Perth High Performance Centre (Perth HPC) is a sports complex in Perth, Western Australia. The venue is located in the suburb of Mount Claremont, approximately west of the Perth central business district.
Venue facilities include an Olympic-standard aquatic centre with five pools, a diving tower, gymnasium, two arenas, and several basketball courts, as well as a café, childcare centre, sports store, office accommodation and a museum. The main indoor arena has seating for 4,500 spectators. Regular exhibitions and expos are hosted at the venue, as well as national and international sporting events and concerts.
The venue was opened in 1986 as the Superdrome, and was later known as Challenge Stadium and HBF Stadium, until being rebranded on 1 January 2025 as the Perth High Performance Centre.
Venue name The Superdrome was built in 1986. In 1996, the Superdrome became known as Challenge Stadium courtesy of a naming rights deal between the WA Government and Challenge Bank. The bank paid $250,000 a year for naming rights to the venue until 2002 when it decided not to renew the contract after changing its name to Westpac. Although the sponsorship with Challenge Bank expired in 2002, the Challenge Stadium name remained in use until 2014. Under a commercial naming rights arrangement with the HBF Health Fund, the venue became known as HBF Stadium from 1 July 2014.
On 1 October 2024, it was announced that on 1 January 2025, HBF Stadium would be rebranded as the Perth High Performance Centre.
As a sports venue Main indoor arena Basketball
Perth High Performance Centre has twice been the home venue of the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). The Wildcats first played at the venue between 1987 and 1989 and then returned for a second stint between 2002 and 2012. Known as Challenge Stadium during their second stint, the venue regularly attracted sell-out crowds of around 4,400 fans and was dubbed "The Jungle" due to its intimidating atmosphere.
Perth High Performance Centre has also been the home venue of the Perth Lynx of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The Lynx were based at the Superdrome in 1988 and 1989 as the Perth Breakers, and played at Challenge Stadium during the 2000–01 season. The WAIS Warriors of the State Basketball League (SBL) also played at the Superdrome in 1989.
In 2024, the WA Government invested $1.6 million in upgrades to bring Perth HPC up to Level 1 FIBA certification ahead of the NBL's HoopsFest and to host Perth Lynx games during the 2024–25 WNBL season. The Lynx went on to play three games at Perth HPC during the 2024–25 season.
On 11 February 2025, Perth High Performance Centre hosted the Wildcats' NBL Seeding Qualifier against the South East Melbourne Phoenix due to the unavailability of Perth Arena. It marked the Wildcats' first game at the venue since 2012.
Perth HPC became the permanent home of the Perth Lynx for the 2025–26 WNBL season.
Netball Beginning in 2008, the venue served as the main home court for the West Coast Fever in the Super Netball league. To the Fever, the venue was known as "The Cauldron". The Fever moved all their home matches to Perth Arena from 2019 onwards. In February 2026, the Fever will play a pre-season match at the Perth High Performance Centre, marking a return to the venue for the first time since 2018.
Swimming
The aquatic centre hosted the FINA World Aquatics Championships in 1991 and 1998. It also hosted the Australian Swimming Championships long course in 1993 and 1995, as well as the short course in 1998, 2001 and 2012.
Diving The venue is the home of Diving WA, the state sporting association for the sport of diving. In May 2023, the Bruce Prance Dryland Diving Centre was opened at the complex.
WAIS
The venue was home to the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) between 1996 and 2014. The institute was based in the annex on the southern side of Challenge Stadium until moving into the new WAIS High Performance Service Centre, which was built on the eastern side of Challenge Stadium. It comprises a strength and conditioning gym, multi-purpose training and testing area, four lane indoor runway for long jump, sprinting and throwing sports, hydrotherapy and recovery pools, physiology and environmental laboratories, consultation rooms, athlete amenities and office space.
As a music venue
The venue has hosted many concerts since its inception.
