word14
Earlier this year

Silverdome

Larry Kestelman has said that some serious work is going to need to go into the Silverdome this offseason if the JJs want to continue playing 2 games a season there.

"The Silverdome is not a venue that is currently fit for purpose, even for the two NBL games that we have. So we definitely have a few problems to solve. There will definitely need to be investment in the Silverdome for games to continue in the North. It's the government's commitment to improve the venue so we can continue playing here. I don't think it's currently on the cards for us not to come here because the government has committed to do what's needed to bring the Silverdome up to NBL standard so we'll work with the government to make sure that happens."

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AussiePride
Earlier this year

Loosen up the hoops at the stadium and it improves 50%

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Perthworld
Earlier this year

That's not what LK wants loosened.

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NBLTigers
Earlier this year

Hoops are shit in Tassie. Don't understand why the rims aren’t made the same at every venue. Improve the rims will at least make those’s games watchable.

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word14
Earlier this year

100% agree, the rims have made a few games there almost unwatchable. Remember Tassie's 66-62 win there over NZ back in NBL22? Both teams barely shot 30% from the field, and under 15% from 3.

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WC95
Earlier this year

I don't think the rims are their main concern.

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word14
Earlier this year

I'm sure they're not but wouldn't complain if they replaced them anyway if their going to improve the whole arena.

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Perthworld
Earlier this year

Remember Tassie's 66-62 win there over NZ back in NBL22? Both teams barely shot 30% from the field, and under 15% from 3.

That was nasty and it didn't help that both teams weren't regular tenants of the venue so no one was used to them.

I'm getting flashbacks of the State Sports Centre in Sydney where the Razorbacks used to play for all-time hardest NBL rims.

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Scout
Earlier this year

While I understand the need for investment into the silverdome and JJ high performance centre as a Tasmanian believe strongly that there should be investment into courts in the community first.

There needs to be homes for basketball across the state, kids currently have no where to play in Tasmania; demand is there but no courts.

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word14
Earlier this year

Scout as a fellow Tasmanian I 100% agree, we need more courts and we need them asap.

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hoopie
Earlier this year

That $750 million (& counting) to gift the AFL a stadium would have paid for a lot of courts!

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Anonymightymouse
Earlier this year

Except the stadium has multiple funders, it will be owned by Tasmania, it will be a tool to bring visitors into the state, and the AFL team/stadium is initially bringing about $660 million worth of funding in Tas that wouldn't otherwise be coming.

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Anonymightymouse
Earlier this year

Agree with Scout, investment in local courts should be ahead of the Silverdome. Perhaps any work there should include additional community courts?

The JJ high performance centre development goes hand-in-hand with new community courts so should address both issues at the same time.

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word14
Earlier this year

Silverdome been given the green light to host its 2 games this season. Apparently the hoops and court from MSB Arena will be transported up for both games.

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Hoops

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