James had to deliver the tough news to many recreational and competitive teams in mid-March that the stadium would be forced to close.

The decision from Basketball NSW came shortly after the March 14-15 round of the Western Junior League at Bathurst had to be cancelled.

But what might have at the time looked like a hasty call, in retrospect, looking like a very smart decision.

James said the response was swift.

"They were one of the first to call everything off from the get-go. They deserve props for that because their decision came so quickly," he said.

"When we canned the Thursday night games the week before that carnival I think everyone was a little angry, but that turned out to be the very same day that a couple of those cases in Orange popped up.

"Everyone started to realise how bad it was getting and that it was a necessary decision to shut everything.

"Then the forced shutdown from the government sort of approved the message that we'd been putting out there - that we couldn't keep running competitions while this was all going on."

The stadium made the news public online on March 15 that the stadium would be closed for a week to assess the situation, and as we now know, that situation didn't improve.

The decision was made before any Covid-19 cases had been confirmed in the city and was conducted in line with state health recommendations

"We had a massive rep carnival coming up but we noticed had bad it was getting so that's when we called everything off," James said.

"We quit all competitions off at that stage, then official word came out the next weekend that the stadium definitely had to shut."

James said he'd love to get to work on creating competition draws for local events but without a definitive return date he's venturing into unknown territory.

"With all the uncertainty, and looking like we're not going to be opening for a while, it's been hard even doing that," he said.

"At this time of the year I'd be trying to get out there promoting the start of the new competitions but that's impossible."

All basketball in the state is currently on hold until at least June 8, when the situation will be reassessed.

Courses have been cancelled while high performance Programs and state teams events have been suspended.

Updates can be found at bnsw.com.au/covid-19/