Perth Entertainment Centre
Perth's concrete indoor arena hosted Queen, basketball and generations of concerts, then stood empty for nine years before demolition erased its giant shadow from Wellington Street.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A major indoor arena and entertainment venue in central Perth, Western Australia.
The venue brought large touring acts and the Perth Wildcats into a purpose-built city arena with a capacity of roughly eight thousand.
Existence timeline
Perth gains a large central indoor arena.
International tours and Wildcats games fill the venue.
Operations cease while replacement plans remain unresolved.
The arena remains fenced in the city centre.
Machinery starts removing the concrete structure.
The arena disappears ahead of precinct redevelopment.
Why it ended
It closed in 2002 and was demolished in 2011 as part of redevelopment around Perth Arena and City Link.
Last confirmed trace
State heritage records, concert recordings, photographs and demolition documentation preserve the long-empty landmark.
What it left behind
The centre remains a shared memory for Perth audiences and a local example of a venue becoming obsolete before its replacement was ready.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.