During the early 2000s the popularity of Basketball, Netball and Badminton in the Ballarat region had significantly outgrown the capacity of existing stadia built during the 1970s at the nearby Hollioake Park sports complex.

Under the joint local council and State funding arrangement, a partial stadium complex would be designed and built connecting to the existing Wendouree Netball Centre that would add four new indoor courts and include a 1500-seat main arena.

This design was to make provision for future expansion as an eight court facility expanding the main arena to 3000 capacity once additional funding could be secured.

Several months later, before construction commenced, the Australian Commonwealth Government granted $10 million (AUD) under its 'Regional Development Fund' enabling full completion of the complex.

The venue successfully managed significant other regional and national competitions throughout 2020-21 despite public gathering restrictions imposed due to the COVID pandemic.