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| Former names | Superdrome (1986–1996) Challenge Stadium (1996–2014) HBF Stadium (2014–2024) |
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| Location | Stephenson Avenue,Mount Claremont,WA, 6010 |
| Coordinates | 31°57′09″S115°46′57″E / 31.9525°S 115.7825°E /-31.9525; 115.7825 (Perth High Performance Centre) |
| Operator | VenuesWest |
| Capacity | Basketball /Netball: 4,500 |
| Opened | 1986; 39 years ago (1986) |
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| Perth Wildcats(NBL) (1987–1989; 2002–2012) Perth Lynx(WNBL) (1988–1989; 2000–2001; 2024–) Perth Orioles(CBT) (1997–2007) West Coast Fever(ANZ / NNL) (2008–2018) | |
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Perth High Performance Centre (Perth HPC) is a sports complex inPerth, Western Australia. The venue is located in the suburb ofMount Claremont, approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) 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. Regular exhibitions and expos are hosted at the venue, as well as national and international sporting events and concerts.
The venue was opened in 1986 as theSuperdrome, and was later known asChallenge Stadium andHBF Stadium, until being rebranded on 1 January 2025 as the Perth High Performance Centre.
TheSuperdrome was built in 1986.[1] In 1996, the Superdrome became known asChallenge Stadium courtesy of a naming rights deal between the WA Government andChallenge 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.[1][2][3] Although the sponsorship with Challenge Bank expired in 2002, the Challenge Stadium name remained in use until 2014.[1] Under a commercial naming rights arrangement with theHBF Health Fund, the venue became known asHBF Stadium from 1 July 2014.[1][4]
On 1 October 2024, it was announced that on 1 January 2025, HBF Stadium would be rebranded as thePerth High Performance Centre.[5][6]
Perth High Performance Centre has twice been the home venue of thePerth Wildcats of theNational Basketball League (NBL). The Wildcats first played at the venue between 1987 and 1989 and then returned for a second stint between 2002 and 2012. Known as Challenge Stadium during their second stint, the venue regularly attracted sell-out crowds of around 4,400 fans and was dubbed "The Jungle" due to its intimidating atmosphere.[7]
Perth High Performance Centre has also been the home venue of thePerth Lynx of theWomen's National Basketball League (WNBL). The Lynx were based at the Superdrome in 1988 and 1989 as the Perth Breakers,[8] and played at Challenge Stadium during the 2000–01 season.[9]
In 2024, the WA Government invested $1.6 million in upgrades to bring Perth HPC up to Level 1FIBA certification ahead of the NBL's HoopsFest and to host Perth Lynx games during the2024–25 WNBL season.[10] The Lynx played three games at Perth HPC during the 2024–25 season, with plans to make the venue their permanent base in the future.[11][12][13]
On 11 February 2025, Perth High Performance Centre hosted the Wildcats' NBL Seeding Qualifier against theSouth East Melbourne Phoenix[14][15][16] due to the unavailability ofPerth Arena.[17] It marked the Wildcats' first game at the venue since 2012.[18][19]
Beginning in 2008, the venue served as the main home court for theWest Coast Fever in theNational Netball League. To the Fever, the venue was known as "The Cauldron".[20] The Fever moved all their home matches to Perth Arena from 2019 onwards.[21]
The aquatic centre hosted theFINA World Aquatics Championships in 1991 and 1998.[citation needed] It also hosted theAustralian Swimming Championships long course in 1993[22] and 1995, as well as the short course in 1998, 2001 and 2012.[citation needed]
The venue is the home of Diving WA, the state sporting association for the sport ofdiving. In May 2023, the Bruce Prance Dryland Diving Centre was opened at the complex.[23]
The venue was home to theWestern 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.[24] It comprises a strength and conditioning gym, multi-purpose training and testing area, 80-metre (260 ft) 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.[25]
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The venue has hosted many concerts since its inception.
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The most successful naming rights sponsorship deal was for the old Perth Superdrome, which became Challenge Stadium. The Challenge Bank was the naming rights sponsor of that stadium.
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