "Your Own Special Way" recorded at SEC.
David Bowie recorded his live album, Glass Spider Live, during his performances on 7 and 9 November 1987.
Kylie Minogue has played 25 concerts there, she finished her On A Night Like This Tour, after playing 11 nights there & kicked off her Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour in November 2006.
Pop rock superstar P!nk performed (a then record-breaking) seven shows there during her 2007 I'm Not Dead Tour. In 2009, with her Funhouse Tour, in support of the number one album, she played a record 15 shows. She recorded her current live DVD at the SEC.
It also hosts international circuses and shows, such as Disney on Ice & Hugh Jackman's The Boy from Oz.
It is used annually for The Schools Spectactular, which features over 3,000 young performers from across NSW.
It is the place where the IBO Cruiser-weight title boxing match between Antonio Tarver and Danny Green took place on 20 July 2011.
As a sporting venue, the SEC is best known as the home arena for the Sydney Kings basketball team, but other sports such as boxing, tennis and indoor motor-cross have also been held there.
In the 2000 Summer Olympics, the SEC was the venue for indoor volleyball final.[3]
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