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(Redirected from Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre) Stadium in New South Wales, Australia

Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium
Former namesNewcastle Sports Entertainment Centre
LocationCorner of Young & Curley Roads, Broadmeadow, New South Wales
Coordinates32°55′23″S 151°43′56″E / 32.92306°S 151.73222°E / -32.92306; 151.73222
OperatorNewcastle Basketball Association
CapacityBasketball / Netball: 2,200
Opened1969
Tenants
Newcastle Falcons (NBL) (1979–1991)

The Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium, also known as the Newcastle Basketball Stadium, is an indoor basketball stadium located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and was the original home of the Newcastle Falcons of the National Basketball League from the origin of the league in 1979 until they moved to the newly built Newcastle Entertainment Centre in 1992. The stadium is currently the home of the Newcastle Basketball Association and can hold approximately 2,200 spectators.

On 18 July 1982, the stadium hosted the 1982 NBL Grand Final where the West Adelaide Bearcats defeated the Geelong Supercats 80–74. The staging of an NBL game in Newcastle without the Falcons playing was possible due to the NBL's original policy of awarding the then single game Grand Final to a predetermined venue regardless of the teams playing. The stadium also hosted the 1982 semi-finals with West Adelaide defeating the Coburg Giants 94–74 and Geelong defeating the Nunawading Spectres 101–59. Both semi-final games were played on 16 July. The Stadium later hosted the 2006 ABA National Finals.

On 15 August 2015, the Stadium hosted the LSU Tigers college basketball team in an exhibition game against the Newcastle All-Stars, which LSU won 89–75. A capacity crowd of almost 2,000, the biggest for a game at the Broadmeadow venue in more than 25 years, packed in to see the NBA-bound forward Ben Simmons compete for his new college team. A former Hunters junior, Simmons learnt to play basketball at Broadmeadow when his father, Dave, played and coached in Newcastle for the Falcons and the Hunter Pirates.

References

  1. 1982 NBL season
  2. Ben Simmons shows star qualities on his return: photos

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