With its design as the ‘infinity puzzle’, the Perth Arena is a large sports and entertainment venue in Perth that is as impressive as it sounds with its bright blue centre piece linked with grey angles standing out well from the surrounding area. Located right in the city centre of Perth in Western Australia, it is the first part of a huge urban redevelopment project and has replaced the Perth Entertainment Centre that was there before.
The venue is spectacular both from the exterior and the interior, and is renowned for hosting sports events of huge magnitude as well as major entertainment events like musical concerts. The venue owned by Venue West was opened in 2012 is the combined work of two famous architecture firms. The designs incorporates a retractable roof, an underground car park with 680 bays, 36 luxury appointed corporate suites in addition to its different arenas for tennis, and basketball and can hold up to a maximum of 15,500 for an entertainment event like a concert.
Already the venue has hosted events that featured renowned celebrities who performed to packed audiences in the same year as the opening of the venue. Among these Elton John’s performance on the very opening night as a part of his Rocket Man Tour was a memorable event while Matchbox Twenty and Nickleback also went down in the list of famous names that performed at the venue. Another memorable event where the largest ever crowd to attend in Western Australia was the first National Basketball League held at the venue where a staggering attendance of 11,562 witnessed the Perth Wild Cats losing to the Adelaide 36rs. However since then, even larger numbers have gathered for various events at this famous arena.
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