The Alpine Winter Village - Victoria Square
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 11:21 am
From The Advertiser:
Victoria Square will host the Alpine Winter Festival after the City Council approved its staging
Sam Kelton, City Reporter, The Advertiser
May 17, 2017 8:51pm
WINTER is coming to Victoria Square after Adelaide City Council approved the staging of the Alpine Winter Festival at the site in July, thawing a cold war between organisers and those hosting a similar event along the Riverbank at the same time.
The South Australian team behind the Royal Croquet Club appealed to Adelaide City Council on Tuesday night to move its Alpine Winter Village event to Victoria Square after its star attraction, an ice rink, was given to the Melbourne firm behind the popular Garden of Unearthly Delights.
The European-inspired Christmas markets were a huge success last July, attracting more than 150,000 visitors.
The Social Creative built the Alpine Winter Village festival in 2016 around the ice rink at the Torrens Parade Grounds, after it was awarded the tender by Renewal SA.
The government body this year, however, awarded the tender for the rink to the Garden of Unearthly Delights, forcing Social Creative to find another rink and set up a rival event.
At a city council meeting on Tuesday The Social Creative’s director Stuart Duckworth, explained ambitious plans to recreate the village on a bigger scale in Victoria Square.
Approved late on Wednesday, this means both events will run concurrently, with the village bringing in its own ice rink — set to be twice the size of the original rink — and a 30m toboggan slide to the centre of the city.
City of Adelaide Lord Mayor Martin Haese said he was excited by all the different events that could provide something for everyone this winter.
“Council has approved an event in Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga and an event along the Riverbank,” he said.
“We look forward to working with the event organisers to progress these events.”
But not everyone is happy with the Property Council saying the decision to host both event is a “kick in the guts” for CBD property owners.
“I find it hard to believe that Adelaide could sustain two ice-skating themed precincts within 1km of each other,” executive director Daniel Gannon said.
“These onerous overheads make a challenging economic environment even more difficult before reversing past decisions to make it easier to operate in Victoria Square.”
Victoria Square will host the Alpine Winter Festival after the City Council approved its staging
Sam Kelton, City Reporter, The Advertiser
May 17, 2017 8:51pm
WINTER is coming to Victoria Square after Adelaide City Council approved the staging of the Alpine Winter Festival at the site in July, thawing a cold war between organisers and those hosting a similar event along the Riverbank at the same time.
The South Australian team behind the Royal Croquet Club appealed to Adelaide City Council on Tuesday night to move its Alpine Winter Village event to Victoria Square after its star attraction, an ice rink, was given to the Melbourne firm behind the popular Garden of Unearthly Delights.
The European-inspired Christmas markets were a huge success last July, attracting more than 150,000 visitors.
The Social Creative built the Alpine Winter Village festival in 2016 around the ice rink at the Torrens Parade Grounds, after it was awarded the tender by Renewal SA.
The government body this year, however, awarded the tender for the rink to the Garden of Unearthly Delights, forcing Social Creative to find another rink and set up a rival event.
At a city council meeting on Tuesday The Social Creative’s director Stuart Duckworth, explained ambitious plans to recreate the village on a bigger scale in Victoria Square.
Approved late on Wednesday, this means both events will run concurrently, with the village bringing in its own ice rink — set to be twice the size of the original rink — and a 30m toboggan slide to the centre of the city.
City of Adelaide Lord Mayor Martin Haese said he was excited by all the different events that could provide something for everyone this winter.
“Council has approved an event in Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga and an event along the Riverbank,” he said.
“We look forward to working with the event organisers to progress these events.”
But not everyone is happy with the Property Council saying the decision to host both event is a “kick in the guts” for CBD property owners.
“I find it hard to believe that Adelaide could sustain two ice-skating themed precincts within 1km of each other,” executive director Daniel Gannon said.
“These onerous overheads make a challenging economic environment even more difficult before reversing past decisions to make it easier to operate in Victoria Square.”