WIN Entertainment Centre,
formerly the Wollongong Entertainment Centre and
often referred to simply as the WEC, is a
multipurpose indoor arena located in downtown Wollongong
, New South
Wales
, Australia. It was the home of the
Wollongong Hawks of the
National Basketball
League and hosts a variety of other events.
The arena overlooks City Beach in Wollongong and is 3 minutes walk
from the city centre.
It is built adjacent to WIN Stadium
, the home of the St George Illawarra Dragons of
the National Rugby
League. The
naming rights
to both facilities are owned by
WIN
Corporation, a Wollongong-based media company which owns the
television network,
WIN.
The WEC opened on 5 September 1998 with a concert by
Bob Dylan and
Patti
Smith; 4,935 people attended the event. The record attendance
for an event at the WIN Centre is 5,839, set on 18 February 2005
when the Hawks played their regular season finale against the
Sydney Kings.
Every year the WIN Entertainment Centre holds the Wakakirri Story
Dance Wollongong heat and also a varity of concerts and
expos.
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