The ticket box at the Regional Football Stadium has been handed over to Council Administrator Neil Porter, thanks to the Lions Club of Tacking Point.
The new ticket box replaced an old metal booth that had no floor or doors and was in a dilapidated condition, giving little protection from the elements to those personnel engaged to sell tickets.
The replacement of the old booth became an urgent requirement but, although the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council had a set of plans for a new building, budgetary constraints placed the old building’s replacement some years down the priority list.
The Lions Club of Tacking Point suggested to the Council that this could be a project for the club.
With the plans made available to the club and the generosity of a number of local businesses, the building was finally completed early this year, although it had been used by the Breakers and Sharks Football Clubs and a number of other sporting bodies for ticket sales over the last 12 months. The Project Chairman, Lion John Kerr, stated that this facility would add to the overall appearance of the excellent buildings already at the Stadium, which is considered to be one of the best facilities of its kind on the Mid-North Coast.
The new Ticket Box is quite robust and should be in use for many years to come, he said.
He also expressed the Club’s appreciation to the many sponsors who made the project possible.
