Ribbon (hotel and IMAX theater)

The Ribbon is a hotel, apartment building, retail store and movie theater located in Darling Harbour, Australia. It houses the third-largest operating movie theater screen in the world.[1][2][3] The building is named the ribbon due to its unusual ribbon-looking appearance.[4]

Ribbon
Ribbon on Harris Street during late construction
Location31-33 Wheat Road, Darling Harbour Harris Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33.877898°S 151.199573°E / -33.877898; 151.199573
TypeMovie Palace and Hotel
OpenedOctober 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
BuilderMultiplex

History

The Ribbon is built upon the site of the old IMAX theater which was built in 1996 and was demolished after closing in 2016.[5]

The original IMAX theater
The original Darling Harbour IMAX theater building

Construction on the new building started in 2017 and finished in 2022 and opened on October 12, 2023.[2][6] The Ribbon was originally scheduled to be completed in 2020 but was delayed due to the bankruptcy of two of its builders, Grocon and Probuild as well as the Covid pandemic.[7]

Design

The building has 588 rooms and suites and includes a rooftop heated infinity pool and wet deck with a two-storey bar, several other bars, a spa, a BTWN restaurant, meeting rooms and a 325-seat cinema with the third-largest operating movie theater screen in the world with a slightly curved IMAX screen that is 692 square metres or 31.2 by 22.2 m (102 by 73 ft) which is also the fourth-largest screen ever built, surpassed only by the Melbourne IMAX theater screen which measures 736 square meters, the Traumpalast cinema hall in Leonberg which has a screen measuring 836 square meters 38 by 22.2 m (125 by 73 ft) and the screen in the previous theater building that it replaced which measured 1056 square meters.[7][8][9]

References
  1. "Greaton appoints Multiplex to complete flagship The Ribbon". Multiplex. July 19, 2022.
  2. "The Ribbon - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  3. GOODIN, KELLY (January 17, 2019). "The Ribbon Project - IMAX Darling Harbour".
  4. "Construction & Architecture News". Architecture & Design.
  5. "Sydney IMAX cinema at Darling Harbour to be demolished". amp.smh.com.au.
  6. "IMAX Sydney Finally Opens its New Gigantic Cinema". MSN.
  7. "Marriott opens world's biggest W Hotel in Sydney". Australian Financial Review. October 12, 2023.
  8. "Sydney's IMAX is reopening in time for Taylor Swift Eras film". amp.smh.com.au.
  9. Shah, Saqib (2023-09-13). "'World's largest movie screen' revealed by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
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