HBF Park News

HBF and VenuesWest have announce a three-year extension to the existing naming rights partnership at HBF Park through to 2027, while the HBF brand will disappear from two other WA venues.

A-League club Perth Glory will play 10 of its 13 home games at a temporarily expanded Macedonia Park in Stirling due to the unavailability of HBF Park.

Perth’s HBF Park will receive a $32 million upgrade to improve its facilities ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, while work is underway on the State Football Centre.

Perth’s nib Stadium will be given its third commercial name with the rectangular venue to be known as HBF Park as of 2019.

The turf reconstruction at NIB Stadium could be completed in a shorter timeframe than the government has scheduled and a more flexible 'handover' date should be adopted according to leading turf scientist Bernie Proctor.

The home of football in Western Australia is on track to once again host Perth Glory due to the unavailability of NIB Stadium for the round one clash against Adelaide United.

Leading Australian private health insurer, nib, has secured exclusive naming rights to Perth's premium sports and entertainment venue, formerly known as ME Bank Stadium.

Rugby WA and the Town of Vincent are set to finalise a deal which will see Super 14 matches played at ME Stadium for the next six years.

The plan to completely rebuild Member's Equity Stadium will still leave Perth in danger of missing out on staging any games if Australia's bid to host soccer's World Cup is successful.

The State Government has committed to rebuild Members Equity Stadium as a rectangular dedicated rugby-soccer venue in a staged $160 million revamp.

The long-term futures of Super 14 side Western Force and A-League outfit Perth Glory are in jeopardy unless the WA State government agrees to pledge $73 million to upgrade Members Equity Stadium, according to the two Perth-based clubs.

The capacity of Members Equity Stadium will increase from 18,000 to 25,000 if the State Government accepts a $75 million redevelopment proposal for Perth's only major rectangular arena.

Western Force are set to move from Subiaco Oval to Members Equity Stadium in 2010 in a move that will almost certainly kill any last hope of the State Government spending $1.1 billion on a multipurpose arena at Kitchener Park.

Members Equity Stadium is a beacon of history in a diverse and buzzing part of the Western Australian capital, which continues to be subject to consideration of stadium development.

Allia Venue Management and Rugby League WA are committed to bringing Rugby League to Members Equity Stadium, despite the failure of securing a Rugby World Cup game, losing out to Townsville.