Gold Coast Sports & Leisure Centre

Gold Coast Sports & Leisure Centre

Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre is a multipurpose facility. It's located in Carrara alongside Heritage Bank Stadium.

The centre offers 15 courts that can host a variety of indoor sports as well as general indoor fitness activities. The venue has 2 large halls split by a central hallway named ‘The Street’.

The facility is available for casual users, regular hire, major events and competitions.

The centre also has numerous meetings and functions spaces available with in-house catering options and 400 carparks located underneath the venue.

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Opening hours

  • Monday to Friday: 6am to 10:30pm
  • Weekends: 8am to 9:30pm
  • Booking office: 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday

Opening hours may be booking dependant and subject to change. Please call our bookings office on 07 5581 7082 for more information.

Cashless payments

Please note that Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre does not accept cash. Payment can be made by EFTPOS.

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Court hire

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Our venue is available to everyone for casual or regular court hire. Bookings are preferred to guarantee availability; however, we can usually accommodate walk-ups.

Our friendly staff will set the courts for the sport of your choice. You may just want to run some kid’s activities or run an indoor fitness session.

You can come in and use our facilities as an individual, a club or a group.

Find out more – visit our Court hire page.

Event hire

Harlem Globetrotters event 2022

We are ready to host your next event. The event space within the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre is nothing short of spectacular. Our two large halls are perfect for large-scale events and are the epitome of flexible design.

The centre blends scale with sophistication, from sweeping modern angles and light-filled zones to the integration of technology and AV equipment. Premium events deserve a venue of the highest calibre and the venue is perfect for:

  • elite sports
  • community tournaments
  • corporate functions
  • trade shows
  • product launches
  • expos
  • gala dinners.

For more information visit our Event hire page.

Meetings, functions & catering

Meeting room

Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre is fully licensed. There are a variety of meeting room options and unique spaces available to host your meeting or function. We have competitive rates, versatile and flexible rooms, and are able to tailor food and beverage packages to suit every occasion.

For more information visit our Meetings, functions & catering page.

Venue information

Gold Coast Sports & Leisure Centre

Changing Places toilet

The centre has a Changing Places toilet at the northern end of Level 2. Access to this facility does not require a Master Locksmith Access Key (MLAK).

Download equipment instructions and conditions of use from our Changing Places toilets page.

Parking and charging stations

  • 400 undercover carparks beneath the venue
  • 4 electric charging stations
  • 1100 carparks in surrounding precinct

Library kiosk

A Library kiosk is located at the northern end of Ground Level, directly below the Courtside Café.

Offering a more convenient way for members to borrow books from our City Libraries. It’s completely self-service and easy to use for City of Gold Coast library card holders.

Lost property

Major Sporting Venues is not responsible for personal property left at the venues.

Due to the high volume of sporting activity and events in our venues, we are unable to store lost items. Where possible items will be returned to the sporting club or event organiser.

Please contact the organising party directly for lost items.

Sporting field hire

The Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre is a part of the wider Gold Coast Sports Precinct, which offers a variety of community and elite sporting fields for regular or single hire.

Find out more, including how to book. Go to the Gold Coast Sports Precinct page.

Courtside Café

Courtside Cafe

Located on Level 1, at the Northern end of the building, Courtside Café is open daily from 7.30am to 2.30pm.

Evening hours occur most nights during the week and over the weekend, based on bookings in the venue.

Enjoy coffee, breakfast, or lunch against the backdrop of our elite sporting fields.

Courtside Café menu(PDF, 2MB)

Competitions

Table with two columns, type of admission and fee
Competition Contact details
Basketball W: goldcoastbasketball.com.au
P: 0402 180 111
E: office@gccrba.com.au
Netball W: www.scna.org.au
P: 07 5539 5195
E: scna@scna.org.au
Futsal W: goldcoastcityfutsalassociation.com.au
P: 0404 879 206
E: mail@goldcoastfutsal.com.au

Filming & photography

Our venues are very popular with the film industry and staging of sport photography shoots. Filming at any City of Gold Coast Venue requires a film production licence to film or take photographs for commercial purposes.

Examples of activities needing a licence include:

  • television shows and commercials
  • video clips / corporate videos
  • still photography
  • student filming
  • feature films

How to apply

To apply for a film production licence at a City sporting venue, you can either:

Most licence applications take 7 business days to assess. For more information, please visit Filming & photography

Any use of the venue or court space also incurs hire fees. Please contact the Bookings Department on 07 5581 7082 or email majorsportingvenues@goldcoast.qld.gov.au to secure a space.

Any filming outside of regular trading hours will incur additional fees.

Sporting organisations

Gold Coast Sport and Leisure Centre is home to a variety of sporting organisations and tenants.

Table with two columns, name of sporting organisation and contact details
Sporting organisation Contact details
Gold Coast SUNS W: goldcoastfc.com.au
P: 07 5510 6000
E: info@goldcoastfc.com.au
Queensland Cricket W: qldcricket.com.au
P: 07 3292 3100
E: qldc@qldcricket.com.au
Queensland Academy of Sport W: qld.gov.au/recreation/sports/academy
P: 07 3708 7800
E: qas@dtis.qld.gov.au

Location

Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre, 296 Nerang Broadbeach Road, Carrara 4211  
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