AdelaideSharky
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As I said elsewhere in the thread, it's been blatantly obvious for years the Dragons have a massive identity crisis.You could consider home Sharks finals games at Allianz Stadium as a proxy for this.
At the new Allianz Stadium, there have only been two home Sharks finals games:
- 2022 Elimination Final vs South Sydney (39,733) at 8:00pm on a Saturday
- 2024 Elimination Final vs North Queensland (19,124) at 7:50pm on a Friday
I would suggest that the sample size is not big enough yet to determine the feasibility of moving regular season games. 2022 reflected huge interest in the new stadium, and 2024 reflected an out of town rival on a congested weekend of sport (Bledisloe Cup, Swans Preliminary Final, Roosters vs Sea Eagles sellout). But its something to keep an eye on.
My hunch says that relocating home Sharks (and Manly) games to Allianz Stadium would be the wrong approach if you could prioritize home games here for South Sydney and St George Illawarra in the future.
They keep up the Sydney club identity but the truth is they are a Illawarra/South Coast club these days.
They'd be far better served playing all of their home games at Wollongong's WIN Stadium.