{"id":919603,"date":"2026-10-07T16:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919603\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:48:17","slug":"varsity-midland-wa-founded-sports-bar-chain-opening-10th-local-venue-on-october-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919603\/","title":{"rendered":"Varsity Midland: WA-founded sports bar chain opening 10th local venue on October 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Varsity has chosen Perth\u2019s eastern suburbs as the home of its tenth WA location in a major milestone for the locally founded chain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Varsity Midland will transform a 1400sqm heritage-listed site to deliver a large-scale sports bar and entertainment precinct set to be unveiled to the public on October 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The purpose-built venue will feature 52 taps and 20 screens, including a wall with five mega screens, in a first for the brand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Guests will also be introduced to a 300sqm arcade precinct, which boasts 45 games and flows directly into Varsity\u2019s largest ever prize shop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Launching in 2013, the brand\u2019s newest venture continues its trend of experience-led hospitality venues at scale.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/0940f2349995029c6e4bc3f2ef324b1f42ae1b82.jpg\" alt=\"Sport will be played on big screens.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconSport will be played on big screens. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cOpening our 10th venue is a huge milestone for Varsity, but we didn\u2019t want Midland to simply feel like another Varsity,\u201d Varsity\u2019s Jimmy Baxter said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWe\u2019ve taken everything people already love about the brand and put it into a completely different setting, with a heritage building, an all-new sports bar, a huge arcade and some features we\u2019ve never done before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThe idea is that you can come in for lunch, watch a game, spend some time in the arcade, grab a drink and suddenly you\u2019re still here that night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWe want it to be somewhere people can make a whole day or night out of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/e79f9aadbf0d68322287565370a26e1833e0a216.jpg\" alt=\"A large arcade precinct will be a feature.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconA large arcade precinct will be a feature. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">To mark its tenth WA location, Varsity has enlisted artist Michael Hartley to craft an expansive external mural in another unique identifier of the Midland site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The extension into Perth\u2019s east follows the 2025 launch of Varsity Whitfords.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The chain also operates in Cannington, Fremantle, Innaloo, Northbridge, Nedlands, Joondalup, Morley, and Waterford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Varsity Midland opens to the public on October 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Varsity has chosen Perth\u2019s eastern suburbs as the home of its tenth WA location in a major milestone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,8851,134,1295,1625],"class_list":["post-919603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-drink","tag-entertainment","tag-food","tag-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}