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Townsville Entertainment Basketball and Convention Centre (TEN) Venue Media Information 1. Usage at Gold Coast 2018 Basketball (Preliminaries) 2. Location Entertainment Drive, Townsville, Queensland 4210 The Press and Photographers’ Guide contains maps to all venues 3. Getting there and transport options Parking around Games venues is severely restricted. For more information around parking, see the Press and Photographers’ Guide. Media Load Zone (TM) / Event City Shuttle (ECS): There is no dedicated media service (TM) for media in Townsville. Townsville Entertainment Basketball and Convention Centre (TEN) Press staying at Hotel Grand Chancellor Townsville, Flinders Street, will be able to access an accredited, shared shuttle service to the venue (known as the Event City Shuttle); this drops off 300m from the accredited entry. Accredited Media Load Zone (AMD): Co-located with shuttle drop-off, a 300m walk to the accredited entry. This can be accessed without a Vehicle Access and Parking Permit (VAPP) at this venue. Taxi stand: Outside the Ville Resort Casino on Sir Leslie Thiess Drive Passenger pick-up: On The Strand, outside the bowls club Public transport: Bus: 200, 201 to/from ferry terminal Visit Sunbus.com.au/Townsville/bus-timetable/ for more transport information Bicycle parking: Located off The Strand in the Enterprise House Carpark next to the bowls club From Townsville Airport to Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre - around a 15-minute drive - Click here to view map Please note flights to Townsville are only from Brisbane Airport. 4. Dates of competition & medal events Basketball: April 5-10 No medal events, just preliminaries 5. Training venues Competition venue: There will be no training in the competition venue. Media are not able to access shoot-arounds or familiarisation sessions that take place at the Convention Centre. Standalone training venue(s): Townsville Stadium, Murray Lyons Crescent, Annandale, Queensland 4814 All basketball training in Townsville takes place at Townsville Stadium. Media can attend any open sessions. The Southport School, 2 Winchester Street, Southport, Queensland 4215. Some teams may train at The Southport School on the Gold Coast before travelling to Townsville. This venue is also available to teams returning to the Gold Coast for finals. Media can attend any open sessions at this venue. A schedule for athlete training is available on GamesInfo. Session status may change at short notice, so always check before travelling. 6. Venue Media Centre (VMC) Opening dates/hours: 3 Apr, 09:00- 18:00, non-competition day 4 Apr, 09:00-18:00, non-competition day 5 Apr, 15:30-00:00, competition day 6 Apr, 16:30-01:00, competition day 7 Apr, 15:30-00:00, competition day 8 Apr, 09:30-01:00, competition day Townsville Entertainment Basketball and Convention Centre (TEN) 9 Apr, 15:30-00:00, competition day 10 Apr, 16:30-01:00 competition day Each VMC has a Media Lounge with complimentary refreshment station providing tea, coffee and water. Drinking water is provided and press are encouraged to use the sports bottle provided in the press kit. There are always options for press to purchase refreshments and meals inside venues. 7. Media Conference Room Media conferences or opportunities will only be held when there is demand; this will primarily be after medal ceremonies, but they may take place after any session. There is a Media Conference Room at Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre. 8. Tribune There is no press seating at this venue. There are non-tabled positions with access to power and Wi-Fi. 9. Mixed zone There are Mixed Zones at all competition venues. These provide an opportunity for press to interview athletes immediately after competition. A hierarchy is followed, with the rights-holding broadcaster taking place ahead of the press. CGA press attaches who have registered with GOLDOC are entitled to accompany their athletes through the Mixed Zone. All athletes are required to pass through the Mixed Zone, but conducting interviews is at each athlete’s discretion. 10. Internet/Wi-Fi Each VMC has workrooms for press and photographers, which are generally co-located. There is complimentary Wi-Fi throughout workrooms (to protect all network users, free Wi-Fi connections will be limited to 3Mbps). 11. Photographers Each VMC is equipped with: Help desk for enquiries, information, print and photocopy services and locker allocation Shared cabled positions in photo workrooms (first-come, first-served basis) Workspaces with access to power Lockers (first-come, first-served basis) Printing from personal devices 12. Venue facts *Built in 1993, Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre is positioned on the waterfront overlooking Magnetic Island – also located beside the Ville Resort Casino. *Women’s National Basketball League [WNBL] side Townsville Fire are the only female professional sporting team of any discipline in the northern half of Australia – they are hugely successful, with two Grand Final wins. *Basketball is entrenched in the sporting culture of Townsville. *Home to the men’s basketball team since 2014, the Townsville Crocodiles pulled out of the 2016-17 NBL season due to financial pressures. Townsville Entertainment Basketball and Convention Centre (TEN) 13. Venue contacts Venue Press Manager: George Berry [email protected] +61(0) 411 546 164 Venue Photo Manager: Cameron Laird [email protected] +61(0) 411 546 165 VMC help desk: +61(0)7 4434 8025 .