By Jackie Craven, About.com Guide
Aerial view of the Sydney Opera House
Photo by David Messent, courtesy of Jorn Utzon/Utzon Architects and the Pritzker Prize CommitteeSince its opening in 1973, it has become the busiest performing arts center in the world, averaging some 3,000 events a year with audiences totaling some two million, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week closing only on Christmas and Good Friday.
Books have been written, and films made chronicling the sixteen years it took to complete the Sydney Opera House.
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