Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility
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Location | Speers Point, NSW, Australia |
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Coordinates | 32°57′35″S 151°37′8.2″E / 32.95972°S 151.618944°ECoordinates: 32°57′35″S 151°37′8.2″E / 32.95972°S 151.618944°E |
Owner | Northern NSW Football and the NSW State Government Hunter Infrastructure & Investment Fund |
Operator | Northern NSW Football |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 28 March 2014[1] |
Built | 2014 |
Opened | 26 November 2014 |
Construction cost | AUD $11.3 million (2014) |
Architect | ADW Johnson Pty Ltd [2] |
Project manager | ADW Johnson Pty Ltd |
Tenants | |
Newcastle Jets Youth 2020–Present (NPL NSW 4) Emerging Jets Academy 2020–Present | |
Website | |
Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility |
The Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility (LMRFF) is a football facility located in Speers Point, NSW.
Developed in 2014, it consists of:
- 2 full-size synthetic football fields,
- 10 five-a-side football fields,
- an administration building,
- a 120-space vehicle parking area and associated infrastructure.
FFA Cup[]
LMRFF is the host for the final rounds. The inaugural event at the facility was played on the weekend of 20–21 June 2015.[3]
Newcastle Jets[]
On May 21 2015, it was announced that the LMRFF would become the training facility for A-League team, the Newcastle Jets.[4] This coincided with FFA taking ownership of the club. The team had previously trained at Ray Watt Oval at the University of Newcastle.
References[]
- ^ "Construction underway for $11.3 million Lake Macquarie Football Facility". Lake Macquarie City Council. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014.
- ^ "Community Newsletter 2" (PDF). lakemac.com.au. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "Westfield FFA Cup Qualification Weekend Participants Determined". www.northernnswfootball.com.au/. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "FFA Move In To Start New Future At Jets". NBN News. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2014 establishments in Australia
- Soccer venues in New South Wales
- Sports venues completed in 2014
- Sports venues in New South Wales
- Association football stubs
- Australian sports venue stubs
- New South Wales building and structure stubs