The Entertainment Quarter is an entertainment precinct in the

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of Sydney, Australia. The Entertainment Quarter sits beside

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in the suburb of Moore Park, located 3 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, and is part of local government area of the

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Facilities

The Showring hosts a Farmer's Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays and a Merchandise Market on Saturdays and Sundays. Retailers include music retailer Sanity, and fashion stores Esprit and Bay Swiss. The precinct is also home to The Jerzy Toeplitz Library which is dedicated to film, television and radio studies. The library is located inside the AFTRS campus.

Education

The Entertainment Quarter is home to the Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS). AFTRS relocated from its original location in

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to a purpose built building in 2008, located adjacent to Fox Studios Australia and around the corner from the Hoyts Cinema. File:AFTRS facade.jpg, Part of the AFTRS building's front facade File:AFTRS studio.jpg, A film studio at AFTRS File:AFTRS Entry.jpg, AFTRS Entry doors

History

The Entertainment Quarter and Fox Studios Australia were originally the site of

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Sydney Showground, which hosted the annual Sydney Royal Easter Show. The Sydney Showground moved to Homebush Bay in preparation for the

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. Some of the venues built for the

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are now used for the annual show. Fox Studios Australia and the entertainment precinct opened at Moore Park in 1998. A theme park at this location was closed, and some of the facilities have found new uses in the Entertainment Quarter. Image:Entertainment Quarter Bent Street.JPG, Bent Street Image:Entertainment Quarter Cinema.JPG,

Hoyts The Hoyts Group of companies in Australia and New Zealand includes Hoyts Cinemas and Val Morgan. Hoyts operates more than 450 cinema screens and 55,000 seats, making it Australia's second largest movie exhibitor after Event Hospita ...

Cinemas Image:Entertainment Quarter Showground 3.JPG, Old Showring Image:Entertainment Quarter Showring Markets.JPG, Showring markets Image:Entertainment Quarter Hordern Pavilion.JPG,

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References

External links

The Entertainment Quarter
{{DEFAULTSORT:Entertainment quarter the Tourist attractions in Sydney Entertainment districts in Australia Moore Park, New South Wales