Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium

Coordinates: 32°55′23″S 151°43′56″E / 32.92306°S 151.73222°E / -32.92306; 151.73222
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Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium
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

Coburg Giants 94–74 and Geelong defeating the Nunawading Spectres 101–59. Both semi-final games were played on 16 July.[1] 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.[2]

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