Goodbye, Gold Coast Parklands. Hello, Metricon Stadium.
The Big Day Out has found a new home at Metricon Stadium & Carrara Parklands on the Gold Coast. The move from the Parklands site was necessary to make way for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games athletes' village to be built (work on the village will get underway later this year).
Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games Jann Stucky is stoked with the result. “This decision brings certainty not only for the event organisers but also for other businesses and music lovers benefitting from the festival,” she said.
“BDO is a major event for the Gold Coast which this year attracted 45,000 festival goers from Queensland and interstate, delivering about $30m to the local economy. Metricon Stadium is a great choice as the new venue and confirms BDO will remain on the Gold Coast for another five years, which is a great outcome.”
Big Day Out CEO Adam Zammit is in the same boat: “Big Day Out founder Ken West, myself and our partners C3 Presents are very excited to be moving into a great new venue for 2014, a year which will see our biggest and best line-up in years.
“The Gold Coast show is the first stop on the Australian run of Big Day Out dates and for the many international acts who have never visited Australia, it’s always great to fly them into the Goldie first. Our new venue meets the highest of our expectations and standards and we hope will be the home of Big Day Out for years to come.”
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