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| Location: | Stephenson Avenue, Mount Claremont, WA, 6010 |
| Operator: | VenuesWest |
| Tenants: | Perth Wildcats (NBL) (1987–1989, 2002–2012) Perth Lynx (WNBL) (2024–) Perth Orioles (CBT) (1997–2007) West Coast Fever (ANZ/NNL) (2008–2018) |
| Seating Capacity: | Basketball / Netball: 4,500 |
Perth Superdrome, known as HBF Stadium under a commercial naming rights arrangement, is a sports complex in Perth, Western Australia. The venue is located in the suburb of Mount Claremont, approximately west of Perth's central business district.
Venue facilities include an Olympic-standard aquatic centre with five pools, a diving tower, gymnasium, two arenas, and several basketball courts, as well as a café, childcare centre, sports store, office accommodation and a museum. The main indoor arena has seating for 4,500 spectators, or for over 5,000 people including standing room. Regular exhibitions and expos are hosted at the venue, as well as national and international sporting events.
From 1 January 2025, the venue will be rebranded as the Perth High Performance Centre.
The Superdrome was built in 1986.[1] In 1996, the Superdrome became known as Challenge Stadium courtesy of a naming rights deal between the WA Government and Challenge Bank. The bank paid $250,000 a year for naming rights to the venue until 2002 when it decided not to renew the contract after changing its name to Westpac.[2] Although the sponsorship with Challenge Bank expired in 2002, the Challenge Stadium name remained in use until 2014. Under a commercial naming rights arrangement with the HBF Health Fund, the venue became known as HBF Stadium from 1 July 2014.
On 1 October 2024, it was announced that from 1 January 2025, HBF Stadium would be rebranded as the Perth High Performance Centre.[3]
The venue has twice been the home venue of the Perth Wildcats in the National Basketball League (NBL), the first stint between 1987 and 1989 and the second between 2002 and 2012. Challenge Stadium, as the venue was known at the time, regularly attracted sell-out crowds of around 4,400 fans and was dubbed "The Jungle" due to its intimidating atmosphere.[4]
Beginning in 2008, the venue served as the main home court for the West Coast Fever in the National Netball League. To the Fever, the venue was known as "The Cauldron".[5] The Fever moved all their home matches to Perth Arena from 2019 onwards.[6]
The WA Government invested $1.6 million in upgrades to bring HBF Stadium up to Level 1 FIBA certification ahead of the NBL's HoopsFest in September 2024 and to host Perth Lynx games during the 2024–25 WNBL season.[7]
The aquatic centre hosted the FINA World Aquatics Championships in 1991 and 1998. It also hosted the Australian Swimming Championships long course in 1993 and 1995, as well as the short course in 1998, 2001 and 2012.
See main article: Western Australian Institute of Sport. The venue was home to the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) between 1996 and 2014. The institute was based in the annex on the southern side of the Superdrome until moving into the new WAIS High Performance Service Centre, which was built on the eastern side of the Superdrome.[8] It comprises a strength and conditioning gym, multi-purpose training and testing area, 80m (260feet) four lane indoor runway for long jump, sprinting and throwing sports, hydrotherapy and recovery pools, physiology and environmental laboratories, consultation rooms, athlete amenities and office space.[9]
The venue has hosted many concerts since its inception.
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