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Blackpool Shows To See On Your Break

by Trevor Sinclair

If you were planning on vacationing in Blackpool during the festival of lights celebration, there are other things you can do there as well. The Blackpool Winter Gardens is a beautiful place to visit during your vacation and can enhance your whole experience.

The Winger Gardens that is a residence to the Blackpool opera house is divided into various rooms for multipurpose activities. From hosting a variety of functions like concerts and banquets to political conventions, the Empress Ballroom with its vaulted ceilings and crystal chandeliers can serve from 1000 to 3000 guests.

The Empress Ballroom is linked to the Arena, another room of many uses. It can provide additional space for up to 600 or a much more intimate feel for theatrical presentations or up to medium-sized meetings. The room is even capable of complete blackout should that be required.

Blackpool Winter Gardens also hosts a variety of conventions, symposiums, and banquets every year in the Olympia, the Renaissance, the Baronial Hall, and the Spanish Hall, each with a capacity of several hundred people, depending on the event, and up to thousands in some rooms if standing room is all that's needed.

The Horseshoe is a large exhibition area with an access to the Olympia. The Pavilion Theater is located in the center of the Horseshoe. It is a dedicated theater with a seating capacity of 600 people and it offers a friendly place for watching Blackpool shows. It is an interesting venue to host business meetings inside its flamboyant stylishness.

The Gardens also homes the UK's largest dedicated theater, the Opera House and has a capacity of almost 3000 people including box and balcony seats. The stage has hosted world famous celebrities like Bob Hope, Judy Garland, and Frank Sinatra, and several West End productions played again as Blackpool shows.

The Festival of Lights, along with many other tourist attractions near by, make this site the perfect location. Since tourism is such a huge part of the economy, there are a ton of different enternainment options within walking distance.

If you are planning on vacationing in Blackpool during the festival of lights celebration, there are other things you can do there. The Blackpool Winter Gardens are a beautiful place to visit during your vacation. The Winger Gardens, a residence to the Blackpool opera house, is divided into various rooms for multipurpose activities. With access to the Olympia, the Horseshoe is a spacious exhibition area. In the center of the Horseshoe is the Pavilion Theater. A dedicated theater, it provides an intimate venue for viewing Blackpool shows. There are so many possibilities for fun and entertainment to be found on this site.

Published May 13th, 2008

Filed in Recreation