First Penrith rugby league club, Station Street, Penrith

This photo shows the first licensed club in Penrith which also served as a boys club in the 1950s. It was built on Station Street using volunteer labour, and was later granted a liquor licence and six poker machines. The club featured two rooms and a hall for Saturday night dances, special occasions and functions. It would be replaced with a new club further along Station Street which opened in March 1963. It was known as the Penrith Rugby Leagues Club. Construction of the new Penrith Leagues Club began in 1982. The club also known as Panthers opened in 1984, now situated on Mulgoa Road. Later additions included a motel, pavilion, cable ski park, golf course and tennis courts. In 2009 Panthers was completely renovated. In 1997, the EVAN Theatre was opened, attracting acts such as Cold Chisel, INXS, Midnight Oil, Rose Tattoo and John Farnham. On 25 June 2016, Penrith Panthers released their Hall of Fame inductees: Grahame Moran, Royce Simmons, Greg Alexander and Craig Gower. The selection of the four Panthers greats was announced at the club’s 50th Season Gala Dinner in Penrith on 25 June 2016. In 2017 the $22 million-dollar Panthers Rugby League Academy was built and opened in March 2017. Construction of The Royce started in 2019 and was completed in September 2020 as a state-of-the-art retirement village with 113 one, two and three bedroom apartments, as well as a 128-bed aged care facility. The Royce is named after Panthers legend Royce Simmons, and rooms overlook the NRL training field. In 2017, it was announced that East Side Quarter, a $500 million dollar 850-apartment master-planned development within the Panthers Precinct would commence the following year. The Western Sydney Community and Convention Centre (WSCC) and Pullman Sydney Penrith hotel which includes an entertainment and recreation destination for the community, an exhibition/conference facility for up to 1000 banquet style with dividable spaces, a 190 room four-star hotel with a dining offering, rooftop pool and deck, serviced apartments, parking for 530 vehicles was opened on August 11, 2023.