Melbourne Park Multi Purpose Venue

Australian Open (tennis ) (since 2001) UCI Track World Championships 2004 Commonwealth Games 2006 South Dragons ( NBL ) ( 2006-2009) Melbourne Vixens (Australian Netball Championship) (since 2008) UCI Track World Championships 2012

The Hisense Arena is a multipurpose sports facility in Melbourne, Australia.

Prehistory

The land on which now stands the Hisense Arena, was formerly part of the Yarra Sports Park, the first recreational facility in the state of Victoria. The sports park was created in 1868 along with a pavilion for the Civil Service Cricket Club. When the club was in financial straits, he transferred the lease rights for 1000 British pounds to the Scotch College. Later, the college moved to the area and needed no longer. However, the Old Scotch Collegians Football Club Football Club used the sports field until 1992 that it became the Rod Laver Arena slammed.

Today's Arena

The multifunctional sports arena was completed in 2000 and is part of the Melbourne & Olympic Parks, a complex of several sports venues, including the Rod Laver Arena. It has a 250 -meter cycle track made ​​of pine wood, which was designed by the Australian railway architect Ron Webb, as well as a sunroof. 2006 found in the Hisense Arena, the then Vodafone Arena was (until 2008), the competitions in track cycling, basketball and netball the Commonwealth Games. 2004 UCI Track World Championships were held here; from 4 to April 8, 2012 Track World Championships took place at the Arena for the second time. In the Hisense Arena games of the tournament tennis Australian Open will be held annually.

Title sponsor of the arena is tentatively by 2013 the Chinese electronics company Hisense.