{"id":699098,"date":"2026-05-28T02:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/699098\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T02:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:26:13","slug":"belconnen-basketball-stadium-set-for-37-5m-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/699098\/","title":{"rendered":"Belconnen basketball stadium set for $37.5m upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Belconnen-basketball-stadium-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\"  \/>The Government says the expansion responds to growing demand for basketball facilities across Canberra, with more than 14,000 registered participants in the sport. Photo: Basketball ACT website.<\/p>\n<p>The ACT Government will spend $37.5 million to expand the Belconnen Basketball Stadium, increasing the number of indoor courts from four to seven as part of the 2026-27 Budget.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrade will include a convertible show court with retractable seating for up to 1800 spectators, allowing the venue to host higher-level basketball competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Additional player and spectator facilities, expanded parking, and solar panels and battery storage will also form part of the redevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>The Government says the expansion responds to growing demand for basketball facilities across Canberra, with more than 14,000 registered participants in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Planning work on the project will continue in the second half of the year, with construction timelines yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Government says the expansion responds to growing demand for basketball facilities across Canberra, with more than 14,000&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,340616,85],"class_list":["post-699098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-belconnen-basketball-stadium","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}