# Tricorn Centre

Portsmouth, United Kingdom · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-7cae8bf908` · release 2026-10-22

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/portsmouth-tricorn-centre/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-7cae8bf908.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-7cae8bf908.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-7cae8bf908

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | park | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | ground level car park for the city centre | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1966 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2002 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2004 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Portsmouth City Council | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Entitlement year | 2004 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “Opened in 1966” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorn_Centre
- **year_closed**: “the last ones departing in March 2002” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorn_Centre
- **original_developer**: “Portsmouth City Council” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorn_Centre
- **after_notes**: “ground level car park for the city centre” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorn_Centre
- **status**: “demolished” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorn_Centre
- **strategy**: “redevelop” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorn_Centre

## Anchors

Virgin Megastores, Virgin Megastore, Laser Quest arena

## Parties

- Portsmouth City Council — owner (from text) (1966–2004)

## Timeline

- 1966: opened
- 2002: last shops departed
- 2004: demolition started
- 2004: demolition completed
- 2026: current use

## Deals and debt

- 2004 foreclosure:   ← Portsmouth City Council  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorn_Centre

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Tricorn Centre was a shopping, nightclub and car park complex in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It was designed in the Brutalist style by Owen Luder and Rodney Gordon and took its name from the site's shape which from the air resembled a tricorn hat. Constructed in the mid-1960s, it was demolished in 2004. It was home to one of the first Virgin Megastores and housed the largest Laser Quest arena in Europe.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorn_Centre

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorn_Centre

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth, United Kingdom." Record m-7cae8bf908, release 2026-10-22, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/portsmouth-tricorn-centre/ (accessed 2026-10-22).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_portsmouthtricorncentre,
  title = {Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth, United Kingdom},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/portsmouth-tricorn-centre/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-7cae8bf908, release 2026-10-22, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-22}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.