Hisense Arena Roof

Melbourne s home of indoor sports entertainment and tennis will take on an iconic identity with hisense arena to be renamed melbourne arena effective immediately.

Hisense arena roof.

Hisense arena redirects here. Cairns taipans 24 jan 2018. The retractable roof at mca along with ground pass entry for fans at hisense will ensure more fans than ever before have access to uninterrupted tennis action whatever the weather tiley said. Australian open 2020 to have retractable roofs action at the australian open will be confined to the three stadiums with retractable roofs and eight indoor courts if conditions become hazardous.

Announced by minister for sports tourism and major events the hon john eren on tuesday 21 august 2018 the new name marks an exciting partnership between the victorian government and tennis. The arena features a cycling track which is covered over with seating for court events. As well as retractable seating the state of the art venue also has a retractable roof which can open or close in less than 10 minutes. For the australian rules football ground commercially known as hisense stadium see richmond oval south australia.

The tennis court is a plexicushion surface and the roof is retractable making it one of the few venues where tennis can be played during rain. Watch hisense arena get a makeover as it transitions from tennis to basketball for melbourne united s nbl game. The south dragons nbl team had made the venue its home court. The venue has fixed seating for 4 500 while raiseable retractable and removable seating can enable a maximum capacity of 10 500 for basketball tennis and concerts while cycling can cater for 4 500 fans.