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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Michael Parris

HISTORICAL FACTS: Hunter park plan needs more political will - The Untold Story

Andrew Bogut inspects the slippery court at Newcastle Entertainment Centre before an NBL trial match in 2018. The game was called off before tip-off.

The NSW government appears less than giddy with excitement about the prospect of building a new entertainment centre in Newcastle, despite the existence of a business case which the Newcastle Herald has been told makes a strong financial argument for the project.

The 25-year-old Newcastle Entertainment Centre is an embarrassment, not only to the city but to successive governments which have reaped the rewards of Hunter coal royalties and, more recently, asset sell-offs.

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