Adelaide That Was: Dazzleland at the Myer Centre 1990s
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Dazzeland was a two-storey family entertainment centre occupying the top levels of the Myer Centre in Rundle Mall, a major shopping mall in Adelaide, South Australia. The centre was built between 1988 and 1991, at a cost of $570 million. Some years later, the centre was sold for $140 million, contributing to the collapse of the State Bank of South Australia.
The park's signature attraction was a figure 8 roller coaster named "Jazz Junction", its track running overhead along the fifth level. Other attractions included dodgem cars, a carousel, a Lego Expo, giant playground, musical fountain, and train.
With the park's closure on 31 January 1998, an attempt was made to fill the upper levels with smaller, higher paying retail tenants. This soon proved unsuccessful in luring the necessary foot traffic, whereby the upper level remained vacant for many years. The remains of Jazz Junction were removed during 2003 as part of the renovation of the Myer Centre.
A Fernwood Fitness Centre gym was located in part of the space during the early 2000s; as of December 2009, Fernwood had relocated to the Renaissance Centre (primarily occupied by Toys "R" Us until its closure in early 2012, being renovated to what is now Kmart, which had opened late November of that year), leaving level 4 entirely empty and closed-off to the public. In March 2013, the centre had commenced an upgrade. In August of that year, the escalators (sealed off from levels 4 and 5 since the park's closure) were removed completely, as part of the upgrade.
In late 2015, it was announced that Dazzeland will return in 2016 as a venue for the Adelaide Festival of Arts.
In early 2019, part of level 4 became the new location of CDW Studios, which had previously been on level 3 alongside Lincraft.
In mid-2021, Adelaide experimental artist Kintsugist released Dazzeland, a Vaporwave Concept album that takes the listener on a journey through the amusement park on its opening day as experienced through the distractible ears of a child.
Source Material:
Myer Centre's Dazzleland by alco850:
• Myer Centre's Dazzleland
Dazzleland and the Myer Centre from 1995 by GreenYoshi93:
• Dazzleland and the Mye...
The Myer Centre Adelaide opening 3 June 1991 by myercentreadelaide:
• The Myer Centre Adelai...
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Awesome
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Back when I was student going to TAFE in the early-mid 90's, I used to catch the 224/224F one day a week and head straight to Rundle Mall with the Myer Centre often being the first stop. I never had the guts to go on the roller coaster but I still vividly remember the noise it made running along the rails and the screams, such an odd thing if you think about it to be hearing in a shopping centre!
I mainly went there for the Virgin Megastore and the Myer shop itself, I don't think much else there had much interest for me. Have so many fond memories of buying computer games from there back when they used to come in a box and rushing home to play them on my computer. Something you don't get to experience these days, no box and there's no need to go to the shops. It's little things like this you miss.
Yes, agreed. There are many simple things that are gone now. I'm grateful I got to experience them, as well as the benefits we have today. But I would hate to have never experienced life before the complexity of social media and a world where people live most of their lives online, staring at screens. Thank you for watching, and for sharing with us :-)
Gotta have something to read while 10 floppies install
Thank you. I can remember going on the ride before the safety barriers etc were erected.
Before safety barriers? Sounds terrifying. Lol. My pleasure, mate. Thank you for watching. Much appreciated :-) Will
Those were the days when going to 'the shops' like the Myer center, Johnnies, David Jones and Harris Scarfe was an adventure. Now, they're more like ghost towns. 'Bricks n Sticks' shops are being replaced by on-line and sadly 'on-line' is where you can only buy products.
My kids used to love the ability to look around and make choices for themselves.
Yes, it's interesting, the culture change. Even with the old neighbourhood shopping centres there seemed to be incentive for people to gather - the West had the train, many of them had outdoor seating areas. Elizabeth City Centre had Windsor Green. Now they're merely for getting people in and out as quickly as possible. They're mostly more of a chore than anything else now. It's just a different world. Many perks to it, but I'm sure glad I grew up before phones, the internet and especially social media. I love them now, but would not want to have had to deal with them growing up. Give wide open plains, push bikes, solitude and lizard hunting as a little kid any day :-)
Looked a lot better than it does now. I went in to buy a suit last week at the sale and stood around for 20 minutes with nobody in attendance to serve me. I asked at another brand area to be told that the Van Husen man isn't coming in today. That was an $800 sale that they never got. The staff are ill dressed and look like they have just come from a hard night in Hindley street. I have reason to predict that Myers Adelaide has not got a lot of time left to live. This will contribute to the death of the CBD. Have a look at what's happened in the USA. The big stores close down and the city centre dies.
