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Super Netball has released the draw for rounds seven to nine and announced a full round will be played behind closed doors to keep competition costs down.
Fans will be shut out of round seven of Super Netball and two round-nine games as the competition looks to keep a lid on costs.
Competition organisers announced on Tuesday that to assist with managing the overall cost to deliver the season, which has been relocated to Queensland, those matches would be conducted as "closed events".
The draw for the three rounds, starting with round seven on Aug 25, was released, with all games to be played at Nissan Arena in Brisbane rather than split with the Sunshine Coast.
The league said that it would play at the one venue to create "greater efficiencies with match day delivery".
Super Netball operations manager Bill Allen said the Brisbane venue made the most financial and logistical sense.
"With an increased seating capacity and multiple warm-up courts available, Nissan Arena provided the ideal and most financially viable location for the league to hold the middle three rounds of the season," he said.
"Clubs are asking for greater certainty around scheduling for the remainder of the season and this fixture now takes us through to the first week of September."
The final five rounds are still to be released.