About

Altona Sports Centre is situated only 30 minutes outside Melbourne CBD on Queen Street in Altona Meadows.

ASC is the home to 10 full-sized multipurpose playing courts, spectator seating, mezzanine space, change rooms and a large reception foyer. 

Hosting more than 600,000 local and regional visitors each year, Altona Sports Centre accommodates both adult and junior local, state and national sporting events for basketball, netball, as well as sporting school holiday programs.

While the official history of the Altona Sports Centre begins in 1988 you first need to understand how we got to that point and so our history starts back in late 1969 when some locals start a Netball competition on a single court in Newport.    A few years later in late 1973, a group of men decide to form a Basketball Team to keep themselves fit and have some fun over the Football offseason.

From these small beginnings, the single court Netball competition grows into the Altona Netball Association and the single team of men become the Yarraville Club Basketball Club. With Lorraine Lindemann, a driving force for the Netball and Neil Shepheard the Basketball little did either realise that their futures would become entwined in 1988.    With Lorraine seeking indoor courts to play on and Neil looking for a home for his club independently of each other they spoke with then City of Altona Councillor Danny Duane.   Cr Duane realised that by bringing the two groups together a stadium could be established to house both sports.    In meeting with Neil he set 3 terms, Yarraville had to become Altona, Green & Gold had to become Purple & Gold and they had to share the facility with Netball.   At the same time, Lorraine was advised she could get her indoors courts if she agreed to share with Basketball.    Fortunately for all of us both agreed to the terms and with Crown land identified at HD Graham Reserve the Altona Sports Centre Limited company was formed on 28th November 1989 and from there our history has occurred as follows:

• Former Cr Steve Clements is appointed to Chair the board of the Altona Sports Centre Ltd with directors Lorraine Lindemann, Neil Shepheard, Henry Cooper & Gary Pendlebury
• At the cost of $1.2 million,  a 4 court stadium with offices, canteen and limited storage and meeting rooms is constructed and officially opened on 17th June 1992 Glenn Wright as Stadium Manager and Marilyn Brakey Assistant Stadium Manager
• The Existing Altona Netball Association and relatively new Altona Bay Basketball Association base all their games out of the new stadium and become the 2 key user groups.
• With the project successfully completed and the stadium operational Gary Pendlebury steps down as a director and is not replaced
• In April 1998 Neil Shepheard steps down as a director and is replaced by Peter Shepheard
• In 2005 the Stadium is chosen to be a training venue for Basketball for teams during the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.   Neil & Peter Shepheard along with Joan O’Shea are trained as volunteers to operate the venue alongside Glenn & Marilyn.
• As the games come to an end discussion turns to the fact the venue is at capacity and so a feasibility study is commissioned that results in agreement to build a 2 court extension at the rear of the venue that also has an extra meeting room and storage space along with extra change rooms.
• At a cost of $3.5 million, the extension is officially opened on 28th October 2008 with funding from the local council and the State and Federal Governments.
• In June 2011 Assistant Stadium Manager Marilyn Brakey retires and Sue Brakey is appointed to the position
• On 28th November 2014, the Altona Sports Centre Limited celebrates its 25th Anniversary
• In 2016 early discussions begin about a further extension with the now 6 court facility at capacity.   A lengthy feasibility study followed by extensive consultation determines that a further 3 courts are needed in the short term and eventually it is agreed an extra 4 courts with extra change rooms, new canteen, larger entrance, and another state of the art facilities is needed.    Hobsons Bay City Council agree to fund the majority of the project and plans are drawn up and tenders called.
• In April 2019 Diana Porter and Warren Roche are appointed directors of Altona Sports Centre Ltd
• In May 2019 Stadium Manager Glenn Wright retires and Lucas Wintels is appointed to the position
• In late 2019 tenders for the 4 court extension go out with plans construction to begin in mid-2020 with an approximate 12-month build
• In January 2020 Steve Clements retires as Chair of the Board of Altona Sports Centre Ltd and in April Peter Shepheard is elected to replace him
• In March 2020 a virus sweeps the world that we will come to know as Covid 19 and as a result for the first time in the stadiums in almost 28 years of history it along with all sporting venues and non-essential retail are forced to close for the first of what will be a total of 6 lockdowns 
• While Covid delayed the start of construction of the extension and later caused further delays it also allowed parts of the construction to proceed faster than planned with the venue closed but construction continuing during the lockdown.

At a cost of $17 million, the 4 court extension that includes a mezzanine level with views over a show court with a 1000 seat retractable stand is officially opened on 10th November 2021