Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Address	South Sherwood Street; Nottingham; England
Owner	Nottingham City Council
Type	Concert Hall/Auditorium
Capacity	2,499 (3 levels)
Current use	Touring Venue
Construction
Opened	27 November 1982
Years active	Since 1982
Architect	RHWL (Renton Howard Wood Levin Partnership)
Website
	http://www.trch.co.uk

Nottingham Royal Concert Hall is a concert hall in the English city of Nottingham. It is owned by Nottingham City Council and is part of a complex that also includes the city's Theatre Royal.^[1] The Royal Concert Hall's striking modern architecture has proved to be a city landmark at the heart of Nottingham City Centre, opposite the more recently built The Cornerhouse complex.^{[citation needed]}

The concert hall is served by the adjacent Royal Centre tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit.^[2]

History

The site of the Royal Concert Hall was previously the old 'Empire Palace of Varieties' designed and built in 1898 by Frank Matcham. The Empire closed for the last time in 1958 and was demolished for road-widening in 1969.^[1]

Designed by the Renton Howard Wood Levin Partnership (architects of the Sheffield Crucible Theatre and Manchester's Bridgewater Hall), the hall cost £12 million to complete. The project's client was Nottingham City Council.

Work on the Royal Concert Hall began in 1980 and was completed in 1982, providing Nottingham with a contemporary 2,499-seater auditorium. The first artist to perform there was Elton John in November 1982.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "General Information - History". The Royal Centre. Archived from the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
^ "Nottingham Express Transit : Tram Stops : Royal Centre". TheTrams.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ "About Us". Nottingham City Council. Retrieved 9 August 2016.