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The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

siv

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CAn you post article, its pay firewalled. Cheers

Hong Kong-listed real estate company Jiayuan has committed to spending $300 million on a purpose-built football stadium in southern Sydney if the new Southern Expansion club wins a place in the A-League.

The group, which already holds a stake in Australia's first ASX-listed Chinese property company Boyuan, said it would fully fund the club being spearheaded by football commentators Les Murray and Craig Foster and former NSW PCYC chief executive Chris Gardiner.

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Renders of what a future Jiayuan funded $300 million football stadium could look like. Photo: Supplied
"Southern's capital investments will be guaranteed by the Jiayuan Group, its subsidiary operations in Australia and other local project partners," a Jiayuan spokesman told AFR Weekend.

"Investment will be sustained by the Group's commitment to the future of its local expansion strategy. They will be working with various local partners and communities to realise this."

The trio launched the Southern Expansion campaign in March to deliver new professional football clubs for the southern region of Sydney, covering the St George, Sutherland and the South Coast football communities.

It will bid for for places in the A-League, W-League and national youth league, though Football Federation Australia has said it has no imminent expansion plans.

Jiayuan has said it will not only fund the football stadium, but also pay for $15 million in training, administrative facilities and local infrastructure for the new club.

The league is expected to deliver $7.4million to $9.2 million in additional media rights, $850,000 in additional sponsorship and an additional 1.9 million television viewers for Football Federation Australia, new research by sports marketing consultancy Gemba shows.

The proposed club, known for now as Southern Expansion, expects home game match attendances of 185,000 a season, Gemba says.

"The almost unanimous view of football fans around the country is that the game needs to continue to grow and be ambitious, beyond the current 10-team competition as soon as practicable," Southern Head of Football Craig Foster said.

"Since 2012/13, as highlighted by the analysis, there has been flat regular season attendances, along with low growth in subscription TV viewership. Expansion is critical to lifting exposure, investment, support and to grow the football economy, too often crying out for additional income today."

Jiayuan sees the league as an opportunity to accelerate its global expansion plans, which include local community projects with a special interest in team sports, such as football.

It saw its presence in Australia with Boyuan as an opportunity to fund a new Australian team, which it hopes would eventually win the Asian Champions League.

Already, the A-League club Melbourne City is owned by Chinese-backed City Football Group.

In Europe, Chinese investors have put money in Manchester City, Atlético Madrid and Lyon.

China's rich list The Hurun Report said Chinese interest in football, particularly in European, is "huge".

While Beijing has increased scrutiny of Chinese global investments in recent times, the $860 million Jiayuan believes the Chinese government is still in favour of sporting club investments.
 

VictoryFC

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Complete load of bollocks.

It's either a ploy at a land grab in Sydney, or funneling/laundering money out of China, or both. Foreign investment in the A-League won't have anything to do with the A-League.

In any case, this won't ever see the light of day.
 
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Yeah colour me very skeptical about that southern Sydney stadium. I genuinely hope I'm wrong but I can never see that being built. At least not with 100% private money.
 

Suitman

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Yep, hardly likely to happen, but at least this article got them some publicity and some exposure.
I'm not even sure where they'd build it actually?
It would almost cost them that much again to buy the land to build it. There's not much available space around in that area, unless they did a deal with the Sharks.
As El D said, they probably wouldn't want other codes playing on it during their own season anyway.
 

Hello, I'm The Doctor

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Hong Kong-listed real estate company Jiayuan has committed to spending $300 million on a purpose-built football stadium in southern Sydney if the new Southern Expansion club wins a place in the A-League.

The group, which already holds a stake in Australia's first ASX-listed Chinese property company Boyuan, said it would fully fund the club being spearheaded by football commentators Les Murray and Craig Foster and former NSW PCYC chief executive Chris Gardiner.

1500022655648.jpg

Renders of what a future Jiayuan funded $300 million football stadium could look like. Photo: Supplied
"Southern's capital investments will be guaranteed by the Jiayuan Group, its subsidiary operations in Australia and other local project partners," a Jiayuan spokesman told AFR Weekend.

"Investment will be sustained by the Group's commitment to the future of its local expansion strategy. They will be working with various local partners and communities to realise this."

The trio launched the Southern Expansion campaign in March to deliver new professional football clubs for the southern region of Sydney, covering the St George, Sutherland and the South Coast football communities.

