shufflin every day !
Years ago

new wildcats stadium

saw the new Perth stadium on the news - veeeerrry nice - 12-14,000 seater

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The Special One
Years ago

The Maher court is still the best basket ball stadium in the country

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desmondhaynes
Years ago

does any1 know if the roof will be able to open?

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party rock anthem
Years ago

maybe - it is also a tennis stadium

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Dunkin' Dan
Years ago

Yes, it has a retractable roof.
Will be a very nice stadium for sure, but I wonder if it's going to be too big for basketball.
Just look at how barren the SEC looks with 4,000 people in it. 12,000 is a lot of seats to fill.

For concerts it should be excellent though.

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HO
Years ago

Dunkin, this is one of the problems for the A-league, teams like Melbourne and Sydney and Brisbane playing in caverns, where even a solid crowd looks poor. 11-12k is too much for basketball in this country - 5-7k is far better, more chance of a break-even on crowds.

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party rock anthem
Years ago

it will be interesting wildcats sold out regularly at old stadium - which was smaller

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HoldenV8
Years ago

Perth Arena has to have one of the slowest build times for a major arena in recent memory. I mean, they broke ground on the site back in 2007.

And like others, I question the wisdom of the Wildcats moving there, purely on crowd numbers. Moving to a state of the art facility can only be a good thing provided the price is right. Anyway, if the new arena had been built in the 90's when they regularly sold out the 8,200 seat Entertainment Centre then I can understand. But the place will apparently hold 13,500 for basketball and I question the Wildcats ability to fill that for anything than an opening night or a grand final. It'll almost be like when the Kings couldn't draw a crowd to the Sydney Superdome. A cavernous feel with little atmosphere

Still, to make it big you have to think big and if Perth does move to the new arena then seriously, good luck to them, I hope they draw well there.

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skull
Years ago

HO - 5 to 7K crowds is a bit of an upgrade from you for basketball in this country !!

i thought we were doomed!!!

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HO
Years ago

Nice Skull. But you wanna re-read it. I said stadiums of 5-7 were best, i did not say they would be full mate!

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