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The Opera House is one of those rare situations where you go: hang the expense, it was totally worth it. I love that place.
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other Sydney Opera House trivia: the biggest events it has hosted were outside, like the famous Crowded House concert in 1996 with 250k attendees. Also for some of the year it has a resident long-nosed fur seal named Benny who lounges in the sun at the northern VIP steps which are quite close to water level
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The Opera House was built without a carpark. This was later remedied by drilling a huge, vertical cylindrical shaft nearby and installing an 8-level double-helix carpark - which is a pretty unique construction in its own right. If you drive down to the bottom of the spiral, you only actually travel every second level, then you cut across the bottom and spiral up the intermediate levels.
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If you saw what was there before, the Sydney Opera House is a millionfold improvement.
It was a tram shed made of black stone that called like a child's clay model of a castle.
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Being Sydney born and having lived here all my life, I would have been 3 when the Opera House opened. I have attended operas, concerts and celebrations both in and on its steps. I have even performed on one of its stages and taken young choirs to perform there.
It brings tears to my eyes to visit such a wonderful venue and I could not imagine my city without its iconic âsailsâ.
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The Sydney Opera Hose opened in 1973. That was 51 years ago. Any 'financial disaster' would have been averted a million times over since then. The value of the Sydney Opera House is iconic, priceless and legendary.
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There were 2 controversial, expensive projects in Australia at the time. The Opera House & the purchase of 24 F-111C fighter bombers for 240 million after cost blow outs. The F-111s are long gone, the Opera House keeps on giving
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đ©đ°Definitely one of the most iconic buildings in the world, and a silhouette thatâs recognized world wide.
As a dane Iâm very proud of it!
Think about the shape, and what it reminds people of, sails, shells etc., but more importantly what it doesnât; itâs not a phallic powerplay, not a mausoleum, not another revival of gothic style, not Brutalism. Itâs organic flowing timelessness all of itâs own and I applaud Sydney for building it!
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As an Australian who doesn't live in Sydney it is most definitely worth it. Iconic.
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My friend works for the acoustic consulting firm that designed the internal acoustics of the opera house. Apparently it was an absolute mess of a opera house to make it acoustically sound wbere the architect made it borderline impossible to make the internal sound of the opera hall sound acceptable
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A few facts: The NSW state lottery paid for most of the construction, so it kind of was taxpayers money. It was built on the site of the old Bennelong point tram terminus. Utzon took inspiration from the inside of a walnut shell for the interior, which, although expensive, would probably have made for good acoustics.
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As a general rule, projects like this rarely get done under budget and almost always blow past the budget by a mile.
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Considering what I know of NSW public works, this project went smoothly.
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Videos, photos, seeing it on television just doesnât do it justice! When you see it for the first time, itâs absolutely breathtaking. I know that sounds ridiculous to say that about a building, but it really is! Words donât really do it justice either!
As you enter Sydney Harbour, youâre greeted by the Opera House. Its beautiful white shells glistening in the sun, surrounded by the ocean blue waters of the harbour. As an Aussie, it really is something very special to me! đŠđș
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Chrissy Amphlett met Mark McEntee at a concert at the Sydney Opera House in 1980 and they formed the Divinyls. This alone makes the project all worth it IMHO.
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Finally a Megaproject outside of the US I've actually been able to visit and get a backstage tour of.
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The Sydney Opera House was funded by a lottery which went on for many years after the facility was completed and open. Yes, it cost a lot, but no one person is really to blame for it. Today, it is Sydney's most visited tourist attraction.
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I'm happy to share that as a Sydneysider I've been fortunate enough to witness a few events and performances here and everything about the experience is just magical - not simply just the performances themselves with the acoustics that are an audio delight - but the visuals, from the stunning interior of the main hall to the fantastically retro fitout and hardware inside, the style is quite a product of its time and it's all the more enjoyable because of it, and on an emotional level it represents an Australia and a Sydney that was growing in leaps and bounds, even if that time is well before I was born, it's still so easy to appreciate it.
A must visit for anyone visiting our City đđđŠđș
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even without watching the video i can tell you it was worth it.
However much it costed at the time, its been a driving force behind tourism in Sydney for like 50 years. Hard to even quantify how much money that is. Australia is far away from the rest of the world, we need iconic landmarks like that as drawing cards.
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