Murray Bridge Basketball Association hammers away at getting new stadium

Exclusive: Members of the MBBA have expressed frustration that a cost blow-out has prevented a $4 million stadium from being built.

MBBA president Shirley Hartman vents her frustration about nails needing to be hammered down before games at the current stadium. Photo: Michael X. Savvas.

A cost blow-out has halted progress towards a new regional sports stadium in Murray Bridge for now.

Previous Murray Bridge Basketball Association president James Vowles said that although funding for the stadium at the Murray Bridge Showground had been received, the money hadn’t been put to use.

In the meantime, MBBA members and other players were making do with three courts that he said weren’t fit for purpose.