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Perth High Performance Centre

Perth HPC
Perth HPC main entrance
Former names	Superdrome (1986–1996) Challenge Stadium (1996–2014) HBF Stadium (2014–2024)
Location	Stephenson Avenue, Mount Claremont, WA, 6010
Coordinates	31°57′09″S 115°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)
Tenants
Perth Wildcats (NBL) (1987–1989; 2002–2012) Perth Lynx (WNBL) (1988–1989; 2024–) Perth Orioles (CBT) (1997–2007) West Coast Fever (ANZ / NNL) (2008–2018)
Website
www.perthhpc.com.au

Perth High Performance Centre (Perth HPC) is a sports complex in Perth, Western Australia. The venue is located in the suburb of Mount 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, 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 and concerts.

The venue was opened in 1986 as the Superdrome, and was later known as Challenge Stadium and HBF Stadium, until being rebranded on 1 January 2025 as the Perth High Performance Centre.

Venue name

The Superdrome was built in 1986. 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. 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 on 1 January 2025, HBF Stadium would be rebranded as the Perth High Performance Centre.

As a sports venue

Main indoor arena

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.

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". The Fever moved all their home matches to Perth Arena from 2019 onwards.

The WA Government invested $1.6 million in upgrades to bring Perth HPC 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.

Swimming

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.

WAIS

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. 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.

As a music venue

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The venue has hosted many concerts since its inception.

2000s

2003

• Craig David – 4 November 2003
• Cold Chisel – 11 December 2003

2004

• P!nk – 30 April 2004

2005

• Avril Lavigne – 6 April 2005
• Simple Plan – 11 October 2005
• Kelly Clarkson – 4 November 2005

2006

• Status Quo & Deep Purple – 3 May 2006
• Wolfmother – 16 July 2006
• The Strokes – 9 August 2006
• INXS – 12 September 2006
• Westlife – 17 September 2006
• Rogue Traders – 5 October 2006
• Live – 24 October 2006
• G3 (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci) – 8 December 2006

2007

• Evanescence – 15 February 2007
• Westlife – 21 February 2007
• P!nk – 18–20 April & 2–4 June 2007
• Human Nature – 22–23 June 2007
• Heaven & Hell & Down – 2 August 2007
• The Cure – 4 August 2007
• Fall Out Boy – 29 September 2007
• Marilyn Manson – 13 October 2007
• Motörhead – 16 October 2007
• Good Charlotte – 17 October 2007

2008

• Kelly Clarkson – 1 March 2008
• The Black Crowes – 26 March 2008
• James Blunt – 9 May 2008
• Michael Bublé – 11–12 & 14–15 June 2008
• Paul Weller – 13 August 2008
• Panic! at the Disco – 27 August 2008
• Disturbed – 29 August 2008
• Judas Priest – 16 September 2008

2009

• Fall Out Boy – 15 February 2009
• The Veronicas – 28 February & 1 March 2009
• The Living End – 22 May 2009
• Alice Cooper – 1 September 2009
• Chris Isaak – 16 & 17 September 2009
• Suzi Quatro – 22 September 2009
• Marilyn Manson – 5 October 2009
• Slayer & Megadeth – 13 October 2009
• Short Stack – 13 December 2009

2010s

2010

• Them Crooked Vultures – 19 January 2010
• Backstreet Boys – 2 March 2010
• Status Quo – 17 March 2010
• Short Stack – 26 March 2010
• Kelly Clarkson – 22 April 2010
• Deep Purple – 5 May 2010
• Yusuf – 10 June 2010
• Thirty Seconds to Mars – 24 July 2010
• Mika Singh – 7 August 2010
• Florence and the Machine – 10 August 2010
• Bullet for My Valentine – 5 September 2010
• Parkway Drive – 3 October 2010
• Paramore – 10 October 2010
• Village People – 20 October 2010
• Creedence Clearwater Revisited – 13 October 2010
• Jason Derülo – 2 November 2010
• Pendulum – 6 November 2010

2011

• Kesha – 7 March 2011
• Stone Temple Pilots – 16 March 2011
• The Script – 2 April 2011
• Good Charlotte – 15 April 2011
• Cirque Du Soleil – 21 April to 8 May 2011
• Eason Chan – 20 May 2011
• Bliss N Eso – 21 May 2011
• Parkway Drive – 27 May 2011
• Rise Against – 23 July 2011
• Winterbeatz – 17 August 2011
• Alice Cooper – 2 October 2011
• The Wombats – 11 October 2011
• Steely Dan & Steve Winwood – 18 October 2011

2012

• Tim Minchin – 10 & 12 February 2012
• Roxette – 28 & 29 February 2012
• Flight of the Conchords – 18, 19 & 20 July 2012
• The Smashing Pumpkins – 26 July 2012
• Hilltop Hoods – 17 August 2012
• Kelly Clarkson – 5 October 2012
• Roch Voisine – 24 November 2012
• Parkway Drive – 19 December 2012

2013

• X Factor Live – 16 January 2013
• Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band – 21 February 2013
• Ed Sheeran – 23 February 2013
• Flume – 13 May 2013
• Alt-J – 27 July 2013
• Bring Me the Horizon – 12 October 2013
• Eros Ramazzotti – 23 November 2013
• Simple Plan – 3 December 2013

2014

• Thirty Seconds to Mars – 25 March 2014
• Ellie Goulding – 28 May 2014
• Bastille – 18 June 2014
• Lorde – 5 July 2014
• Anna Vissi – 3 October 2014

2016

• The 1975 – 23 January 2016
• Troye Sivan – 13 August 2016
• Bring Me the Horizon – 14 September 2016

2017

• Charles Aznavour – 1 October 2017
• J.Cole – 9 December 2017

2018

• Live – 6 January 2018
• Halsey – 24 April 2018
• 5 Seconds of Summer – 18 August 2018

References

1. ^ "HBF stitches up two stadiums". PerthNow. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
2. "Division 65: Western Australian Sports Centre Trust, $13 278 000" (PDF). Extract from Hansard. Parliament of Western Australia. 29 May 2002. pp. 178a – 179a. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
3. "MEMBERS' STATEMENTS: Subiaco Oval" (PDF). Extract from Hansard. Parliament of Western Australia. 25 June 2003. pp. 9197b – 9202a. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2009. 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.
4. "Challenge Stadium loses its name". One Perth. 4 May 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
5. "A new era for two VenuesWest venues". VenuesWest. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
6. "Welcome to the new Wildcats jungle". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
7. "West Coast Fever presents THE CHALLENGE". westcoastfever.com.au. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
8. "Fever reflect on significant 2019". West Coast Fever. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
9. "Hoops for the future at HBF Stadium as NBA legend visits Perth | Western Australian Government". www.wa.gov.au. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
10. "The Year in Detail" (PDF). Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1992–93. Australian Swimming: 3. 1993. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
11. "New centre to promote sporting excellence". PerthNow. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
12. "2012–2013 Annual Report" (PDF). VenuesWest. Western Australian Sports Centre Trust. 2013. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Video on YouTube
• Perth High Performance Centre at Austadiums
• Heritage Council WA

• Netball venues in Western Australia
• Sports venues in Perth, Western Australia
• Sports venues completed in 1986
• Perth Wildcats
• Perth Lynx
• West Coast Fever
• Defunct National Basketball League (Australia) venues
• Basketball venues in Australia
• Swimming venues in Western Australia
• Music venues in Perth, Western Australia
• Indoor arenas in Australia
• Boxing venues in Australia
• Darts venues
• Mount Claremont, Western Australia
• Water polo venues in Australia