Gold Coast Sports & Leisure Centre

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.

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.

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.

• Gold Coast Sports & Leisure Centre brochure(PDF, 2MB)
• Major Sporting Venues – General conditions of hire(PDF, 1MB)

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.

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

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:

• apply for a film production licence online
  Apply for licence
• download and fill in our film production licence application(PDF, 221KB)
  • send a copy of the completed form to us by email or post
  • apply in person at a Customer Service Centre.

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.

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