I heard in the early days recently after the opening that during the design process the building design was allowing for a quick transition to apartments/hotel style use if retail needs declined in the future. Maybe that's true and going to happen.
The MYER Centre in Brisbane closed last year, Ian, so you are probably right about the Adelaide store not being around much longer. It's just all a part of a world that is passing away. Nothing lasts forever. But I do know what you mean when it comes to customer service in these big stores today - the leaders of these companies really do hire people sparingly and begrudgingly. You pretty much left to your own devices much of the time. Thanks for watching, mate. Much appreciated :-)
Bunch of vacant shops and suicide netting now.
Hi Will I remember going there when it opened. It's such a pity it didn't work out, maybe if the had different entertainment on each week. Plus Myer was a bit expensive for us Elizabethans, Target was about our style. It looked like a atrium on a large cruise ship with those outward facing lifts and open spaces. I would have been about 28 around then ah the good old days. Thanks for the memories mate.👍🏻
My pleasure, Geoff. Thank you again for watching :-)
I remember myers had touch screens for the store directory. they were slow and didn't work properly but it was like the future
Cool. I don't remember that. Cheers :-)
Thankyou for sharing.
As a side note, this is the building that bankrupted the state government bank
Yes, there's a little blurb about that in the video description. Thank you for watching. Much appreciated :-)
Unlike I think No.1 Anzac highway seems to ring a bell about missing money.
Wasn't there a big painting by Pro Hart of the Adelaide F1 there, or am I imaging it? Haven't been there for a long time.
I don't remember that. But, I didn't remember the touch screens, either. Lol :-)
Nice video! Could I know what song is used?
Greetings. The track is called Wide Awake in Dreamland, by a band named Wellmess. Cheers for watching, much appreciated :-) Will
Me and my cousins had unlimited rides passes, so instead of getting off the coaster we would continue going round and round until someone else turned up. I also remember what was essentially underage gambling machines for tickets and tokens
"I also remember what was essentially underage gambling machines for tickets and tokens." - train them young, hey?
Yes i was there for the opening in the crowd
That's cool Curtis. Glad you didn't get trampled :-) Thanks for watching, mate. Much appreciated
@@elizabeththatwas thanks for the videos i grew up in elizabeth South then the Grove . Lots of great memories
@@CurtisLSA My pleasure, mate :-)
Best thing about the Myer Centre was the Virgin Megastore.l
Yes, the Virgin Megastore was very cool. You could get lost for hours in there :-) Cheers for watching Rob. Much appreciated.
That was 2 levels wasn't it?
@@hrt6918 2 or 3.....
No matter what people think of the (cough Cough) Myer center back in the day, it couldn't beat walking past DJ's and getting that woft of all things yummy. Cheers.
My pleasure Stew. Thank you for watching :-)
And to this day, nothing beat the grandeur or elegance of DJ's ground floor back then. It seems the excess of the 80s and 90s is continually being stripped back....a form of "decontenting".
Oh I love that roller coaster made you s*** yourself you felt like you were gonna fall out. Really enjoyed the proper bull pit it was so cool to go to dazzling. I especially love the haunted little train that was so cute too.
Cool, Samantha. Thanks for sharing with us, and for watching. Hope it brought back many happy memories :-)
I was 18 when this opened, too old for the rides, they were all kids rides, the days i went, dazzleland was always nearly empty, only 2 people on the roller coaster, nothing like the ads showed, full of life, clowns and pure adventure.
Yes. It only lasted about 7 years, and limped along for most of that. Interesting concept. MYER opened a centre in Brisbane in the late eighties with a dragon roller coaster. Not sure when they closed the Brisbane Dazzleland but the centre itself closed down last year. Thank you for watching, Mark. Much appreciated :-)