| International Convention Centre Sydney | |
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 Exterior view in March 2017 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Darling Harbour, 14 Darling Drive Sydney,New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°52′24″S151°11′56″E / 33.8734°S 151.1990°E /-33.8734; 151.1990 |
| Groundbreaking | 10 January 2014 (2014-01-10) |
| Opened | 12 December 2016 (2016-12-12) |
| Cost | A$1.5 billion |
| Owner | Government of New South Wales |
| Management | ASM Global |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | |
| Structural engineer | Robert Bird Group |
| Civil engineer | Hyder Consulting |
| Quantity surveyor | ESO Surveyors |
| Main contractor | Lendlease |
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| Official Website | |
| International Convention Centre Sydney | |
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| Banquet/ballroom | 790(Cockle Bay Room) 1,260(Parkside Ballroom) 2,410(The Gallery) 3,600(Grand Ballroom) |
Theatre seating | 1,000(Pyrmont Theatre) 2,500(Darling Harbour Theatre) 9,000(TikTok Entertainment Centre) |
| Enclosed space | |
| • Exhibit hall floor | 37,567 square metres (404,370 sq ft) |
| • Breakout/meeting | 6,925 square metres (74,540 sq ft) |
| • Ballroom | 7,289 square metres (78,460 sq ft) |
| Public transit access |  Exhibition CentreConvention |
TheInternational Convention Centre Sydney (also known asICC Sydney and the theatre portion as theTikTok Entertainment Centre) is an exhibition and convention centre which opened in December 2016. ICC Sydney has over 70 meeting rooms, three theatres, and two formal ballrooms.
ICC Sydney includes convention spaces for 2,500, 1,000, and 750 people. It also includes a flexible space of 2,500 square metres (27,000 sq ft) and the largest ballroom in Sydney, able to accommodate 2,000 people. The ICC Exhibition Centre and Entertainment Centre includes 33,000 square metres (360,000 sq ft) of exhibition space, which can be divided into smaller spaces according to requirements. The first major event held at the newly developed centre wasRTX Sydney hosted byRooster Teeth Productions on 4–5 February 2017.
The ICC Sydney was developed by a consortium comprisingAEG Ogden,Lendlease, Capella Capital, andSpotless, with AEG Ogden acting as the venue operator.
ICC Sydney is located in theDarling Harbour on the western side of theSydney central business district.[1]
ICC Sydney was designed by two architectural firms,Hassell andPopulous.[2] It replaces the formerSydney Convention & Exhibition Centre that was demolished in December 2013.[3] Construction began in early 2014; an estimated 32,000 cubic metres (1,100,000 cu ft) of concrete was used to construct the building.[4]
ICC Sydney is aA$1.5 billion development being delivered through aPublic Private Partnership (PPP) with theGovernment of New South Wales and Darling Harbour Live (comprising LendLease,Hostplus, Capella Capital, AEG Ogden and Spotless). The development of ICC Sydney is part of a broaderA$3.4 billion works program at Darling Harbour[5] that includes a new 590 room hotel tower (under theSofitel brand), a residential and commercial development (Darling Square),[6] pedestrian boulevard and improved public domain upgrade. The works also include a reconfiguration ofTumbalong Park to provide an additional 3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft) of green space acting as a new adaptable event space.[7]
In accordance with the contractual agreement with Darling Harbour Live and the NSW Government, secured First State Super, an equity partner in the PPP's consortium, as the naming rights sponsor for the venue's 9,000-seat entertainment theatre, which was called "First State Super Theatre". In 2020, following First State's rebrand to Aware Super, the theatre was named Aware Super Theatre.[8] These naming rights ended in December 2023 and the theatre reverted to its original name of ICC Sydney Theatre.[9] In November 2025,TikTok acquired the naming rights to the theatre and renamed it the "TikTok Entertainment Centre". The new name pays homage to the formerSydney Entertainment Centre, which the theatre replaced as Darling Harbour's main concert venue.[10]
The 1989Sir John Sulman Medal for Public Architecture was awarded to Philip Cox Richardson Taylor Partners as joint winners for the Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, which was demolished in 2014 to make way for the new development. ArchitectsJohn Andrews andPhilip Cox spoke out over the demolition of theSydney Convention & Exhibition Centre completed in 1988, criticising the fact that the existing structures had not been incorporated into the new development.[13]
ICC Sydney consists of three conjoined key structures:
Events held at ICC Sydney include:
During the2018 Suncorp Super Netball season, the main theatre hosted twonetball matches, one an intra-city derby betweenGiants Netball and theNew South Wales Swifts and the other between the Giants and theWest Coast Fever. Despite not being designed with indoor sport in mind, the theatre was utilised by the league due to a lack of stadium availability elsewhere in the city.[27] The venue has not hosted any further netball, as both clubs have since moved into a permanent multi-purpose facility at theSydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre.
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