This extended penultimate episode of the “Eagles Nest-In” series looks back at one of the biggest moments in our history – the opening of our Eagles Community Arena on Friday 11 January 2019. In Episode 28 Paul and Sam Blake join Dan to relive that historic weekend and take us on a journey back in…
Today, 11 January 2020, marks 12 months to the day of our opening game at the Eagles Community Arena. It was a Friday night last year when a capacity crowd walked through the doors to show their support for both the Eagles team on court and all of those people who had been working tirelessly…
Esh Group today renewed their sponsorship of Newcastle Eagles Basketball for a 10th consecutive year in a deal which also includes support of our Eagles Community Foundation. In January this year the group’s Esh Build division completed their transformation of a derelict parcel of land on Scotswood Road, in the West End of Newcastle, into our new purpose-built…
On Friday 24 May 2019 we hosted our first ever End of Season Awards Dinner at our new Eagles Community Arena and our first event of its size in our new home. Just two years beforehand the club and foundation told everyone attending the organisation’s 21st birthday party that plans were in motion towards the…
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…
