Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium was a purpose-built

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stadium located in

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. The stadium was built for the Australian Basketball Senior Men's Championships held in October 1962, and was Western Australia's home of basketball until 2010. At the time of construction, the stadium featured three courts and had no second stand facing Court 1. Courts 2 and 3 had bitumen surfaces and ran parallel to the other courts. Later Courts 4 and 5 were added, followed by the corridor along with Courts 6, 7 and 8. Court 1 at Perry Lakes was considered by many to be second only to

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in Adelaide as the finest in Australia. The stadium housed the headquarters of

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and Perry Lakes Basketball Association. The

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played their home games at Perry Lakes between 1982 and 1986, while the

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played at Perry Lakes between 1988 and 2010. The stadium was closed in March 2010 and later demolished to make way for housing developments. The stadium's successor was

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, located just metres down the road.

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