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Following Kogarah Council's recent statement that Jubilee Oval is under utilized, Dragons CEO Peter Doust has implied that Kogarah is a more economically viable option for the Dragons than WIN Stadium. In today's `Sydney Morning Herald', Doust cast some doubt over the future of the Dragons at WIN Stadium should the new poker
machine tax in NSW become effective.
Doust confirmed that the Dragons were looking at extending their agreement with WIN beyond 2005, but this has been put on hold until the Club conducts a full investigation on the impact of the proposed tax.
Significantly, Doust stated, "OKI Jubilee Stadium is a lot cheaper, more cost effective for the club."
He added that, "We don't pay the rental fees we have at WIN Stadium and we get the proceeds from food and beverage sales and a bigger return from corporate hospitality."
Even if St.George-Illawarra home games continue at WIN from 2006, Kogarah should be granted the lion's share on this basis. This would make up for the imbalance between the two regions from 2002 to 2005.
* The full article can be found at:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/24/1061663681296.html
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It was a travesty that we ever moved away in the first place & to then only play 5 games (4 next season) at Kogarah when we "came home" was an insult to the loyal Saints fans, but if Kogarah Oval hosts more matches - and better quality opponents too - it'll be a massive win for the hard workers at R2K & the board will be able to see just how wrong they were when they decided they wanted to invest in "software, not hardware" all those years ago...
Finally some justice for the half of the joint venture that puts in the lions share of the funding.
Cheers,
Ben S.
Following Kogarah Council's recent statement that Jubilee Oval is under utilized, Dragons CEO Peter Doust has implied that Kogarah is a more economically viable option for the Dragons than WIN Stadium. In today's `Sydney Morning Herald', Doust cast some doubt over the future of the Dragons at WIN Stadium should the new poker
machine tax in NSW become effective.
Doust confirmed that the Dragons were looking at extending their agreement with WIN beyond 2005, but this has been put on hold until the Club conducts a full investigation on the impact of the proposed tax.
Significantly, Doust stated, "OKI Jubilee Stadium is a lot cheaper, more cost effective for the club."
He added that, "We don't pay the rental fees we have at WIN Stadium and we get the proceeds from food and beverage sales and a bigger return from corporate hospitality."
Even if St.George-Illawarra home games continue at WIN from 2006, Kogarah should be granted the lion's share on this basis. This would make up for the imbalance between the two regions from 2002 to 2005.
* The full article can be found at:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/24/1061663681296.html
******
It was a travesty that we ever moved away in the first place & to then only play 5 games (4 next season) at Kogarah when we "came home" was an insult to the loyal Saints fans, but if Kogarah Oval hosts more matches - and better quality opponents too - it'll be a massive win for the hard workers at R2K & the board will be able to see just how wrong they were when they decided they wanted to invest in "software, not hardware" all those years ago...
Finally some justice for the half of the joint venture that puts in the lions share of the funding.
Cheers,
Ben S.
