The Caloundra Civic and Cultural Centre was built and officially opened in 1980 by the former Landsborough Shire Council. In December 1999 Caloundra City Council set up a Task Force to investigate the concept of the Caloundra Civic and Cultural Centre being transformed into a not for profit separate legal entity for the purpose of managing the Centre on its behalf.
The Task Force was created in January 2000, completed its work and was disbanded in June 2000. In summary the Task Force recommended the establishment of a not for profit company to manage the Centre on Council’s behalf. The major reasons given for this included;

• Flexibility to operate within the market place without restrictions of the Local Government Act in terms of employment and purchasing;
• Increased direct community involvement and support through membership of a board; and,
• Increased opportunity to access diverse funding sources.

With these objectives in mind Sunshine Coast Events Centre Pty Ltd was formed in January 2004 with Caloundra City Council as its sole shareholder and main funding source.

In March 2005 Caloundra Civic Cultural Centre rebranded itself as The Events Centre, a strategy to improve its competitiveness in the conference and entertainment market. The Events Centre is a registered trading name of Sunshine Coast Events Centre Pty Ltd.