6 Nov 2024

Dunedin sports fan's lifelong dream set to become a reality

From Nights, 10:45 pm on 6 November 2024

Otago sports fanatic Stephen Gibson, also known to many as Stephen from Dunedin, has always dreamed of sitting in the crowd at an NBA basketball game.

The problem the NBA is played in the United States multiple flights and thousands of kilometres away from Dunedin.

But Stephen had a dream and his friends, including former radio presenters Jay Jay Feeney and Dom Harvey have spearheaded a campaign for him to achieve the dream.

Emile Donovan chats to Stephen and Jay Jay about the campaign and if his dream is about to become reality.

Otago sports fanatic Stephen Gibson, also known to many as Stephen from Dunedin, has always dreamed of sitting in the crowd at an NBA basketball game. Photo: Supplied