Newcastle Entertainment Centre - Definition and Overview

Newcastle Entertainment Centre is an Australian stadium. It is located within the Newcastle Showground, and is the home stadium of the Hunter Pirates NBL and Hunter Jaegers netball franchises. It was also the home ground of the Newcastle Falcons NBL club before they left the league.

It is renowned for being one of Australia's most flexible multi-purpose stadiums, able to accommodate sports events, various performances and expos. The Newcastle Show uses the Centre for various displays and the showbag area. The stadium has also played host to some of Kostya Tszyu's early fights as an Australian-based fighter.

It's listed capacity is 4,658, but it can host anywhere between 2,000 to 6,500 for various events.

The stadium is air-conditioned (installed as a requirement of the NBL when it moved to playing in the summer), equipped with top-grade lights, and also has scoreboards used for basketball and netball games.

The stadium is controlled by the Newcastle Showground and Exhibition Centre Trust.

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