The father of a teenager who fell to his death at the Queen St cinemas has called the complex a "death trap" after a second man died there on Sunday.
Noel Gardner believes that unless higher barriers are installed, there will be more deaths at the SkyCity Cinemas where his son Danial died five years ago.
"They should have made it inaccessible for people to climb [over the barriers]. The building is a death trap, they should pull the bloody thing down and start again."
The man, who has not yet been named, fell on Sunday afternoon from a bridge on level six of the complex and landed in the foodcourt area.
Police said there were no suspicious circumstances.
A SkyCity spokesperson said the building was similar to many large multi-level open-air buildings or shopping centres with atriums and complied with building safety code regulations, "in many cases exceeding those standards".
Since taking over the complex, the company had conducted a "thorough safety review of the building and made a number of additional changes to enhance its safety".
Danial Gardner, 16, died in 2000 after he overbalanced and fell 14.25m from a barrier in the ticket concession area.
The Gardner family spent $150,000 hoping to find out why the balcony railing was built below the required height, and to press for safety improvements.
An inquest into Danial's death found there were errors in the construction of the railing, and approved proposed changes to the building code to forbid barriers that invite use as a seat.
The Gardner family is still considering a civil claim.
Cinemas 'a death trap' says father
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