Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium, Basketball stadium in Floreat, Western Australia.
Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium was a purpose-built basketball venue in Perth with three original courts; Courts 2 and 3 had bitumen surfaces running parallel to Court 1, which had no second stand. Courts 4 and 5 were added later, followed by a corridor and Courts 6, 7 and 8.
Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium was built as part of Perth's construction for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, intended for boxing events and then permanent use as a basketball venue. Before the Games, it hosted the Australian Basketball Senior men's championships in October 1962. It remained Western Australia's home of basketball until closing in March 2010 and later being demolished for housing; its successor is the WA Basketball Centre nearby.
Perry Lakes hosted the Australian Basketball Senior men's championships in October 1962, before the Commonwealth Games began. The Perth Wildcats played their home games there from 1982 to 1986, and the Perth Lynx also hosted games during the 1990s and 2000s. The stadium housed the headquarters of Basketball Western Australia and the Perry Lakes Basketball Association.
The stadium stood in Floreat, a few hundred metres from the site of the WA Basketball Centre that replaced it. It closed in March 2010 and was later demolished for housing, so no courts or stands remain to visit; the successor venue down the road now hosts basketball.
The main court was once ranked among Australia's finest basketball playing surfaces, competing with only a handful of other national venues for quality. This high standard of playing surface helped attract professional teams and major championships to the region.
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