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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National

Wests Group keen to bring NBL basketball and Super Netball franchises to Newcastle

Wests Group and Knights chief executive Philip Gardner.

THE Wests Group are confident they can bankroll National Basketball League and Super Netball franchises in Newcastle - providing the state government honours its promise to build an entertainment centre at District Park.

Then sports minister Stuart Ayres and parliamentary secretary for the Hunter Scot MacDonald unveiled in 2017 a blueprint for a "Hunter Park" sports and entertainment precinct at Brodmeadow, which was expected to include an indoor arena to replace the current EntCent.

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