Vista includes a variety of sports including but not limited to soccer, football, cricket, hockey, basketball, tennis, volleyball, badminton, touch football, swimming, athletics and table tennis.

The shared facilities centre includes numerous computer rooms for computer science classes, chemistry, physics, psychology and biology labs, woodwork and metalwork rooms, senior art studios, a music suite and senior home economics building.

The South Australian Government built an adjoining Community Recreation Centre at a cost of approximately 9 million dollars,[citation needed] and was completed in 1993.

This centre included two individual stadiums (one with retractable grandstand seating), a gymnasium and a 500-seat performance theatre.

The Dame Roma Mitchell Centre was built near the Administration Block of the School.