Funding boost keeps Kalgoorlie-Boulder basketball stadium project on track for completion in November

Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s basketball stadium redevelopment has received a near-$2 million funding boost to help meet rising costs and ensure its completion by the end of the year. On Friday, Kalgoorlie MLA Ali Kent announced $1.8m in further funding had been secured to meet cost pressures on the Niels Hansen Basketball Stadium project, which began mid-last year, to ensure the project was completed by November. The total cost of the project — which will see the 44-year-old stadium revamped with two new indoor courts complementing three existing courts, seating for more than 1000 spectators, separate change rooms, an office, bar, function room, kitchen and first aid area — is now $14.76m. Kalgoorlie-Boulder Basketball Association president Rob Tagliaferri said he was “incredibly grateful” for the additional funding. “It really is fantastic to hear that the project will proceed,” he said. “Works are well under way and due for completion by the end of the year, which is just wonderful for the local community.” Ms Kent said the extra contribution brought the State Government’s contribution to the project to $6.8m. “It will make so many local people happy to hear that the project remains on track for completion by November,” she said.