Geelong Arena is the home of former National Basketball League

National Basketball League (Australia)

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 team the Geelong Supercats

Geelong Supercats

The Geelong Supercats are an Australian basketball team, based in the Victorian City of Geelong, that currently plays in the Australian Basketball Association and previously played in the National Basketball League.-NBL History:...

 who now play in the South East Australian Basketball League

South East Australian Basketball League

The South East Australian Basketball League, often abbreviated to the SEABL consists of two men's and one women's conferences in the Australian Basketball Association . The SEABL conferences are considered the strongest in the ABA, developing many emerging Australian Boomers players, as well as...

. The arena has the majority of its 2,000 seating capacity

Seating capacity

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 on the broadcast side of the court

Basketball court

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 with two smaller sections at each end plus two levels of corporate boxes on the opposite to the broadcast side.

After the Supercats had their license NBL license revoked following the 1996 NBL season the arena still played host to occasional NBL games with former Melbourne

Melbourne

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 based teams the Victoria Titans/Victoria Giants

Victoria Titans

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 and the South Dragons

South Dragons

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 all playing one or two games there a season. The arena also hosts occasional Australian Boomers

Australia national basketball team

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 games.

In 2005, the arena received a major upgrade with the installation of a state of the art sprung wooden floor and the installation of new rings with all improvements meeting international specifications as well as receiving new electronic scoreboards. All work was completed in time for the 2006 Commonwealth Games

2006 Commonwealth Games

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.

Geelong Arena also hosts numerous functions and concerts by artists such as Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson

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, Shannon Noll

Shannon Noll

Shannon Noll first came to prominence as runner-up of the first series of Australian Idol which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. Since then he has released five Top 10 albums and ten Top 10 singles. His first two albums That's What I'm Talking About in 2004 and Lift in 2005 debuted at No...

, Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil , were an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie...

, The Wiggles

The Wiggles

The Wiggles are a children's group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. Their original members were Anthony Field, Phillip Wilcher, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt. Wilcher left the group after their first album...

, John Farnham

John Farnham

John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...

 and The Beautiful Girls

The Beautiful Girls

The Beautiful Girls are an Australian band, predominantly playing roots music. They have released three EPs, Morning Sun, Goodtimes and Weight Of The World. Plus four full length albums, Learn Yourself, We're Already Gone, Ziggurats and Spooks. They played at Dusty Days on 15 March 2008 in Wagga...

, among others.

External links

• Geelong Arena at Austadiums.com