Perth Rectangular Stadium
Perth Rectangular Stadium (also known as HBF Park under naming rights) is a sports stadium in Perth, the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. Located close to Perth's central business district, the stadium currently has a maximum capacity of 20,500 people for sporting events and 25,000 people for concerts, with the ground's record attendance of 32,000 people set during an Ed Sheeran concert in 2015. The land on which the stadium was built, known as Loton Park, was made a public reserve in 1904, with the main ground developed several years later.
Perth Rectangular Stadium | |
| Full name | HBF Park |
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| Location | Lord Street Perth, Western Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°56′45″S 115°52′12″E |
| Owner | City of Vincent |
| Operator | VenuesWest |
| Executive suites | 24 |
| Capacity | 20,500 (Sports mode) |
| Record attendance | Overall: 32,000 (Concert, 2015) Sports: 27,473 (Interstate football, 1929) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | LED Screen |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1910 |
| Renovated | 2004, 2012 and 2023 |
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| Football
Perth SC, Perth Glory FC (NSL, A-League) (1996–present) Australia national football team Rugby Union Western Force (GRR, Super Rugby) (2010–present) Australia national rugby union team Australian Rules East Perth Royals (1910–1939, 1941–1987, 1990–2003) Australia international rules team | |
| Website | |
| www | |
| Type | State Registered Place |
| Designated | 2 September 1998 |
| Reference no. | 2992 |
From 1910 until 2003, it was known as Perth Oval and was the home ground of the East Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). It hosted several of the competition's grand finals during that time. In 2004, the ground was redeveloped, altering it from an oval field to a rectangular field. The ground is currently home to two major professional sporting clubs: Perth Glory FC, a soccer team competing in the A-League, and the Western Force, a rugby union team playing in the Super Rugby Pacific competition. The ground is also used by the West Coast Pirates, a semi-professional rugby league team competing in the S. G. Ball Cup, as well as for concerts.