“Our model is every game is someone’s first game so you want to set the bar really high for the first game of the season but then you want to do this at the next game”: JULIE UHRMAN - SportNXT 2024
“99% of NBA fans are never going to experience a game in the arena. This is where the opportunity for tech lies. We can make the sport available to fans for their convenience.”: KRISHNA BHAGAVATHULA - SportNXT 2024
“Anything can be turned around if it is giving an opportunity. Create opportunity by generating interest from the fan base.”: SHAUN HARVEY - SportNXT 2024
“The Women’s World Cup and the CommBank Matildas have showed us that if we invest in women’s sport, we will get the rewards.”: JAMES JOHNSON - SportNXT 2024
THANK YOU: TO ALL DELEGATES, SPEAKERS AND PARTNERS FOR ATTENDING SPORTNXT 2024
“Time ultimately allows great brands to develop, it doesn’t happen over night…”: JAY MONAHAN - SportNXT 2023
Discover Melbourne
Melbourne is a lot of things, almost too many to list. From a social calendar stacked with world-class events to tiny laneways packed with bars, it’s a city of individuals, creating unique and enriching individual experiences for all the individuals who visit.
That’s what makes Melbourne. Every bit different.
Here’s what’s coming up in March…
Plan where you play at visitmelbourne.com
Here’s what’s coming up
ACCOMMODATION AT CROWN
Crown Melbourne is Australia’s leading integrated resort and one of the most visited tourist destinations in Australia, offering luxury accommodation, award-winning dining and world class casino and entertainment facilities.Located in the vibrant Southbank precinct and within walking distance of the CBD and the city’s iconic sporting stadiums, Crown Melbourne will be the official post conference entertainment destination for SportNXT delegates and speakers.
To celebrate the partnership announcement, subject to availability SportNXT delegates can enjoy exclusive accommodation offers at Crown Hotels in Melbourne through the SportNXT portal until the allocation is exhausted.
Delegates are able to secure their reservations directly with the hotel via their own personalised weblinks. Guests will require a valid credit card when making the booking to guarantee the reservation.
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL
27 Mar 2024 – 21 Apr 2024
From 27 March to 21 April the city will load up on laughs when the Melbourne International Comedy Festival takes over town. Locals and internationals will take to stages and theatres across the city for one of the three largest comedy festivals in the world
FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
21 Mar – 24 Mar 2024
Be awed by the sights and sounds of the world’s best Formula 1 drivers navigating the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit at over 300km/h at Australia’s most prestigious international motorsport event, the Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2024, from 21 – 24 March.
RIP CURL PRO
26 Mar – 5 Apr 2024
Sixty years on, the Rip Curl Pro remains one of the world’s most prestigious sporting competitions, attracting thousands of spectators to Bells Beach on the southwest coast of Victoria, only 1 hour 30 minutes drive from Melbourne. On from 26 March – 5 April, come for the surfing action and stay on for a roadie along the Great Ocean Road, one of the world’s most scenic coastal drives.
MELBOURNE FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL
15 Mar – 24 Mar 2024
The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival brings the best from Australia and across the world to all four corners of the city, with a jam-packed program full of unmissable culinary events alongside a star-studded line-up of international names and local food heroes. Guest chefs, pâtissiers, restaurateurs, winemakers and foodies descend from 15 – 24 March for Australia’s biggest food and wine festival.
EAT & DRINK
Melbourne’s award-winning food and drink scene is unparalleled, from opulent restaurants, hideaway dumpling houses and rooftop bars a plenty – there is something and somewhere for everyone, whatever takes your fancy. Loosen your belt and strap yourself in because any meal in Melbourne is one you’ll never forget.
CENTREPIECE AT MELBOURNE PARK.
SportNXT will be held at CENTREPIECE at Melbourne Park. CENTREPIECE is a new state-of-the-art conference and events centre, positioned at the heart of Melbourne’s sport and entertainment precinct.
CENTREPIECE at Melbourne Park, surrounded by the world’s best in music, sports, business and entertainment is Melbourne’s most surprising conference and events venue, designed to bring people together for diverse occasions in the city’s cultural epicentre. The 2,000sqm Grand Hall with 8.5m high ceilings and 15 break out rooms are your blank canvas, ready to be adapted, personalised and brought to life for your event vision – no matter how vast or intimate.
Click on the link below for all the important details including Parking Getting Here and Maps
GROUNDHOG DAY
2 Feb 2024 – 21 April 2024
Based on the classic movie this brilliant production comes to Melbourne direct from a record-breaking season in London. With music and lyrics from the quick and clever of Tim Minchin, this unmissable production will play at the Princess Theatre until 21 April.
AFL 2024 SEASON
From Mar 14 2024
AFL’s blockbuster 2024 season will kick off on 14 March, as league arch-rivals Richmond and Carlton play their inaugural match at the MCG. Who will take out this year’s premiership cup in September, the biggest day on Australia’s sporting calendar!
BBC EARTH EXPERIENCE
Until Apr 28 2024
Combining state-of-the-art, audio-visual technology with incredible footage taken from around the world, this unique event experience is a journey through the natural world across all seven continents, narrated by the one and only David Attenborough.
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