State Netball Hockey Centre joins Open House Melbourne weekend

The State Netball and Hockey Centre in Parkville will be open for the public from July 25 – July 27 as part of Open House Melbourne.

The State Netball Hockey Centre (SNHC) is the home of netball and hockey in Victoria, serving all levels of the sports from community competitions to high performance programs that are the pathways to professional and national teams. SNHC hosts more than 500,000 people each year for netball, hockey and other sports, with more than 80 percent of its users being female. 

Nestled in the centre of the historic Royal Park precinct, SNHC opened as a combined netball and hockey venue in 2001 and underwent a major redevelopment that opened in 2021. It has two Astroturf outdoor hockey pitches with grandstands, an indoor hockey pitch, 11 netball courts including a 3,000-seat show court arena, and athlete performance centre for training and recovery. It is also the administrative base for Netball Victoria, Melbourne Vixens, Hockey Victoria, Hockey Australia, Sports Medicine Australia and the Sports Excellence Scholarship Fund, and features memorabilia honouring the history of both sports in Victoria.

“We’re delighted to be joining Open House Melbourne in 2025,” said SNHC Venue Manager Marko Butorac.

“We get to work in the engine room of one of the best sporting facilities in Victoria, and we can’t wait to show it off to sporting fans from all over.”

Our team invite you to join us for a tour of the facilities, which are normally closed to the public, for a special sporting weekend. You’ll get to see high-performance spaces usually reserved for teams like the Melbourne Vixens, and also get a behind-the-scenes look at the planning and operations that go into delivering ourwide range of sporting events.