List of National Basketball League (Australia) venues

The following list includes all current and former arenas used by current and defunct teams playing in the National Basketball League (NBL) during the 2021–22 NBL season. The New Zealand Breakers, South East Melbourne Phoenix and Tasmania JackJumpers all use multiple home venues. Other information included in this list are arena locations, seating capacities, years opened and in use.

The Qudos Bank Arena, home to the Sydney Kings and the largest indoor arena in Australia, has the highest capacity of any current NBL arena at 18,200. Opening in 2019, Nissan Arena, home to the Brisbane Bullets is the newest venue in use. The oldest venue in use is the Silverdome, having opened in 1984.

Two of the venues used in the NBL, RAC Arena and John Cain Arena, the main home venue for the two Melbourne teams, are both retractable roof venues.

Current main arenas edit

Arena	Location	Team(s)	Capacity	Opened	Ref(s)
Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Adelaide, South Australia	Adelaide 36ers	11,300	1991	^[1]
Cairns Convention Centre	Cairns, Queensland	Cairns Taipans	5,300	1996	^[2]
John Cain Arena	Melbourne, Victoria	Melbourne United	10,500	2000	^[3]
John Cain Arena	Melbourne, Victoria	South East Melbourne Phoenix	10,500	2000	^[3]
MyState Bank Arena	Hobart, Tasmania	Tasmania JackJumpers	5,000	1989	^[4]
Nissan Arena	Brisbane, Queensland	Brisbane Bullets	5,000	2019	^[5]
Qudos Bank Arena	Sydney, New South Wales	Sydney Kings	21,000	1999	^[6]
RAC Arena	Perth, Western Australia	Perth Wildcats	15,500	2012	^[7]
Spark Arena	Auckland, New Zealand	New Zealand Breakers	9,300	2007	^[8]
Silverdome	Launceston, Tasmania	Tasmania JackJumpers	4,000	1984	^[9]
WIN Entertainment Centre	Wollongong, New South Wales	Illawarra Hawks	6,000	1998	^[10]

Secondary arenas edit

Image	Arena	Location	Team(s)	Capacity	Opened	Ref(s)
	State Basketball Centre	Wantirna South, Victoria	South East Melbourne Phoenix	3,200	2011	^[11]
	Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium	Traralgon, Victoria	South East Melbourne Phoenix	3,000	2020	^[12]

Future or proposed arenas edit

Arena	Team	Location	Capacity	Opening	Reference
Gold Coast Arena	TBD	Gold Coast, Queensland	10,000	2020s
Brisbane Indoor Sports Centre	Brisbane Bullets	Brisbane, Queensland	12,000	2030s

Former arenas edit

Team(s)	Arena	Years used	Capacity	Opened	Closed	Location
Adelaide 36ers	Apollo Stadium	1982–1991	3,000	1969	1997	Richmond, South Australia
Adelaide 36ers	Titanium Security Arena	1992-2019	8000	1992	present	Findon, South Australia
Brisbane Bullets	Auchenflower Stadium	1979–1983	2,000	1973	present	Brisbane, Queensland
	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	1998–2008, 2016–2019	4,000	1995	present	Brisbane, Queensland
	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	1986–1997, 2007, 2016–2019	14,500	1986	present	Brisbane, Queensland
	Sleeman Sports Centre	1984–1986	2,700	1982	present	Chandler, Queensland
Cairns Taipans	Cairns Pop-Up Arena	2020–2021	2,000	2020	2021	Cairns, Queensland
Illawarra Hawks	Beaton Park Stadium	1979–1997	2,000	1965	present	Wollongong, New South Wales
Melbourne United	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	1984–1987	2,000	1958	1997	Albert Park, Victoria
	Bendigo Stadium	2021	4,000	1976	present	Bendigo, Victoria
	The Glass House	1988–1991	7,200	1956	present	Olympic Park, Victoria
	National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park	1992–2000	14,820	1988	present	Melbourne Park, Victoria
	Margaret Court Arena	2015–2016	7,500	1988	present	Melbourne Park, Victoria
	State Netball and Hockey Centre	2002–2017	3,500	2001	present	Melbourne, Victoria
New Zealand Breakers	Eventfinda Stadium	2003–2019	4,400	1991	present	Auckland, New Zealand
	Silverdome	2021	4,000	1984	present	Launceston, Tasmania
	The Trusts Arena	2004–2006	4,901	2004	present	Henderson, New Zealand
Perth Wildcats	Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium	1982–1986	1,500	1962	2010	Floreat, Western Australia
	Challenge Stadium	1987–1990, 2002–2012	4,500	1986	present	Mount Claremont, Western Australia
	Perth Entertainment Centre	1990–2002	8,200	1974	2002	Perth
	Burswood Dome	2004	8,500	1987	2013	Burswood, Western Australia
Sydney Kings	State Sports Centre	1988–1989, 2012, 2016	5,006	1984	present	Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales
Sydney Kings	Sydney Entertainment Centre	1990–1999, 2000–2015	10,517	1983	2015	Haymarket, New South Wales

