Company parties, team building sessions, client nights, product launches and conferences for groups of 5 to 1,000 people can be held here, from a private booth to a full venue takeover. The place is Ballers Clubhouse CBD, a social games venue at 2 Coverlid Place in central Melbourne, built around ping pong, darts, shuffleboard, pool and karaoke.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells a dedicated program for corporate groups: team building, networking evenings, client entertaining, company milestones, end of financial year and end of year parties, and product launches or brand activations. For more structured days, it also offers conference formats with presentations and keynote sessions, breakout workshops and strategy days, with theatre-style seating available for talks.
Games are the core of the format. Teams can be split across ping pong tables, dart lanes and shuffleboard courts, and the venue can add trophies, medals and prizes for an internal competition, as well as photo booths and a photographer. AV is listed for most spaces, but the site does not detail the equipment, so screens, microphones and staging are worth confirming with the functions team when the request is made.
Rooms and capacities
The Melbourne CBD site is split into twelve bookable areas over several levels. The smallest, Baby Got Back Spin, takes 5 to 15 guests around a ping pong table, and the Monkey Shoulder Superbooth holds 5 to 20 with darts and shuffleboard. The Velvet Lounge takes up to 25 with its own bar, karaoke and booths, while Champions Bar and the Ballers Penthouse each take 20 to 45. The Penthouse adds a private bathroom and a golden ping pong table.
Mid-sized groups move to the Poolhouse (up to 130 guests by one listing, 50 to 100 by another), the Ping Pong Precinct (up to 150), the Shuffle Pavilion (80 to 200) or the Clubhouse Bar (50 to 200). Whole floors can also be reserved: Level 2 for up to 500 people and Level 3 for up to 450, each with private bars, booths and a sound system. An exclusive hire of the entire venue covers 250 to 1,000 guests, with every bar, booth and games area included, plus a room set up for photos.
Catering
Food and drink are handled by the venue. For conference days it lists working lunches and shared dining served on the ping pong tables. For evenings it offers cocktail and canapé packages, food stations, private dinners and networking drinks at private bars. Custom cocktails and welcome drinks can be arranged for a launch or an arrival. Detailed menus and drinks options are in a downloadable function pack for the Melbourne CBD site.
Getting there
The venue sits on Coverlid Place, a laneway address inside the Melbourne CBD, so most teams coming from city offices can walk or take public transport. Regular opening hours start in the afternoon from Tuesday to Sunday, run late on Fridays and Saturdays, and the venue is closed on Mondays, so a daytime conference outside these hours should be confirmed with the events team. Ballers also runs clubhouses in Carlton and Adelaide, which helps when a group needs a second date or an event in another city.
