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…
Arena Build
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…
This is just a quick update from our Eagles Community Arena we have much more to share with you over the next couple of weeks as work on-site is now getting very exciting. Over the last few weeks the court floor has started to be laid down in the arena, while up over 10-metres above the…
The cameras were rolling at our Eagles Community Arena this week where our constructors Esh Group are working hard to meet the December deadline for our monumental move. Thanks to ITV Tyne Tees for this great report on the progress of our new ‘nest’ build so far and talking to our managing director Paul Blake…
The club remain bang on course to play BBL basketball at the brand new Eagles Community Arena before Christmas. And following the release of this season’s fixtures, owner Paul Blake admitted the finishing line is in sight following a decade of meticulous planning and tough negotiations. The 2018-19 campaign will see the organisation play in…
It has been a few weeks since we brought you an update from our Eagles Community Arena building site, so we are excited to show you how quickly our constructors Esh Group have got our new ‘nest’ flying-up. If you have passed the venue on Scotswood Road you will have seen a huge amount of progress recently…
The final workday of June was today and is recorded as another milestone in the build of our Eagles Community Arena as the court floor was being laid ready to receive the state-of-the-art flooring in the coming months. This part of the process is now almost complete and was all laid by our construction partner…