2000s
2003 Craig David – 4 November 2003 Cold Chisel – 11 December 2003
2004 P!nk – 30 April 2004
2005 Avril Lavigne – 6 April 2005 Simple Plan – 11 October 2005 Kelly Clarkson – 4 November 2005
2006 Status Quo & Deep Purple – 3 May 2006 Wolfmother – 16 July 2006 The Strokes – 9 August 2006 INXS – 12 September 2006 Westlife – 17 September 2006 Rogue Traders – 5 October 2006 Live – 24 October 2006 G3 (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci) – 8 December 2006
2007 Evanescence – 15 February 2007 Westlife – 21 February 2007 P!nk – 18–20 April & 2–4 June 2007 Human Nature – 22–23 June 2007 Heaven & Hell & Down – 2 August 2007 The Cure – 4 August 2007 Fall Out Boy – 29 September 2007 Marilyn Manson – 13 October 2007 Motörhead – 16 October 2007 Good Charlotte – 17 October 2007
2008 Kelly Clarkson – 1 March 2008 The Black Crowes – 26 March 2008 James Blunt – 9 May 2008 Michael Bublé – 11–12 & 14–15 June 2008 Paul Weller – 13 August 2008 Panic! at the Disco – 27 August 2008 Disturbed – 29 August 2008 Judas Priest – 16 September 2008
2009 Fall Out Boy – 15 February 2009 The Veronicas – 28 February & 1 March 2009 The Living End – 22 May 2009 Alice Cooper – 1 September 2009 Chris Isaak – 16 & 17 September 2009 Suzi Quatro – 22 September 2009 Marilyn Manson – 5 October 2009 Slayer & Megadeth – 13 October 2009 Short Stack – 13 December 2009
2010s
2010 Them Crooked Vultures – 19 January 2010 Backstreet Boys – 2 March 2010 Status Quo – 17 March 2010 Short Stack – 26 March 2010 Kelly Clarkson – 22 April 2010 Deep Purple – 5 May 2010 Yusuf – 10 June 2010 Thirty Seconds to Mars – 24 July 2010 Mika Singh – 7 August 2010 Florence and the Machine – 10 August 2010 Bullet for My Valentine – 5 September 2010 Parkway Drive – 3 October 2010 Paramore – 10 October 2010 Village People – 20 October 2010 Creedence Clearwater Revisited – 13 October 2010 Jason Derülo – 2 November 2010 Pendulum – 6 November 2010
2011 Kesha – 7 March 2011 Stone Temple Pilots – 16 March 2011 The Script – 2 April 2011 Good Charlotte – 15 April 2011 Cirque Du Soleil – 21 April to 8 May 2011 Eason Chan – 20 May 2011 Bliss N Eso – 21 May 2011 Parkway Drive – 27 May 2011 Rise Against – 23 July 2011 Winterbeatz – 17 August 2011 Alice Cooper – 2 October 2011 The Wombats – 11 October 2011 Steely Dan & Steve Winwood – 18 October 2011
2012 Tim Minchin – 10 & 12 February 2012 Roxette – 28 & 29 February 2012 Flight of the Conchords – 18, 19 & 20 July 2012 The Smashing Pumpkins – 26 July 2012 Hilltop Hoods – 17 August 2012 Kelly Clarkson – 5 October 2012 Roch Voisine – 24 November 2012 Parkway Drive – 19 December 2012
2013 X Factor Live – 16 January 2013 Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band – 21 February 2013 Ed Sheeran – 23 February 2013 Flume – 13 May 2013 Alt-J – 27 July 2013 Bring Me the Horizon – 12 October 2013 Eros Ramazzotti – 23 November 2013 Simple Plan – 3 December 2013
2014 Thirty Seconds to Mars – 25 March 2014 Ellie Goulding – 28 May 2014 Bastille – 18 June 2014 Lorde – 5 July 2014 Anna Vissi – 3 October 2014
2016 The 1975 – 23 January 2016 Troye Sivan – 13 August 2016 Bring Me the Horizon – 14 September 2016 2017 Charles Aznavour – 1 October 2017 J.Cole – 9 December 2017
2018 Live – 6 January 2018 Halsey – 24 April 2018 5 Seconds of Summer – 18 August 2018
References
External links
Heritage Council WA