Bendigo Stadium(also known asRed Energy Arenaunder naming rights[2]) is an Australian sports and entertainment centre inBendigo,Victoria.The stadium is home to theBendigo Braves(NBL1) andBendigo Spirit(WNBL). It held basketball matches during the2006 Commonwealth Gamesand would have held netball during the2026 Commonwealth Games,but Victoria withdrew their hosting rights in 2023. The stadium's facilities include ten indoor sports courts, major exhibition and function areas, a licensed clubroom and associated administration facilities.
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| Location | Marong Road,Bendigo,Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 36°45′30″S144°14′57″E/ 36.75833°S 144.24917°E |
| Capacity | 4,000[1] |
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| Bendigo Braves(NBL1) Bendigo Spirit(WNBL) Australian Goldfields Open Collingwood Magpies(NNL) (2019) Melbourne United(ANBL) (2021) New Zealand Breakers(ANBL) (2021-2022) Bendigo Volleyball Association (1994 to present) | |
The stadium has the flexibility to be used for major sporting, cultural and entertainment events and has held such events asThe Young Divas,Vanessa Amorosi,international basketball, netball, snooker and volleyball.
The largest recorded attendance at the venue was on 3 March 2013 when Bendigo Spirit defeated theTownsville Fire71–57 in the 2012-13 WNBL Grand Final.[3]In May 2018, the venue was re-opened after a $23 million redevelopment was completed which upgraded the facilities and increased the venue's capacity.[4]
The stadium hosted its firstSuncorp Super Netballmatch on 25 May 2019, whenCollingwood MagpiesplayedWest Coast Feverin a2019 Suncorp Super Netball Round 5match.[5]It was part of a double header that also featuredTasmanian MagpiesplayWestern Stingin anAustralian Netball Leaguefixture.[6]
The facility co-hosted the2003 FIBA Oceania Championshipwhere theAustralian national basketball teamwon the gold medal.
Bendigo also hosted Group 3 of The International Volleyball Women's Grand Prix in June 2016 over 3 days of which Australia competed against Cuba Columbia and Croatia
The Arena has also hostedAustralian National Basketball LeagueGames forMelbourne Unitedduring the2020–21 NBL season,Including Throwdown V against theSouth East Melbourne Phoenix.It also hosted a Round 11 Match where theNew Zealand Breakersplayed Melbourne United in a Breakers Home Game. On 21 March 2022, it was announced that Bendigo Stadium would also host 2 further New Zealand Breakers Home Games during the2021-22 NBL season,due to COVID-19 Protocols restricting the Breakers from returning to New Zealand.[7]They played theSouth East Melbourne Phoenixon 10 April 2022 and theSydney Kingson 12 April 2022, with the Breakers losing both Games.
References
edit- ^"Bendigo Stadium".Austadiums.
- ^Geleit, Lachlan (21 May 2022)."Bendigo Stadium enters into exciting naming rights partnership with Red Energy".SEN.Retrieved6 July2023.
- ^2013 WNBL Grand Final
- ^"Bendigo Stadium redevelopment gets thumps up from Basketball fans".Bendigo Advertiser.25 May 2018.
- ^"Bendigo Stadium to host round five Suncorp Super Netball clash between Magpies and Fever".Bendigo Advertiser.5 December 2018.
- ^"2019 DUANL Fixture"(PDF).netball.com.au. 15 April 2019. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 27 June 2020.Retrieved25 June2020.
- ^"NBL Returns to Bendigo".NBL.com.au.21 March 2022.
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