Ballarat Minerdome Explained

The Ballarat Minerdome (also known as MARS Minerdome under a naming rights agreement with Mars Chocolate Australia[1]) is a sports stadium located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It hosts the South East Australian Basketball League teams Ballarat Miners and Ballarat Rush, and can hold up to 2,000 spectators.[2]

On 29 October 2006, the Minerdome hosted its only National Basketball League game when four-time Olympian and former US National Basketball Association player Shane Heal led the Melbourne-based South Dragons to a 96–86 win over the Cairns Taipans in front of a capacity crowd of 2,000 fans.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The MARS® MINERDOME Welcomes You. Ballarat Basketball Association. 2014-04-03. 2016-10-25.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150413081019/http://www.seabl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Ballarat.pdf Ballarat Basketball 2015 Media Guide
  3. http://www.austadiums.com/sport/event.php?eventid=5213 NBL: Dragons d Taipans