A proposed $30 million basketball stadium planned to transform two of Newcastle's suburban sporting fields into an eventual 12-court indoor precinct has raised concerns among some local sports codes about the availability of green spaces in the city as community sports experience a boom in participation in the post-COVID years.
Tensions over turf rights have most recently led to a bitter public feud inside the New Lambton Football Club - one of the Hunter's largest local football clubs - as the code's leaderships bicker over who should have rightful access to limited inner city spaces.
