Despite being one of the world's most-participated sports, numbers for badminton in the North of the state have dropped in recent years.
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This is something that Northern Tasmanian Badminton Association president Rodney Lockett believes could change with the news of UTAS Stadium's proposed $208 million upgrade.
Regardless of whether his sport uses the state-of-the art indoor facility set to cost $99 million, Lockett is optimistic for growth.
"Having the facility has to help spread the workload across all sporting zones," he said.
"It potentially opens the door up for other options, we don't have to hammer Elphin as being the one centre-point for indoor sports facilities."
The three-court stadium could see several Elphin Sports Centre timeslots currently filled by basketball be allocated to badminton or another sport, opening the door for more training nights - something the racquet sport is low on.
"That's probably the reason we aren't getting as many players as we would like because we are limited to the nights and days we can play, so we have to work around futsal, basketball and stuff like that."
Thanks to Elphin's full fleet of 16 badminton courts without any other sport's interference, the halls have become a mainstay of Badminton Australia's national calendar.
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Most recently hosting last season's open national champions and team event, Lockett thinks Launceston will earn another opportunity in the future with the new stadium to potentially entice larger sports to host national events in the city.
"At a national level for badminton, I would like to see another tournament held somewhere in Launceston," he said.
"There's a lot of old memories at Elphin but the centre that might be built, whether it's for badminton, basketball, netball or whatever sport they use it for could be a huge advantage for the North and the Greater Northern area."
Despite the limited availability of the courts, the Northern badminton community is starting to get back into full swing following COVID-19's main Tasmanian wave, which saw competitive rosters squeezed off the agenda due to financial viability.
Thursday night social play resumed back in July under the association's COVID plan and has been going for three weeks this year with competitive rosters across two divisions set to resume in April as the association's rebound continues.
Old and new players are welcome and encouraged to contact Lockett on 0409 956 238 or interact with the association's Facebook page.