1973 · performance
A Honolulu arena becomes the source of a satellite concert, with rehearsal, live transmission and later broadcasts kept distinct.
Aloha from Hawaii reached audiences far beyond its venue, but its physical origin was the Honolulu International Center Arena. Elvis performed there on 14 January 1973. The geographic story starts with that room, then follows the distinction between people attending the concert and people receiving the television programme elsewhere. Broadcast reach does not turn every viewing country into another performance location.
Markers identify buildings or documented location references. They do not mark an exact recording room, stage position or camera angle.
The official fiftieth-anniversary release notes identify live recordings on both 12 and 14 January 1973 at the Honolulu International Center Arena. The rehearsal and the transmitted performance share a building but remain different events. That is useful when a film, soundtrack or bonus track carries the Aloha name: the title alone does not identify which night is being heard. The release brings those performances together without erasing the difference between preparation and the broadcast concert. [2]
The concert was transmitted live to several countries, shown later in Europe and broadcast in the United States on NBC on 4 April. The American television date is therefore not the date Elvis stood on the Honolulu stage. The venue, the live transmission and later scheduled broadcasts belong to different parts of the history. Keeping them separate explains the scale of the event more clearly than an unqualified claim that everyone watched at the same moment. [1]
777 Ward Avenue, Honolulu
12 January 1973
The Aloha from Hawaii rehearsal performance was recorded on 12 January 1973 at Honolulu International Center Arena. [2]
14 January 1973
Elvis performed Aloha from Hawaii at Honolulu International Center Arena on 14 January 1973; the US NBC broadcast followed on 4 April 1973. [2] [1]
Use the historical arena identity to understand the broadcast’s origin. Consult the venue operator for present-day events and access; this World does not promise entry to the original stage or performance footprint.
