Newcastle will play in front of a capacity crowd on Friday when the Eagles Community Arena welcomes top flight basketball for the first time. Fabulous Flournoy’s men tackle fierce rivals Plymouth Raiders in the first homecourt fixture of 2019. Contractors put the finishing touches to the state-of-the-art arena earlier this week ready for Friday’s opening…
The eagle-eyed amongst our fans passing our new nest on Scotswood Road from tonight will see the first part of our amazing arena sign going up. Of course there will be plenty more pictures and updates from both inside and outside our new home over the days counting down to our opening next week, but…
On Christmas Eve our Eagles BBL team made themselves at home with a first tour and training session at our new Eagles Community Arena. The new multi-million pound purpose-built venue will be completed over the next few weeks after the Christmas break, with the opening BBL game date set for Friday 11 January 2019. Leading…
On Friday afternoon our Eagles Community Foundation took possession of the keys to our Eagles Community Arena as we enter the final stages in the construction of our new home. There’s still much to do, but it was a moment to celebrate how far we’ve come and an opportunity for some of the project team…
This morning we announced that our first BBL game our new Eagles Community Arena has had to be pushed back to Friday 11 January 2019, but the pace of work on-site will not slow as everyone pulls out all the stops to complete in time for the Christmas break. It has been another milestone week for…
Our Eagles will play their first BBL Championship clash at the brand new Eagles Community Arena in January. Officials had pencilled in a Friday 21 December opening for the state-of-the-art facility in the city’s West End, with Manchester Giants due on Tyneside that night. But a series of enforced BBL fixture changes, which are due…
This month has been one of huge transformations in the Eagles Community Arena as some of the biggest milestones in the development of the court area have been reached. The grand total of 18 baskets are now suspended from their supports in the ceiling and our state of the art LED lighting system is in…
Our Eagles Community Arena is really starting to look like our new home now with just eight weeks to go until the first BBL game is scheduled for tip-off. There’s still lots to do and that’s no understatement, but at this point as you take a look around the building you can really see just…
When we open our doors on Friday 21 December this year for our first home game at our Eagles Community Arena home our brand new hospitality suite will give a warm welcome to our VIP corporate partners, sponsors and guests. The new facilities at our purpose-build multi-million pound venue will provide a first class pre…
