Events
During the centre's life, a number of significant international personalities have visited the centre in connection with major events and fundraising efforts. Once such visit was by Ronan Keating on 27 July 2002 where 500 local fans packed the Centre Court area to get a glimpse of the performer who the previous night had been in concert at Perth Entertainment Centre.
The centre also maintains active links to the surrounding community. More recently it implemented a walking program in conjunction with the Injury Control Council of Western Australia. Trained walking leaders accompany groups through the centre twice a week and perform both warm-up and cool down exercises. The Rotary Club of Scarborough also organises and operates a weekly swap meet, held each Sunday in the southern under cover parking area.
The centre has not gone without its share of local controversy. In 2006, a security guard and disgraced former officer of the Western Australia Police working at the centre received a 12 month suspended sentence for the destruction of crucial evidence in the trial of a police assault against an alleged teenage shoplifter. The security officer, then head of the security at the centre gave evidence at a Corruption and Crime Commission hearing in June 2006 that he had taped over the footage showing the assault, because he did not understand why the Constable hit the alleged offender and did not want the officer to lose his job.
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