Lost Bingo Halls - Riva Bingo, Cardiff

Riva Bingo
Agate Street
Cardiff
CF24 1PF (View map)

Closed: June 2009

Riva Bingo History And Background

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 here are plans to demolish the building and turn it into flats. (G.W. January 2011)

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