Geelong Arena

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Geelong Arena
Geelong Arena
Former namesGeelong Basketball Centre
Location110 Victoria Street, North Geelong, Victoria 2292
Coordinates 38°7′24″S144°21′5″E / 38.12333°S 144.35139°E / -38.12333; 144.35139
Owner City of Greater Geelong
OperatorCity of Greater Geelong
Capacity Basketball / Netball: 2,000
SurfaceSprung wooden floors
Tenants
Geelong Supercats (NBL) (1982–1996)
Geelong Supercats (SEABL/NBL1) (1997–present)
Website
www.geelongaustralia.com.au/geelongarena/default.aspx

Geelong Arena is a multi-use sports and entertainment venue in Geelong, Victoria. It served as the home venue for the Geelong Supercats, a men's basketball team who played in the National Basketball League (NBL) between 1982 and 1996. It currently still serves as the home venue for the Supercats, who now play in the NBL1 South. [1]

Since 1996, the venue has hosted a number of NBL [1] and WNBL games. [2] It also hosted basketball games during the 2006 Commonwealth Games. [3]

The arena has the majority of its 2,000 seating capacity on the broadcast side of the court with two smaller sections at each end plus two levels of corporate boxes on the opposite to the broadcast side. [1] The venue has four courts. [4]

In 2023, Geelong United Basketball revealed plans to bid for management rights of Geelong Arena. [4]

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References

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  2. Cameron, Ben (30 November 2023). "Bendigo Spirit to play two games at Geelong Arena this summer". Geelong Advertiser . Archived from the original on 30 December 2023.
  3. "The Arena, Geelong". Office of Commonwealth Games Coordination website. Archived from the original on 19 March 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
  4. 1 2 van Oorschot, Vinnie (23 August 2023). "Geelong United reveals plan to manage Arena". TimesNewsGroup.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023.