Bendigo Stadium

Coordinates: 36°45′30″S 144°14′57″E / 36.75833°S 144.24917°E / -36.75833; 144.24917
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Red Energy Arena
Map
LocationMarong Road,
Collingwood Magpies (NNL) (2019)
Melbourne United (ANBL) (2021)
New Zealand Breakers (ANBL
) (2021-2022)
Bendigo Volleyball Association (1994 to present)

Bendigo Stadium (also known as Red Energy Arena under naming rights

Victoria. The stadium is home to the Bendigo Braves (NBL1) and Bendigo Spirit (WNBL). It held basketball matches during the 2006 Commonwealth Games and would've held netball during the 2026 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.

The stadium has the flexibility to be used for major sporting, cultural and entertainment events and has held such events as

The 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 the Townsville Fire 71–57 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 first

Australian Netball League fixture.[6]

The facility co-hosted the

Australian national basketball team
won 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 hosted

2021-22 NBL season, due to COVID-19 Protocols restricting the Breakers from returning to New Zealand.[7] They played the South East Melbourne Phoenix on 10 April 2022 and the Sydney Kings
on 12 April 2022, with the Breakers losing both Games.

References

  1. ^ "Bendigo Stadium". Austadiums.
  2. SEN
    . Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. ^ 2013 WNBL Grand Final
  4. ^ "Bendigo Stadium redevelopment gets thumps up from Basketball fans". Bendigo Advertiser. 25 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Bendigo Stadium to host round five Suncorp Super Netball clash between Magpies and Fever". Bendigo Advertiser. 5 December 2018.
  6. ^ "2019 DUANL Fixture" (PDF). netball.com.au. 15 April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  7. ^ "NBL Returns to Bendigo". NBL.com.au. 21 March 2022.

External links

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