The Silverdome, Australia's first indoor velodrome,[1] is an indoor sporting and entertainment venue located in Launceston, Tasmania built in 1984. The capacity of the venue is 5,000.[2]
The Silverdome was built at an estimated cost of A$4 million, as the Tasmanian Government "proposed a world class facility" to replace the run down velodrome in the Launceston suburb of St Leonards. In January 1985, the facility's opening coincided with the City of Launceston Cycling Club Championships. Although "custom built for cycling", the Silverdome has hosted various concerts and other sporting events.[3]
silverdome, launceston, silverdome, australia, first, indoor, velodrome, indoor, sporting, entertainment, venue, located, launceston, tasmania, built, 1984, capacity, venue, silverdomeformer, namestasmanian, international, velodromelocationlaunceston, tasmania. The Silverdome Australia s first indoor velodrome 1 is an indoor sporting and entertainment venue located in Launceston Tasmania built in 1984 The capacity of the venue is 5 000 2 SilverdomeFormer namesTasmanian International VelodromeLocationLaunceston TasmaniaCoordinates41 28 31 S 147 8 24 E 41 47528 S 147 14000 E 41 47528 147 14000Capacity5 000ConstructionBroke ground1984Opened1985TenantsNew Zealand Breakers NBL 2020 21 Tasmania JackJumpers NBL 2021 present Contents 1 History 2 Tenants 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp Plaque commorating the venue s official opening The Silverdome was built at an estimated cost of A 4 million as the Tasmanian Government proposed a world class facility to replace the run down velodrome in the Launceston suburb of St Leonards In January 1985 the facility s opening coincided with the City of Launceston Cycling Club Championships Although custom built for cycling the Silverdome has hosted various concerts and other sporting events 3 The Collingwood Magpies Netball team who compete in the Suncorp Super Netball league have played a home match each season at the venue 4 Tenants editAfter hosting games during the NBL Blitz the season prior on 3 March 2021 the National Basketball League announced that the venue would host six games during the 2020 21 NBL season in preparation for the Tasmania JackJumpers joining the league the following season 5 The first match was held on 13 April when the New Zealand Breakers lost to the Perth Wildcats in overtime 6 Since the 2021 22 NBL season the JackJumpers host two games per season at the arena 7 See also editList of cycling tracks and velodromesNotes edit Silverdome Archived from the original on 21 March 2012 Retrieved 4 August 2012 Silverdome About Us Green 2006 p 62 63 Magpies head to Launceston Collingwood Magpies 1 February 2017 Tasmania to Host NBL Games This Season NBL NBL com au Cotton shakes off woes to deliver Cats OT win NBL NBL com au Retrieved 15 April 2021 Inaugural Membership Seating Maps www JackJumpers com au 2 July 2021 Retrieved 2 July 2021 References editGreen Anne 2006 The Home of Sports and Manly Exercise Places of Leisure in Launceston Launceston City Council ISBN 0 9596090 7 5 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Silverdome Launceston The Silverdome Silverdome at Austadiums Transcript of proceedings by State Government regarding the Silverdome nbsp This article about a sports venue in Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This cycling venue related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Silverdome Launceston amp oldid 1196224846, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
