The Sun City Entertainment Centre project in Bophuthatswana was a remarkable achievement of constructing a R25-million project in less than eight months.
The contract also involved the co-ordination of approximately 60 subcontractors. The contract comprised all the work from plastering and plumbing to joinery and final finishing. It is this part of the contract which makes the Entertainment Centre the most glamorous in the country.
Finishes included mirrored ceilings, special lighting and sound effects, futuristic chromium plated tubes with everything covered in steel and wall paper making it Southern Sun's space odyssey of the 20th century.
Features of the complex included: a 9915 square metre floor area comprising three restaurants, two cinemas, two theatres and 11 shops. Also included was an arena to seat up to 8 500 people and a convention centre capable of hosting 1 000 people.
At its peak, the labour force comprised 1 500 workers.
