Apollo Stadium
| Former names | Apollo Stadium (1969-84) |
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| Location | 41 Kingston Avenue, Richmond, South Australia |
| Coordinates | 34°56′21″S 138°33′54″E / 34.93917°S 138.56500°ECoordinates: 34°56′21″S 138°33′54″E / 34.93917°S 138.56500°E |
| Capacity | 1969-84: 4,000 1985-92: 3,500 Basketball / Netball: 3,000 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1968 |
| Opened | 1969 |
| Closed | 1991 (sports & entertainment) |
| Demolished | 1997 |
| Tenants | |
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Adelaide 36ers (NBL) (1982-1991) West Adelaide Bearcats (NBL) (1979-1984) Glenelg Tigers (NBL) (1979) Forestville Eagles (NBL) (1981) |
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Apollo Stadium (officially called the Apollo Entertainment Centre) was a multi-purpose indoor arena located at 41 Kingston Avenue, Richmond, South Australia, just 5 minutes from the Adelaide city centre. The stadium had an original seating capacity of 4,000 until the early 1980s when the bench seats were replaced by individual plastic seats giving a reduced seating capacity of 3,000 and an overall capacity of just 3,500.
Opened in 1969, the stadium was named for the Apollo moon landing of the same year.
During the mid-late 1980s, an increasing number of international music acts began to bypass Adelaide as Apollo was seen as too small. This led to the building of the new 12,000 capacity Adelaide Entertainment Centre which opened in 1991, and in 1992 the venue was superseded as the home of basketball and netball by the new 8,000 seat Clipsal Powerhouse. The building then became a church for a few years but was eventually sold and demolished, with the site subsequently being redeveloped for housing.
Apollo Stadium was Adelaide's major basketball arena from 1969 until 1991, being the home court of National Basketball League teams the West Adelaide Bearcats (1979–84), Glenelg Tigers (1979), Forestville Eagles (1981) and Adelaide 36ers, who were the Adelaide City Eagles in their first year (1982–91).
The first ever NBL game was played at a half full Apollo Stadium on 24 February 1979 when the Glenelg Tigers defeated the City of Sydney Astronauts 68-65. Top scorer for the league's inaugural game was Sydney's David Leslie who went for 25 points on 11/22 shooting. For the Tigers, Rick Hodges led the way with 16 points on 7/14 shooting.
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