page_title: Adelaide Showground
section_title: Centennial Hall
hierarchical_section_title: Adelaide Showground / Centennial Hall
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of Centennial Hall and surrounding display pavilions at the Wayville Showgrounds during the Royal Adelaide Exhibition 1947
context_page_description: The Adelaide Showground holds many of Adelaide's most popular events, including the Royal Adelaide Show.
  The Showground is located in the inner-southern Adelaide suburb of Wayville, just south of Greenhill Road. They are bordered by Goodwood Road, Leader Street, the railway line and Rose Terrace. The Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia has controlled the site since the 1920s, the land having been purchased by the South Australian government prior to the First World War. The Royal Show moved to the present site in 1925.
  The Showground has one of the largest under-cover exhibition spaces in the Southern Hemisphere, and hosts over 140 exhibitions and conferences each year, as well as University of Adelaide and University of South Australia examinations. The RAHS also leases the former Investigator Science and Technology Centre to the Edge Church.
  In 2006 it was announced that the formal title of the Showground would be changed from 'Royal Adelaide Showground' to 'Adelaide Showground'.
context_section_description: Centennial Hall, built to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Colony (later State) of South Australia, and to house the 1936 Centennial Empire Exhibition, was opened on 20 March 1936. It was considered to be a significant historical landmark, and was one of the few remaining examples of 1930s Art Deco architecture in Adelaide.
  However, the building developed "concrete cancer" and was closed at the end of the 2005 Royal Show because it was unsafe. Demolition of Centennial Hall commenced on Wednesday 18 July 2007.
  In addition to the exams and the shows, some of the more notable events held in Centennial Hall were:
  12–13 June 1964 - The Beatles' first four Australian concerts.
  22 February 1966 - The Rolling Stones
  22 April 1966 - Bob Dylan
caption: 1947
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