Albury Council purchased the oval earlier this year for $1.2 million and met with sporting organisations from across the Border on Thursday to explain its vision.

The council is now waiting for feedback from key stakeholders before it then investigates how to fund the project.

The hub, which would be a three-storey structure, could house offices from the Ovens and Murray Football-Netball League, the Lavington Panthers football and cricket clubs, Cricket Albury-Wodonga, Cricket Victoria, Cricket NSW, regional AFL officers and other sporting organisations.

As part of the redevelopment, the oval’s lights will be upgraded to a standard capable of hosting major sporting contests such as preseason AFL and NRL games.

The Border hasn’t hosted an AFL game since 2006.

Part of the upgrade could also include Cricket Albury-Wodonga’s planned centre for excellence, which was revealed in yesterday’s The Border Mail.

Albury Council’s community and recreation director James Jenkins said the initial feedback from Thursday’s meeting was positive.

“We presented plans to all the stakeholders yesterday ... with the idea of a sports admin hub worth about $3 million,” he said.

“They all seemed generally positive ... but we’re waiting for them to all go back and see if it’s what they want.

“The next stage (would involve) a feasibility study and we’d also have to work out how we’d pay for it.”

Jenkins said the ground would be completely overhauled if the project was given the go-ahead.

“There would be a new entry into the back of the grandstand, addressing access issues and also bringing it up to modern day standards for disability access,” he said.

“We’d be changing the whole face of the ground ... it could be a fairly long process.”