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Located on the corner of Victoria and Bridge Streets (1 Victoria St), the ''Meteor'' building started life as the ''Innes'' bottling factory, and was a ''Skateworld'' in the 1970s to 1980s. In the early 1990s, it briefly became a car-yard (''Hamilton Wholesale Cars''), before finally becoming a theatre and music venue in September 1996. [[Tania Ussher]], the then Community Arts Co-ordinator for Hamilton City Council, was a central figure in the creation of The Meteor. | Located on the corner of Victoria and Bridge Streets (1 Victoria St), the ''Meteor'' building started life as the ''Innes'' bottling factory, and was a ''Skateworld'' in the 1970s to 1980s. In the early 1990s, it briefly became a car-yard (''Hamilton Wholesale Cars''), before finally becoming a theatre and music venue in September 1996. [[Tania Ussher]], the then Community Arts Co-ordinator for Hamilton City Council, was a central figure in the creation of The Meteor. | ||
| − | Even as ''Skateworld'', the venue hosted some significant concerts, including [[The Crocodiles]] on 6 and 9 December 1980 (the second concert supported by ''Pop Mechanix'') | + | Even as ''Skateworld'', the venue hosted some significant concerts, including [[The Crocodiles]] on 6 and 9 December 1980 (the second concert supported by ''Pop Mechanix''). As ''The Meteor'', notable early events that took place here were the 1996 [[In Love With This Town]] release party and the 1997 [[Contact FM]] subcard series shows. For a time, the Meteor was used mostly by the punk and hardcore scene, and hosted the annual [[Hamtown Smakdown]] events and several international hardcore acts. |
==Significant Gigs== | ==Significant Gigs== | ||
