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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Simon McCarthy

Ambitious million dollar Myers Park upgrade a testament to the power of local sport

Broadmeadow Magic and Newcastle Suns cut the ribbon on the Myers Park $1.25 million upgrade on Saturday, July 29. Picture by Jonathan Carroll

The million-dollar redevelopment of Myers Park at Broadmeadow, which was officially opened on Saturday afternoon, is a testament to community collaboration.

A loose coalition of local sports clubs and community organisations had spent the better part of the past five years working towards redeveloping the open paddock that was Myers Park into a multi-purpose sport hub that could house mens and womens codes across sporting disciplines.

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