Any renaming of the Lavington Sportsground that leaves out the suburb will be met with "great resistance" from Albury councillor Darren Cameron.
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Online feedback and face-to-face consultation with user groups will start next month after councillors approved a stakeholder engagement strategy on Monday night.
Cr Cameron was concerned there was a bid to remove Lavington from the name and said the area had been considered "second-class" to Albury since the 1950s.
"The people of Lavington and even North Albury do often express to me they don't get an equitable share of the city's resources or recognition of .... [what they] have contributed to this city's growth and well-being," he said.
"It may be appropriate to call it Lavington Stadium or some other name that incorporates Lavington."
Cr Murray King said it was important there be consideration of the word "regional" in the new title.
"Albury-Wodonga is the oasis of this region and the sports arena will house and host a lot of sports and a lot of visitors from out of town," he said.
"In its future for funding, it probably needs to be designated a regional centre for sport."
Cr Alice Glachan said there would be a huge number of suggestions for the re-naming.
"Who knows, someone might come up with Black Range which would be appropriate for that area," she said.
"My understanding is the back of Lavington used to be called Black Range."
Also on Monday night, councillors unanimously resolved to explore further initiatives for enhancing the state of the Hume Freeway through Albury's centre, including lobbying for more state money.
Cr John Stuchbery supported Cr King's push to improve the state of the freeway, but was disappointed staff did not recommend that council assume management of the road's maintenance and contribute additional funding towards it.
"I would have thought this was a way to retake control of roads we're continually losing control of," he said.
"Clearly the amount of funding allocated at present is completely insufficient."
The meeting heard $150,000 of the $285,000 allocated annually by the NSW transport department to maintain the section of freeway between the Spirit of Progress bridge and the Davey Road interchange is spent on litter collection, outlining the need to change community behaviour.
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Transport for NSW indicated to Albury Council that there is no opportunity to increase the $285,000 contribution "as it would have a detrimental impact on other roadside areas across the region and state".
Cr King said he didn't care if other areas lost money because improving the entrance to Albury and Wodonga was important.
"It doesn't paint a pretty picture at the moment," he said.
"The intent is we continue to look for possible grant funding opportunities along the way that might be around entrances to our city."