Hunter Indoor Sports Centre (HISC)

This facility is much needed and in a convenient location!

I am a 17 year old basket ball player and have been for the past 5 years. Newcastle needs a new stadium, we have so much interest in this town for basketball at all ages and levels it would be a major issue if there was no stadium at all after the lease runs out at Broadmeadow. The sport has only grown since I started playing with outdoor basketball courts popping up all over the city which is great but for games you can't play on concrete it's not safe or easy on the body. This is the last hope for this submission to go through as there is no where else the new stadium could move to. It would also be amazing to see an NBL team based in Newcastle RIGHT??!?!!!! For the future of Newcastle sport and basketball lovers everywhere this is a well thought out and addressed site and plan.

We are long overdue for quality indoor sporting facilities that can accommodate our growing population. Building such multipurpose facilities would greatly benefit our great region.

There is inadequate parking, no traffic solution & the high school loses its fields.

Whilst there is need for a new indoor basketball centre in Newcastle, the current proposed location is not satisfactory as it will take away fields from local sports teams and Lambton High School as well as increase traffic congestion in an already congested area.

This type of Infrastructure is critical to the Hunter Valley, I fully support this project

This venue will support thousands of young people in our region. It is a much needed development!

Sport of all kind is valuable to the Newcastle community; parents embrace the early mornings and late nights, they rally to support local teams, and there is a great diversity of sport played. To build this structure would be to put the importance of one sport before others. The location is unsuitable for a myriad of reasons but particularly when it means that other members of the community lose their current sporting location in favour of this construction. These fields are not only used for weekend and weekday sports, but also the local high school and members of the community who would simply like to visit a park. The area is a recognised flood zone, is already home to two enormous sporting complex’s including our nationally recognised stadium, is surrounded by residences, and already has ongoing congestion issues relating to traffic and parking. Community objection has been voiced from the start and should be recognised. People don’t want to embrace a selfish and problematic build. Find a new location for the build and stop putting Basketball above all else.

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Broadmeadow stadium is getting too old and too small for a sport with such a huge demand in the area.
I fully support the project as our community deserves a proper stadium like the one proposed. Thanks

A high quality indoor sports centre will bring a range of economic, societal and health benefits to the broader Hunter region. The current plan offers an accessible location and design, which will also add to the broader sports precinct development in the area.

This a desperately needed asset for the Newcastle. It is in a suitable location on main roads and bus routes and near to train stations in an existing sporting precinct and given ongoing wet weather an indoor sport stadium will be vital to everyone in the local area to be able to play sport in any weather condition. It makes no sense that Newcastle LGA a supposed major city in NSW doesn't have such a modern facility already and there is no way such a facility should be considered to be located at any other location than proposed as it is more than suitable.

This is a wonderful facility, much needed, and in a great location. It would provide so much benefit to people in the local area and beyond with such a state of the art facility having the potential to attract national or even international events. I am involved in sport at a statewide level and I enthusiastically support this project!

Lambton High School students will suffer greatly with this proposed build. The project is effectively removing all access to green area for students and limiting their ability to play multiple sports in an open air environment ON GRASS!

I support a new indoor sporting space. This is great for the community

Our children are avid basketball players and the current facility in Broadmeadow is far from adequate. It leaks, is boiling hot in summer (causing heat exhaustion in children), and freezing in winter. Please approve this project and place value on our up and coming players! It will only increase the popularity of the sport.

The current facilities available are falling apart and becoming dangerous. Indoor sports are having to be cancelled because of rain ... because the roof leaks! Basketball in particular is so popular now and our generation of child need facilities that encourage sport and movement in a society of obesity, violence a crime. Give them a safe space to move and enjoy sports again.

While I totally agree that we need a new basketball stadium, I am strongly opposed to it being built
in this location. Among the many concerns are loss of valuable green space for current and future generations. Once the green space is gone it is gone forever. The benefits to health and wellbeing, and ecological benefits of green spaces are well documented.

Flood risk. My Grandmother lived in a nearby street for over 50 years and I am aware of the need for flood mitigation in this area. I am concerned for the increased risk of flooding if the green space is replaced with concrete. The current ovals act as a natural sponge to absorb rainwater during heavy rainfall.

Traffic and parking are already at capacity during peak hours and when there are major sporting events on nearby. Newcastle Basketball have stated that the nearby streets will absorb overflow parking. These streets are already severely impacted when there are sporting and entertainment events on. This area is already at capacity.

The space is currently used by 1200 Lambton High students, cricket and soccer groups as well as local residents. Lambton High currently use this space for PE classes, sport and recreation during breaks. In addition, the newly revised plans include a taller building which will limit natural light to the southern classrooms of Lambton High. With the proposed increase in local population this green space is even more valuable. Please don’t underestimate the value natural parkland on health and wellbeing.

Newcastle Basketball are stating that this facility will be a multipurpose / sport facility, yet they are saying that they will be utilising the facility during all peak times so it is unlikely that other sports will see any real benefit from the facility.
In addition, I have concerns about who will be paying for the stadium. Newcastle Basketball do not have the funds to complete the project.

I have recently been to the existing basketball stadium and agree it needs relocating. This is not the only place that it can be relocated to. Please do some more research and find a more appropriate site.

I think the public have spoken. Apart from some basketball families that are hell bent on the basketball stadium being built in that location, no one wants it there. Please listen to the concerns of the public and find an alternate location.

Newcastle needs this stadium. The existing one is an embarrassment and the location is great.

As a Novocastrian who has proudly played basketball as a junior in this area and am now raising the next generation in our beautiful city. All 3 of my children would utilize this facility as it takes us into the future. The current set up is that which was present in my childhood and is often not fit for purpose. It needs to be expanded, modernised and improved to encourage use both as a participant and a supporter.