Between 1920 and the Second World War, Carlyon Bay was the site of the "New Cornish Riviera Lido" and large sports facilities. After the war it became known as the "Cornish Leisure World". A large venue, the Cornwall Coliseum, opened in the 1950s, it hosted exhibitions, tennis tournaments and concerts by musicians, but lost its importance with the opening of the Plymouth Pavilions in 1991. The venue continued until early 2003 when only the Gossips nightclub remained open, until its closure too shortly after. The building stood, falling into disrepair, until demolition began in April 2015.