The Victorian State Basketball Centre

The Victorian State Government’s $132 million upgrade of the State Basketball Centre in Wantirna South creates a cutting-edge sporting facility. This provides a great place for communities and budding sporting champions across the state.

Location

Melbourne, Australia

Client

Cox Architecture / Development Victoria

Project Value

AUS $132m

Project Status

Completed

Designing more inclusive places

The project delivers new high-performance training and administration facilities for Basketball Victoria, Basketball Australia, the WNBL Deakin Melbourne Boomers and NBL South East Melbourne Phoenix, along with 12 new indoor courts for local competitions and statewide championships – taking the total number of indoor courts to 18.

Local organisations and clubs are further supported with new administration facilities to support a broad range of sports, while a new gymnastics centre has been built to reflect the sport’s continued growth in the region.

New food and beverage venues along with a town square add a communal meeting space for locals and visitors alike, while transport upgrades for the broader precinct improve accessibility for the Knox Regional Sports Park.

Designing for more inclusive places like this project responds to increasing demand for quality sporting facilities in the Knox area and serves everyone from local players to Australian representative athletes, while transforming the broader precinct into the premier sports park for Melbourne’s South East.

Working with Cox Architecture and Development Victoria, WSP provided core design services including, Mechanical, Electrical, Fire Protection, Hydraulics, ESD/Sustainability, Waste, Acoustics, AV, ICT, Sports Lighting and Traffic Planning.

Construction began in September-2021 and was completed in 2024. The State Basketball Centre is one of the most significant basketball facilities in the Southern Hemisphere, and a nexus for community sport.

Images courtesy of Development Victoria