Wikipedia / Perth High Performance Centre
Wikipedia / Perth High Performance Centre
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 west of the Perth 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. 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
Basketball
Perth High Performance Centre has twice been the home venue of the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). The Wildcats first played at the venue between 1987 and 1989 and then returned for a second stint between 2002 and 2012. Known as Challenge Stadium during their second stint, the venue regularly attracted sell-out crowds of around 4,400 fans and was dubbed "The Jungle" due to its intimidating atmosphere.
Perth High Performance Centre has also been the home venue of the Perth Lynx of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The Lynx were based at the Superdrome in 1988 and 1989 as the Perth Breakers, and played at Challenge Stadium during the 2000–01 season. The WAIS Warriors of the State Basketball League (SBL) also played at the Superdrome in 1989.
In 2024, 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 and to host Perth Lynx games during the 2024–25 WNBL season. The Lynx went on to play three games at Perth HPC during the 2024–25 season.
On 11 February 2025, Perth High Performance Centre hosted the Wildcats' NBL Seeding Qualifier against the South East Melbourne Phoenix due to the unavailability of Perth Arena. It marked the Wildcats' first game at the venue since 2012.
Perth HPC became the permanent home of the Perth Lynx for the 2025–26 WNBL season.
Netball
Beginning in 2008, the venue served as the main home court for the West Coast Fever in the Super 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. In February 2026, the Fever will play a pre-season match at the Perth High Performance Centre, marking a return to the venue for the first time since 2018.
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.
Diving
The venue is the home of Diving WA, the state sporting association for the sport of diving. In May 2023, the Bruce Prance Dryland Diving Centre was opened at the complex.
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 Challenge Stadium until moving into the new WAIS High Performance Service Centre, which was built on the eastern side of Challenge Stadium. It comprises a strength and conditioning gym, multi-purpose training and testing area, 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
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
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
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