Cairns Pop-Up Arena, Indoor sports arena in Cairns, Australia
Cairns Pop-Up Arena was a converted hall with a floor space of about 6,500 square meters, outfitted with grandstand seating, video display boards, and broadcast lighting systems for sports events. The facility accommodated approximately 2,000 spectators and included air conditioning, changing rooms, and catering facilities throughout.
In July 2020, a former Bunnings Warehouse building was transformed into a temporary stadium while the Cairns Convention Centre was being redeveloped. Following its time as a sports venue, the building was later converted into a film production space.
The arena hosted the Cairns Taipans for training and pre-season games, and in October 2020 the Women's National Basketball League opened its season in a North Queensland hub there with 20 games. On 15 September 2020 Suncorp Super Netball announced three games at the venue for its Indigenous round, and on 20 February 2021 the Australian Boomers beat the New Zealand Tall Blacks 81–52 in a FIBA Asia Cup qualifier.
The arena stood on a 4.8-hectare site on the corner of Spence and Fearnley Streets, just outside Cairns City. Its single hall held 6,500 square metres of floor space, fitted with air conditioning, change rooms, public amenities and catering facilities.
The site on the corner of Spence and Fearnley Streets had stood vacant since 2015 before the Queensland government chose it in July 2020. Its conversion into a film studio for Screen Queensland cost $6.8 million and was due for completion by mid-2022.
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