The Gate, Newcastle
The Gate | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed, in use |
Type | Leisure, Entertainment |
Town or city | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 54°58′23″N 1°37′05″W / 54.973°N 1.618°W |
Current tenants | See venues |
Opened | 28 November 2002 |
Cost | £80 million |
Client | Land Securities |
Owner | Crown Estate |
Technical details | |
Floor area | 19,235 m2 (207,040 sq ft) |
Website | |
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The Gate is a retail and leisure complex in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
History[]
The venue takes its name from the street on which it stands, . It is part of the historic Grainger Town area of Newcastle. It was opened on 28 November 2002.[1]
The Gate has 19 venues spread across three floors, including a 16-screen Cineworld Cinema and . The Gate is also next to Newcastle's Chinatown; there is an entrance on . The Gate building was built to replace the 35-year-old, 7-storey Newgate House, which was home to the prolific music venue; The Mayfair club. Mood Bar opened on 28 November 2002, the same time as The Gate.
The 19,235 m2, £80 million venue was built by Land Securities and the 12-metre-tall (39 ft) sculpture outside, "Ellipsis Eclipses", was designed by Danny Lane.[2] The 24-metre-high (79 ft)[3] glass façade was designed by Space Decks Limited.[4] The Odeon Cinema (later Empire, now Cineworld) was built to replace the 71-year-old Odeon/Paramount cinema on , which after the Gate's opening remained disused until its demolition in 2017.[5] The Gate provided 400 new jobs when opened and a further 600 during construction.
In 2004 won a Lighting Design award for their work at The Gate.[6]
The Gate won the Property Week award for Best Commercial UK Mixed-Use Leisure Scheme, and the British Toilet Association awarded The Gate a Loo of the Year Award and awarded it five stars.[7]
In 2010 Jamie Ritblat's property company, Delancey, bought The Gate in a £900 million package of properties from PropInvest Group, in partnership with the Royal Bank of Scotland. In 2012 The Gate was sold to the Crown Estate for £60 million.[8]
Venues[]
- Entertainment
- Aspers Casino
- Cineworld Cinema
- YumeWorld Family Entertainment Centre
- ESCAPE - Escape Rooms
- The CTRL Pad - Video Gaming Lounge
- Game of Throwings - Axe-Throwing Range
- Selfie Station
- Bars and nightclubs
- JD Wetherspoons - The Keel Row
- WonderBar
- Restaurants
- Retail
- Vintage Vera - Second-hand Clothing
References[]
- ^ "Last reel for 1930s cinema". BBC News. 2002-11-22. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ^ The Gate: Ellipsis Eclipses, Commissions North
- ^ Tyne Clubs - The Gate, BBC
- ^ Steel and Glass Structures Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine, Space Decks
- ^ Tyne Features - Odeon Cinema, BBC
- ^ BDP's Double Bill at Lighting Awards (29-Mar-2004) Archived 2007-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, Building Design Partnership
- ^ "About Us". The Gate. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ^ "The Queen's property company buys The Gate". The Evening Chronicle. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Gate, Newcastle. |
- The Gate official website
- 3D Pamoramas of The Gate at quicktimevirtualreality.com and at BBC.co.uk
- Buildings and structures in Newcastle upon Tyne
- Buildings and structures completed in 2002
- Shopping malls established in 2002
- 2002 establishments in England