Stars chief executive officer Clint Cooper said at Friday’s launch the sky was the limit if the region supported the December 13 showdown.

“That’s the plan,” Cooper said.

“We need to create reasons why we need to come back here.

“If we get 15,000 people here it’s going to be bloody hard not to come back.

“We need to make this as big a success as we possibly can.”

While Cooper said the starting line-ups were yet to be confirmed, he expected both sides to be as close to full strength as possible.

A Meg Lanning-captained Melbourne Stars will take on Thunder as a curtain-raiser for WBBL points.

Starting times for the matches are yet to be confirmed.

“We don’t play our first home and away fixture until December 26 in Hobart so this is as close as we could get to a full hit-out,” he said.

“Everyone who is available to play will play.

“You will get the experience as close as possible to the Melbourne Stars and Sydney Thunder matches in Melbourne and Sydney.”

Sydney Thunder general manager Nick Cummins said the matches had been in the pipeline for months.

“Having the opportunity to replay the grand final is perfect preparation between the two leading clubs of the Big Bash,” Cummins said.

“We’ve been really keen to bring the Thunder to regional NSW for a number of years.”

Albury mayor Henk van de Ven rated the coup as one of the biggest in the city’s sporting history, alongside the World Cup match between England and Zimbabwe in 1992 and the City versus Country rugby league match in 2007

“We are redeveloping Lavington Sports Club for a reason,” van de Ven said.

“That’s to attract these national events on a regular basis.

“It’s fantastic news.

“We would love the opportunity to have this as a bi-annual event at the worst.”

About 60 people attended Friday’s launch at The River Deck in Albury.