It will bid for for places in the A-League, W-League and national youth league, though Football Federation Australia has said it has no imminent expansion plans.

Jiayuan has said it will not only fund the football stadium, but also pay for $15 million in training, administrative facilities and local infrastructure for the new club.

The league is expected to deliver $7.4million to $9.2 million in additional media rights, $850,000 in additional sponsorship and an additional 1.9 million television viewers for Football Federation Australia, new research by sports marketing consultancy Gemba shows.

The proposed club, known for now as Southern Expansion, expects home game match attendances of 185,000 a season, Gemba says.

"The almost unanimous view of football fans around the country is that the game needs to continue to grow and be ambitious, beyond the current 10-team competition as soon as practicable," Southern Head of Football Craig Foster said.

"Since 2012/13, as highlighted by the analysis, there has been flat regular season attendances, along with low growth in subscription TV viewership. Expansion is critical to lifting exposure, investment, support and to grow the football economy, too often crying out for additional income today."

Jiayuan sees the league as an opportunity to accelerate its global expansion plans, which include local community projects with a special interest in team sports, such as football.

It saw its presence in Australia with Boyuan as an opportunity to fund a new Australian team, which it hopes would eventually win the Asian Champions League.

Already, the A-League club Melbourne City is owned by Chinese-backed City Football Group.

In Europe, Chinese investors have put money in Manchester City, Atlético Madrid and Lyon.

China's rich list The Hurun Report said Chinese interest in football, particularly in European, is "huge".

While Beijing has increased scrutiny of Chinese global investments in recent times, the $860 million Jiayuan believes the Chinese government is still in favour of sporting club investments.

Hahaha, and i sure it will be a coincidence that they suddenly need to develop 1000 apartments around the area too....
 

Perth Red

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Hmmm, that's a lot of money to pump into little old Aleague. Still might give sharks somewhere decent to play! They can then turn shark park into more apartments and turn a profit.

Would there be space at Dragons stadium for a development of this size?
 

taipan

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Hmmm, that's a lot of money to pump into little old Aleague. Still might give sharks somewhere decent to play! They can then turn shark park into more apartments and turn a profit.

Would there be space at Dragons stadium for a development of this size?

Apartment area fully covered at Shark Park, no more space for living.Other spot taken up by retail and the $1m pa rental income.
Could remove mangroves for a car racing track.
 

El Diablo

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http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...case-rebuild-fasttracked-20170719-gxe46o.html

NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg wants ANZ Stadium business case, rebuild fast-tracked
NRL boss Todd Greenberg wants clarification on the allocation of Sydney's $1.6 billion stadia network promptly, urging the NSW government to consider starting the ANZ Stadium rebuild ahead of a logical 2019 starting date to minimise the impact on State of Origin games and NRL grand finals.

Fairfax Media understands the political wrangling behind the scenes over the break-up of the much-needed Sydney stadia makeover is unlikely to strip the lion's share of funding from ANZ Stadium, despite a campaign to divert a bigger portion of the pie to Allianz Stadium.

Sydney's major events schedule for the next two years remains shrouded in uncertainty – causing headaches for sporting administrators and tour promoters – given the state government is still awaiting a detailed business case on the redevelopment of ANZ Stadium.

The NRL grand final is almost certain to be played outside of Sydney for the first time in 2019 given work is likely to start on ANZ Stadium that year after the new Parramatta Stadium is opened, but Greenberg has floated the idea of construction starting earlier than anticipated on the venue.

The NRL chief executive has already written to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on behalf of major tenants the Rabbitohs and Bulldogs reaffirming his support for the redevelopment of ANZ Stadium after a leaked report claimed a cost blowout on the project at NSW's largest stadium.

The original rebuild was estimated to be between $700 million to $800 million.

Asked about a 2019 start for the ANZ Stadium work, Greenberg said: "That might be the indicative timeline, but we'd like to see it happen faster if we could. We're hoping we can see benefits from stadium redevelopment really quickly.

"We've got an agreement with the NSW government on where [the $1.6 billion] will be spent and clearly they've started phase one of that at Parramatta.

The big part will be what happens at Olympic Park. We're still waiting for that to come down from Infrastructure NSW and the Minister [for Sport, Stuart Ayres]. We're being patient, but we're hoping to get an answer pretty soon."

