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Riva Bingo Cardiff, Agate Street - Lost Bingo Halls

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Club Closed: June 2009

Riva Bingo
Agate Street
Cardiff
CF24 1PF

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Riva Bingo Cardiff, Agate Street Background And History

Riva Bingo started life as the single screen art deco style Splott Cinema. Designed by architect William S. Wort, it opened in 1913 withal seating capacity of 750, which was expanded to 2,000 in the 1930s after modification. This was one of the first Splott Circuit cinemas, and the first to accommodate talking pictures, which required an alternate sound system and no musical accompaniment. As a bingo hall it did very well, and so lasted until 2009 which is a few years longer than many of the other clubs to go in the first wave of closures.

By Gareth Whieldon (July 2010)

Update: We have since heard that the club was actually sold in 2006 due to the no-smoking ban, and that there are plans to demolish the building and turn it into flats. (G.W. January 2011)

Photographs Of The Riva Bingo Cardiff, Agate Street

If you have any photos from this lost hall, be it of its interior, the staff, special events, parties, customers and more; and you'd like to share them here, please contact us to arrange adding them to the site.

Riva Bingo Cardiff

Exterior of the now closed Riva Bingo Cardiff.

Your Comments And Memories Of The Agate Street Riva Bingo

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Other Clubs In The Area

Listed below are a couple of clubs in the area as an alternative to the Riva Bingo Cardiff.

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