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11-713: Mayfair Ballroom was a ballroom and concert hall situated on Newgate Street in Newcastle upon Tyne , England . The oblong room was built to hold 1,500 people and had a small stage along one of the longer walls. It was opened in September 1961 by the Mecca organisation. It was also host to a popular rave music event during the early 1990s called the Rezerection. DJs and live PAs including Carl Cox , Joey Beltram , Grooverider , Njoi and The Prodigy performed there. Artists that played

22-451: A learning space . The term is taken from Latin (from audītōrium , from audītōrius ("pertaining to hearing")); the concept is taken from the Greek auditorium, which had a series of semi-circular seating shelves in the theatre , divided by broad 'belts', called diazomata , with eleven rows of seats between each. The audience in a modern theatre are usually separated from the performers by

33-489: A ballroom. They are also designed large to help the sound of orchestras carry well throughout the whole room. A special case is the annual Vienna Opera Ball , where, just for one night, the auditorium of the Vienna State Opera is turned into a large ballroom. On the eve of the event, the rows of seats are removed from the stalls , and a new floor, level with the stage , is built. Sometimes ballrooms have stages in

44-410: A large room such as the main drawing room , long gallery , or hall may double as a ballroom, but, a good ballroom should have the right type of flooring , such as hardwood flooring or stone flooring (usually marble or stone). . For most styles of modern dance, a wooden sprung floor offers the best surface. In later times the term ballroom has been used to describe nightclubs where customers dance,

55-645: The Top Rank Suites in the United Kingdom for example were also often referred to as ballrooms. The phrase "having a ball" has grown to encompass many events where person(s) are having fun, not just dancing. Ballrooms are generally quite large, and may have ceilings higher than other rooms in the same building. The large amount of space for dancing , as well as the highly formal tone of events have given rise to ballroom dancing . The largest balls are now nearly always held in public buildings, and many hotels have

66-514: The proscenium arch , although other types of stage are common. The price charged for seats in each part of the auditorium (known in the industry as the house ) usually varies according to the quality of the view of the stage. The seating areas can include some or all of the following: Sports venues such as stadiums and racetracks also have royal boxes or enclosures, for example at the All England Club and Ascot Racecourse , where access

77-560: The floor and unable to resume a vertical position until rescued by the road crew. Led Zeppelin 's first ever live performance in the United Kingdom was at the Mayfair Ballroom on 4 October 1968, albeit billed as " The Yardbirds featuring Jimmy Page ". Free 's final live performance in the UK took place at the venue on 20 October 1972. At the end of the show, guitarist Paul Kossoff broke

88-436: The front of the room where the host or a special guest can speak. That stage can also be used for instrumentalists and musical performers. This list only includes ballrooms with permanent wood floors. The size of the floor only includes the largest contiguous area without obstructions. The websites and materials about some places add up multiple spaces, rooms, and balconies, and floors. However, this list ranks ballrooms based on

99-664: The neck of his cherished Les Paul guitar after uncharacteristically throwing it into the air in frustration. In 1999 the Mayfair was demolished and replaced with a retail and entertainment venue called The Gate . The closing night was attended by 5,000 people. Ballroom A ballroom or ballhall is a large room inside a building , the primary purpose of which is holding large formal parties called balls . Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions and palaces , especially historic mansions and palaces, contain one or more ballrooms. In other large houses,

110-425: The size of one single open space with a hardwood floor. Video Auditorium An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances. For movie theatres , the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens . Auditoriums can be found in entertainment venues, community halls, and theaters, and may be used for rehearsal, presentation, performing arts productions, or as

121-704: The venue, early in their careers, include AC/DC , The Who , Free , Pink Floyd , Queen , the Police , Shy , the Prodigy , Black Grape , the Cross , Kylie Minogue , Daft Punk , Tin Machine , U2 , the Clash , Iron Maiden , Metallica , Faith No More , Judas Priest , Bodycount and Nirvana , The Glitter Band among others. Jet played at the venue in 1975, when guitarist David O'List tied himself up with his guitar cord, collapsing to

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