An estimated 10,000 people attended the opening weekend of Rotorua's indoor entertainment centre Motion Entertainment, with people queuing from 6.30am on Saturday to get inside.
Despite a "hiccup" where hundreds of people were evacuated five minutes into the grand opening on Saturday morning due to fire alarm, a spokesperson forMotion Entertainment said they had received really positive feedback.
She said the mist machine had been tested all week, and it was a technical error on the day that set the fire alarm off where the mist elevated, got trapped, and tripped the alarm.
"It was an issue that hadn't come up during our testing but we are aware of all fire safety and standards.
"The rest of the day went really well considering we had lots of new staff on board, it was as good as we'd hoped for. It all ran smoothly."
