Arena Joondalup, known as HBF Arena under a commercial naming rights arrangement, is a
multi-purpose sports complex in
Joondalup, Western Australia
Joondalup () is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately north of Perth's central business district. It contains the central business district of the regional City of Joondalup and acts as the primary urban centre of Perth's outer ...
, located on 35 ha of parkland approximately 25 km north of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
. It was officially opened in 1994.
[ An $11 million indoor aquatic centre, including a 50 m 10-lane competition pool, was completed in 2000.][
The capacity of the outdoor sports ground, known as Pentanet Stadium, is 16,000 people. Along with aquatic and ]swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
facilities, the stadium holds seven indoor basketball courts
In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end. Indoor basketball courts are almost always made of polished wood, usually maple, with -high rims on each basket. Outdoor sur ...
, as well as outdoor netball
Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...
, field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
, tennis
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, and rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
facilities. It is the largest athletic complex of its kind in Western Australia.[
]
History
As the home stadium of the West Perth Football Club
The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia. West Perth competes in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW) and is the oldest exi ...
since 1994,[ HBF Arena is most notably an ]Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
venue.[ It became the home of ]Perth RedStar FC
Perth RedStar Football Club is an Australian soccer club from Joondalup, Western Australia currently playing in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia and National Premier Leagues WA Women.
Their home ground is the RedStar Arena at the ...
(then known as Joondalup City SC) from 1995. The Joondalup Lakers Hockey Club and the Joondalup Giants
The Joondalup Giants Rugby League Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Joondalup, Western Australia that competes in The Western Australian Rugby League. Founded in 1990, The Joondalup Giants provide the northern suburbs of P ...
(then Joondalup & Districts Rugby League Club) moved to the Arena in 2008.[ Joondalup Brothers R.U.F.C., the largest junior rugby club in Western Australia, moved to the complex in 2011. HBF Arena was also one of the home grounds for the ]Perth Spirit
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is p ...
team in the National Rugby Championship
The National Rugby Championship, known as NRC, was an Australian rugby union competition. It was contested by eight teams, seven from Australia and one from Fiji. The tournament ran from 2014 until 2019 before being disbanded in 2020 following t ...
in 2014.[ In 2018, the ]Joondalup Wolves
Joondalup Wolves is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Wanneroo Basketball Association (WBA), the major administrative basketball organis ...
moved into HBF Arena after playing out of Joondalup Basketball Stadium for more than three decades.[ From 1999 to 2012, HBF Arena was host to the ]Rock-It
Rock It is an Australian music festival held at the Arena Joondalup in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The festival was first held in 1999, and mainly features modern rock music. Along with the nationally-touring Big Day Out, ...
musical festival, which was one of the major rock concerts held regularly in Perth, with attendances of up to 25,000 people.
References
External links
HBF Arena official website
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Basketball in Western Australia
Basketball venues in Australia
West Australian Football League grounds
Sports venues in Perth, Western Australia
Multi-purpose stadiums in Australia
Joondalup
West Perth Football Club
Rugby league stadiums in Australia
Rugby union stadiums in Australia
Netball venues in Western Australia
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