Defunct teams edit

Team	Arena	Years used	Capacity	Opened	City
Canberra Cannons (1979–2003)	Canberra Showgrounds	1979–1980	Unknown	Unknown	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Canberra Cannons (1979–2003)	AIS Arena	1981–2003	5,200	1981	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Devonport Warriors (1984–1985)	Devonport Stadium	1983–1984	Unknown	Unknown	Devonport, Tasmania
Eastside Melbourne Spectres Nunawading Spectres (1979–1991)	Burwood Stadium	1979–1991	2,000	Unknown	Nunawading, Victoria
Forestville Eagles (1981)	Apollo Stadium	1981	3,000	1969	Richmond, South Australia
Frankston Bears (1983–1984)	Frankston Stadium	1983–1984	Unknown	Unknown	Frankston, Victoria
Geelong Supercats Geelong Cats (1982–1996)	Corio Leisure Centre	1982–1985	Unknown	1976	Geelong, Victoria
Geelong Supercats Geelong Cats (1982–1996)	Geelong Arena	1986–1996	2,000	Unknown	Geelong, Victoria
Glenelg Tigers (1979)	Apollo Stadium	1979	3,000	1969	Richmond, South Australia
Gold Coast Rollers Gold Coast Cougars (1990–1996)	Carrara Indoor Stadium	1990–1996	2,992	Unknown	Carrara, Queensland
Gold Coast Blaze (2007–2012)	Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre	2007–2012	5,269	2004	Broadbeach, Queensland
Hobart Devils Hobart Tassie Devils (1983–1996)	Kingborough Sports Centre	1983–1989	1,800	1979	Hobart, Tasmania
Hobart Devils Hobart Tassie Devils (1983–1996)	Derwent Entertainment Centre	1989–1996	5,400	1989	Hobart, Tasmania
Hunter Pirates (2003–2006)	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	2003–2006	4,658	1992	Broadmeadow, New South Wales
Launceston Casino City (1980–1982)	Dowling Street Stadium	1980–1982	1,500	Unknown	Launceston, Tasmania
Newcastle Falcons (1979–1999)	Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium	1979–1991	2,200	1969	Broadmeadow, New South Wales
Newcastle Falcons (1979–1999)	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	1992–1999	4,658	1992	Broadmeadow, New South Wales
North Melbourne Giants Coburg Giants (1980–1998)	Ken Watson Stadium	1980–1983	Unknown	Unknown	North Melbourne, Victoria
North Melbourne Giants Coburg Giants (1980–1998)	The Glass House	1984–1998	7,200	1956	North Melbourne, Victoria
Singapore Slingers (2006–2008)	Singapore Indoor Stadium	2006–2008	12,000	1989	Singapore
South Dragons (2006–2009)	Hisense Arena	2006–2009	10,500	2000	Melbourne Park, Victoria
South East Melbourne Magic (1991–1998)	National Tennis Centre	1991–1998	14,820	1988	Melbourne Park, Victoria
Southern Melbourne Saints St. Kilda Saints Westside Melbourne Saints (1979–1991)	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	1979–1983	2,000	Unknown	Albert Park, Victoria
	The Glass House	1984–1991	7,200	1956	Albert Park, Victoria
Sydney Spirit West Sydney Razorbacks (1998–2009)	State Sports Centre	1998–2009	5,006	1984	Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales
Sydney Supersonics City of Sydney Astronauts (1979–1987)	Alexandria Stadium	1979–1985	Unknown	Unknown	Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney Supersonics City of Sydney Astronauts (1979–1987)	State Sports Centre	1986–1987	5,006	1984	Sydney, New South Wales
Townsville Crocodiles Townsville Suns (1993–1998)	Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre	1993–2014, 2015–2016	5,257	1993	Townsville, Queensland
Townsville Crocodiles Townsville Suns (1993–1998)	Townsville RSL Stadium	2014–2015	2,500	2011	Townsville, Queensland
Victoria Giants Victoria Titans (1998–2004)	National Tennis Centre	1998–2000	14,820	2000	Melbourne Park, Victoria
	Vodafone Arena	2000–2002	10,500	2000
	Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre	2003–2004	1,800	1997
West Adelaide Bearcats (1979–1984)	Apollo Stadium	1979–1984	3,000	1969	Richmond, South Australia
West Sydney Westars Bankstown Bruins (1979–1987)	Bankstown Basketball Stadium	1979–1985	2,500	Unknown	Sydney, New South Wales
West Sydney Westars Bankstown Bruins (1979–1987)	State Sports Centre	1986–1987	5,006	1984	Sydney, New South Wales
West Torrens Eagles (1980)	Apollo Stadium	1980	3,000	1969	Richmond, South Australia

References edit

External links edit

[1] Adelaide Entertainment Centre

[2] Cairns Convention Centre venue information

[3] John Cain Arena

[4] MyState Bank Arena

[5] Nissan Arena

[6] Qudos Bank Arena venue information Archived 2016-11-08 at the Wayback Machine

[7] Perth Arena venue information

[8] Spark Arena

[9] Silverdome

[10] Win Entertainment Centre

[11] State Basketball Centre

[12] Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium

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