If the ANZ Stadium redevelopment was to start midway through 2019 after the Western Sydney Stadium was finished, NRL chiefs may agitate for work to begin after the sole Origin match scheduled for Sydney is played.

It would then leave them with at least one grand final on the road – potentially two – if ANZ Stadium wasn't reopened in time for the 2020 decider as a state-of-the-art rectangular venue that brings fans closer to the action.

Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium is a firm favourite to host at least one grand final should the NRL take its showpiece on the road.

While ANZ Stadium could stay operational for anywhere up to four years under a staged overhaul, it is considered most likely the venue will be closed to expedite its renovation.

The Rabbitohs, Bulldogs, Wests Tigers and Dragons have become increasingly frustrated with the lack of clarity around a timeline for the ANZ Stadium redevelopment.

St George Illawarra has already indicated they may return more home games to their spiritual bases at Kogarah and Wollongong – perhaps as early next year – given the uncertainty.

Greenberg, who has consistently said he is opposed to playing marquee matches in "construction zones", is open to putting the game's showpiece up for tender during the once-in-a-generation Sydney stadia investment.

Asked about playing more than one grand final outside of Sydney, Greenberg said: "I will only be able to answer that question with any definitive view depending on the construction timetable of [ANZ Stadium].

"If it takes longer [than anticipated] then that would take an additional grand final [away from ANZ Stadium]. I'm pretty hopeful that we can do it in a short space of time."

Only last year the state government acquired ANZ Stadium from the Stadium Australia Group, returning the venue to public ownership.

The Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust has told Minister Ayres it has safety concerns with the ageing Allianz Stadium, which is home to the Roosters, rugby union's NSW Waratahs and A-League champions Sydney FC.
 

beave

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Lofty plans for Townsville stadium


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DOMANII CAMERON, Townsville Bulletin
July 23, 2017 9:38am
Subscriber only

TOWNSVILLE’S new CBD stadium could offer adventure tourism experiences including roof walks to allow the facility to be used 365 days a year.

The idea from Townsville Enterprise chief executive officer Patricia O’Callaghan is among a range of options touted to cement the stadium as a tourism destination.

Planning is still on track for the first sod to be turned in September, with five trade packages already awarded.

The stadium will have Wi-Fi, with the design scope and extent of IT services being developed in consultation with Stadiums Queensland.

The project’s food and beverage consultant is also developing a strategy including vending options in consultation with Stadiums Queensland, who will be responsible for the catering tender process.

It will also house a number of corporate facilities.

Ms O’Callaghan said plenty of research had been going into what would make the stadium fit for many purposes.

“Connectivity, food and beverage is really important among the range of (options),” she said.

“It has to be designed for it to be home not just to sports but concerts and festivals.”

Ms O’Callaghan said it was an opportunity for the community to be creative.

“Stadium walks around the top — we want to see it used 365 days a year,” she said.

“We shouldn’t miss the opportunity for adventure-type activities.”

While 300 carparks will be created on site, an additional 630 carparks in the Dean St carpark next to the stadium will be available for events.

Townsville MP Scott Stewart said it was important it was a multipurpose facility.

“If that means roof walks then that’s great,” he said.

“Even police have looked at possibly … setting up a Police Beat.

“People are being very creative around how they are thinking about this stadium being not just a stadium.”

Mr Stewart said he had spoken to several ministers about creating a statue of Cowboys legend Johnathan Thurston.

He said the stadium could potentially be home to a North Queensland sports museum.

“It doesn’t have to happen immediately but I think it’s those sorts of seeds we can plant now,” he said.

Stadiums Queensland chief executive Todd Harris said his team was aiming to make the stadium suit as many purposes as possible.

“We’re focused on getting a very high quality designed facility within the budget that’s being provided,” he said.

“There’s been a huge amount of work being done in the background.”





http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.a...m/news-story/a905c212f8889f407cf52e56817b4e93
 

Billythekid

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It will be great for the game up there when it's finally complete. I'm sure it's been posted before but when is it planned to be completed?

Can't wait for all these new stadiums to be completed, I think they'll all have a very positive impact on crowd numbers.
 

beave

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It will be great for the game up there when it's finally complete. I'm sure it's been posted before but when is it planned to be completed?

Can't wait for all these new stadiums to be completed, I think they'll all have a very positive impact on crowd numbers.

Should be ready for 2020 mate.
 
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