Hungexpo update – Communiqué AIPC 2025
For over four years now, HUNGEXPO’s Congress Center has benefited from a versatile 2,000-seat auditorium designed for rapid transformation and turnover.
EVENTS AT THE MULTIPURPOSE STEINMETZ HALL – A VIEW OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF OPERATION (2021 – 2024)
Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center Performing Arts Center in Orlando is referred as "one of the world's most acoustically perfect spaces", letting "guests enjoy a range of performances—with or without amplification—by local, national, and international artists."
Joshua Ramus’ Mystery Box in Lower Manhattan is the New Adaptable Perelman Performing Arts Center
The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC), unveiled on September 13, 2023, stands as the final major piece in the master plan for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center mixed-use campus in New York City. Cladded with translucent marble squares, this colossal cube-shaped building provides an inner glow during daylight hours and lights-up at […]
The new India International Convention & Expo Centre offers a wealth of opportunities and possibilities
An innovator in India and ranking as the world’s third largest convention center, the International Convention Centre in Dwarka boasts an impressive 6,000-seat multipurpose auditorium. The architect, from renown architectural firm CPKUKREJA, revealed in local news how their team elevated the concept of sustainable design by optimizing the use of that space with Gala Systems’ […]
Navigating the Covid-19 Situation Through Flexibility (AIPC COMMUNIQUÉ ARTICLE)
PARTNER INSIGHT – GALA SYSTEMS Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global meeting industry has been harshly affected by the cancellation of hundreds of exhibitions, conventions and conferences. Most urgently, convention Centres are seeking ways to reactivate business to meet their financial obligations. This is a difficult challenge: new health and safety regulations […]
The upcoming Flexible Steinmetz Hall on track for a May 2020 debut at the Dr. Phillips Center
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts The long-awaited Steinmetz Hall shall soon complete the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts’ project in the heart of downtown Orlando. Designed by Santa Barbara’s Barton Myers Associates (design architect), HKS Architects of Dallas (executive architect), and Orlando’s Baker Barrios Architects (architect), the Centre is a stunning glass building that aims to provide locals and visitors […]
The Evolution of Flexible Space in Theater Buildings Has Called for Innovation in Stage Technology
A Welcome Change – An Auditoria Article Recently published in Auditoria, A Welcome Change describes how flexible space has evolved in theaters. From temporary floors manually mounted on top of fixed wooden seating backrests in the 19th century to the traditional telescope and chair wagon conversion methods, flexible halls are nothing new. But in 2002, a novel […]
Baku New High-Tech Convention Centre – an AIPC Communiqué
Gala Brings Ultimate Flexibility Today’s convention centres are becoming increasingly sophisticated and design-conscious, seeking to gain a competitive advantage as cities strive to attract conference delegations. Completed in 2015 by Austrian architectural firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, the Baku Convention Centre in Azerbaijan was built as such a high-tech visionary facility. As presented in the latest edition […]
The Gala Venue Seating System
Beyond its Exceptional Technical Performance, a Highly Reliable System A pioneer in the early 2000s in the multipurpose venue industry, Gala Systems has become a world leader in solutions that allow spaces to be entirely reconfigured. From the Teatro Campos Elíseos in Bilbao to the Melbourne Convention Centre, by way of the Capitol Theatre in Singapore and […]
GALA SYSTEMS BRINGS SAFER AND EASIER STAGE MANAGEMENT TO THE HOMBURG THEATRE
Prince Edward Island Confederation Centre of the Arts Open to the public for over 50 years, Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, hosts the largest mainstage in Canada east of Montreal: the Homburg Theatre. Also including a public library and an art gallery, the Centre has always played a vital role in the local economy by programming […]
A Gala Venue Seating System Re-Energized Singapore’s Iconic Capitol Theatre
With two other restored landmarks from the early 20th century – Stamford House and Capitol Building – the Capitol Theatre forms the centerpiece of an exceptional lifestyle development located in the heart of Singapore’s civic and cultural district. Designed in an artful manner by award-winning architectural firm Richard Meier & Partners Architects, contemporary architectural-style buildings and a public plaza providing outdoor living space […]
A Revolutionary Theatre at the Heart of the New MGM Resort
Located on China’s southern coast, the Cotai Strip has grown explosively over the last decade and has overtaken the Macau Peninsula as the most popular gaming hub. In terms of entertainment offerings, however, it still lags behind other major destinations like Las Vegas. Newly opened in January, the MGM resort seeks to change this. In addition to its 1600 […]
