AIA Centre: Collingwood Football Club |
The heritage-listed AIA Centre, referred to as the Glasshouse serves as a centre of excellence for professional organisations and elite athletes.
Home to Collingwood Football Club (AFL), the venue was originally built to host the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games' swimming, diving and water polo competitions.
The centre is the administrative headquarters of the Collingwood Football Club and Netball Club and administered by Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust.
In 2002 the heritage listed Olympic Pool was returned to its original shape, with a $20 million refurbishment overseen by one of the original architects Peter McIntyre. Its restoration reflected key elements of its original award winning plans.
The new facilities include administration offices, theatrette, exhibition space, world class gymnasium, 25m lap pool and hydrotherapy spa. A magnificent $25 million addition to the AIA Centre opened in 2015, making superb new training and community facilities available for high-performance athletes and grass-roots level leisure and sports initiatives alike.
Fifty years after its design, the Olympic Swimming pool was Victorian Heritage listed, being the last remaining stadium structure from the 1956 Olympic Games and architecturally significant as an early example of pre-tensioned steel framed construction.
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The AIA Centre was previously the Holden Centre, Swimming and Diving Stadium, Olympic Swimming Stadium, Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre, Lexus Centre, Westpac Centre and unofficially the Glasshouse.
❊ Address ❊
℅ Naarm
⊜ Olympic Boulevard Melbourne View Map
✆ Telephone: + 61 3 9286 1600
❊ Web Links ❊
➼ AIA Centre: Collingwood Football Club
➼ Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust
➼ www.wikipedia.org
➼ www.aia.com.au
❊ Also See... ❊
➼ Melbourne & Olympic Parks
➼ Victorian Institute of Sport
➼ Collingwood Football Club | Magpies
➼ Victoria Park
Disclaimer: Check with the venue (web links) before making plans, travelling or buying tickets.
Accessibility: Contact the venue for accessibility information.
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