The A$190‑million facility was designed by COX Architecture & Devine deFlon Yaeger, and constructed by Abigroup and Obayashi Corporation.

[10] The interior ceiling of the venue is decorated in a corrugated steel profile, heavily insulated with materials such as numerous copies of unused Yellow pages telephone directories.

The venue saw use of green power through a deal with EnergyAustralia that lasted the duration of the 2000 Summer Olympics and the five years following.

[11] The SuperDome's power architecture includes 1,176 photovoltaic solar panels, installed on the arena's roof, which provide 10% of the venue's daily energy consumption, estimated at ~8612MWh annually.

On 10 March 2023 18,049 fans watched the Sydney Kings defeat the New Zealand Breakers in Game 3 of the 2023 NBL Grand Final series.

[16] Just five days later the current record of 18,124 attended the deciding Game 5 of the series where the Kings defeated the Breakers to win the Championship.

[17] During the 2000 Olympic Games, the venue hosted the men's and women's basketball finals, and the artistic and trampoline gymnastics events.

[22] On 3 July 2009, Taiwanese pop singer Jay Chou came to Sydney as part of The World Tour.

The box office reached US$2.6 million, out-grossing Beyoncé and The Eagles placing him at rank 2 worldwide.

[23] On 17 November 2014, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, addressed Indians residing in Australia.

[26] On 7 April 2019, Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue headlined the arena as part of his Skyscraper World Tour.

Eilish will return to the arena for shows on 24, 25, 27 and 28 February 2025 as part of her Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 28 May 2021, Melbourne announced they would play a home game at the Arena against the Cairns Taipans.

A major drawcard for the game was future NBA star and social media icon LaMelo Ball playing for the Hawks.