Territory Netball Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Territory Netball Stadium
Former Names:Darwin Indoor Netball Stadium [1]
Location:235 Abala Road
Marrara, Northern Territory[2]
Broke Ground:2018
Opened:2019
Owner:Government of the Northern Territory
Operator:Netball Northern Territory
Construction Cost:$19.8
Tenants:Territory Storm
Seating Capacity:2,000

Territory Netball Stadium is an Australia netball stadium located in Marrara, a suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory. The stadium is owned by the Government of the Northern Territory who in turn lease it to Netball Northern Territory. Since opening in January 2019, it has become the home venue of Territory Storm of the Australian Netball League.

Construction

Darwin-based building firm Sunbuild began construction in 2018. The Government of the Northern Territory and Government of Australia contributed $11.8 million and $8 million respectively towards the project. While under construction, the stadium was also referred to as the Darwin Indoor Netball Stadium. [3] [4] On 24 January 2019, once construction was completed, the stadium was handed over to Netball Northern Territory who leased it from the Government of the Northern Territory.[5]

Facilities

The venue features four netball courts including a main court with seating for 2,000. It also contains changing rooms, an umpires room, meeting rooms, a café and an underground car park.[6] [7] [8]

Territory Storm

In 2019 Territory Storm of the Australian Netball League began to play some of their home games at the new stadium.[9] [10]

Events hosted

Event
2019 Arafura GamesIndoor volleyball[11] [12]
Netball at the 2019 Arafura Games[13]
2019 Suncorp Super Netball Round 7Adelaide Thunderbirds vs Sunshine Coast Lightning[14] [15] [16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Territory Netball Stadium a score for Territorians. Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. 26 June 2020. 24 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Territory Netball Stadium. www.austadiums.com. 26 June 2020.
  3. Web site: New Territory Netball Stadium a score for Territorians. Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. 26 June 2020. 24 January 2019.
  4. Web site: Job Creating Project: Territory Netball Stadium 70% Complete. dtsc.nt.gov.au. 26 June 2020. 18 September 2018.
  5. Web site: Netball Northern Territory Annual Report 2019. nt.netball.com.au. 25 June 2020.
  6. Web site: New Territory Netball Stadium a score for Territorians. Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. 26 June 2020. 24 January 2019.
  7. Web site: Territory Netball Stadium. www.austadiums.com. 26 June 2020.
  8. Web site: Job Creating Project: Territory Netball Stadium 70% Complete. dtsc.nt.gov.au. 26 June 2020. 18 September 2018.
  9. Web site: Dana's taking a shot at big time. www.territorystories.nt.gov.au. 26 June 2020. 5 April 2019.
  10. Web site: 2019 DUANL Fixture. netball.com.au. https://web.archive.org/web/20200627133145/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/16094708/DUANL-Fixture-only-15-April.pdf. 27 June 2020. 25 June 2020. 15 April 2019.
  11. Web site: Netball Northern Territory Annual Report 2019. nt.netball.com.au. 25 June 2020.
  12. Web site: Arafura Games – Darwin 2019. arafuragames.nt.gov.au. https://web.archive.org/web/20200324030733/https://arafuragames.nt.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AG2019-SportHandbook-Final.pdf. 24 March 2020. 26 June 2020.
  13. Web site: Netball Northern Territory Annual Report 2019. nt.netball.com.au. 25 June 2020.
  14. Web site: Netball Northern Territory Annual Report 2019. nt.netball.com.au. 25 June 2020.
  15. Web site: Adelaide Thunderbirds to play Round 7 in Darwin. adelaidethunderbirds.com.au. 26 June 2020. 28 February 2019.
  16. Web site: Adelaide Thunderbirds vs Sunshine Coast Lightning. supernetball.com.au. 26 June 2020. 8 June 2019.