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Northern Territory Sporting Facilities booklet (pdf 937Kb)
Sport and Recreation plays a major role in the provision of sporting facilities throughout the Northern Territory through the capital works program and the facility grants program.
The works include everything from the construction and maintenance of major state-level venues to assistance for local and community councils, sporting peak bodies and clubs.
The prime sports venue in the Northern Territory is the Marrara Sports Complex situated in the northern suburbs of Darwin, and adjacent to the Darwin International Airport.
Marrara Sports Complex
The facilities offered at Marrara include -
Marrara Oval - a major multi-purpose outdoor stadium which can accommodate in excess of fifteen thousand spectators. This is the home of AFL Northern Territory and the venue for AFL Premiership matches as well as Test and One Day International cricket matches.
Marrara Oval
Marrara Indoor Stadium - a multi-purpose, airconditioned indoor stadium with seating for 1000 people and a sprung floor which is suitable for a range of indoor sports as well as conventions, exhibitions and trade shows. [More]
Arafura Stadium - the home of athletics with floodlit facilities for track and field including an international standard synthetic running track, resurfaced in October 2002.
An international standard hockey stadium incorporating two floodlit synthetic wet surface pitches.
Dedicated grounds for rugby union, cricket, BMX racing and clay target shooting.
An airconditioned basketball stadium with sprung floors (opened in May 2003).
Basketball Stadium
New sports facilities currently under construction by the Government include the $6.5m Darwin Football Stadium at Marrara and the $9.5m Palmerston Recreation Centre. The football stadium will be the home of the Football Federation Northern Territory and is expected to be completed in March 2007. The Palmerston Recreation Centre will be complete in January 2007 and together with the new library is part of a complete remodelling of Palmerston's city centre.
Palmerston Recreation Centre
Darwin Football Stadium
The Micket Creek Shooting Complex in Darwin provides excellent facilities for various disciplines of rifle and pistol shooting.
The Hidden Valley Motorsports Complex incorporates a national standard motor race track, dragway, speedway, kart track and mud racing track, all within a few minutes' drive of Darwin city and the airport.
Hidden Valley Motor Sports Complex
Each year Hidden Valley plays host to a round of the Australian V8 Supercars.
In Central Australia, Alice Springs has a variety of quality sporting facilities. Traeger Park in the centre of town boasts floodlit football, baseball, tennis, and hockey venues and an indoor airconditioned basketball stadium. The main oval at Traeger Park has a new $3.0m grandstand, completed in 2006.
Traegar Park, Alice Springs
Other facilities supported by Sport and Recreation in Alice Springs include floodlit Anzac Oval, an outdoor netball centre, equestrian arenas and a BMX track at Blatherskite Park and a variety of venues for golf, bowls, shooting and motor sports.
Katherine, three hours south of Darwin, has a sports ground with the government-funded Henry Scott airconditioned multi-purpose sports centre, several ovals, a BMX track, swimming pool and tennis centre. Facilities are also located at the showgrounds and at club venues such as the Katherine Motor Sports Club and the Katherine Country Golf Club which hosts golf, lawn bowls and netball.
Tennant Creek's main sporting facilities are located in the centre of town at the Purkiss Reserve, and include ovals, synthetic-surface netball and tennis courts, and under-cover basketball courts. Motor sports, shooting and equestrian activities are also accommodated. Sporting and recreation infrastructure is also supported at many small towns and communities throughout the Northern Territory.
For more information please contact the Manager Facilities on (08) 8982 2307.