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The Tigers dont play many games at Leichhardt Oval.....so you think when they actually do get around to playing there that they'd draw a good crowd....right?
But just 5648 fans attended the game against the Storm...this for stadium that some feel should have $2,000,000 worth of tax payer dollars thrown at it to give it a lick of paint!
There will ofcourse be excuses. Like the weather. It was cold in Sydney....
Well Im sorry, but its always cold in winter. And if no one will turn up to Leichhardt Oval now....what is $2,000,000 worth of improvments to the stadium going to do that will drag these people through the gates in winter?
Someone is sure to come out with the old "But we were playing the Storm so we wont have a big crowd" excuse. Here is a tip.....this same game played in Melbourne in worse conditions would get a bigger crowd. The Tigers at best play a handfull of games at Leichhardt Oval every year. They have a very good record at Leichhardt Oval. They were playing a side that was in the top 4!
None of this will matter of course. I'll get bagged for even bringing this subject up. But what it comes down to is simple numbers.
A stadium that is 70 years old.
A brand new, $24,000,000 Stadium at Campbelltown.
Just 5,648 people.
$2,000,000 of tax payers money.
At best, 7 games a season.
Thats $285,715 per game....and for what. Its not like this stadium will be upgraded in any great way. They are giving the Titanic a new coat of paint. Leichhardt Oval is to old now.....it would take tens of million of dollars to bring the stadium up to standards.
That type of money will never be made avalible of course. So lets just waste $2,000,000 of tax payers money so we can remember the days when poor stadiums like this were common place while we sit with 5,647 of our closest friends. :roll:
But just 5648 fans attended the game against the Storm...this for stadium that some feel should have $2,000,000 worth of tax payer dollars thrown at it to give it a lick of paint!
There will ofcourse be excuses. Like the weather. It was cold in Sydney....
Well Im sorry, but its always cold in winter. And if no one will turn up to Leichhardt Oval now....what is $2,000,000 worth of improvments to the stadium going to do that will drag these people through the gates in winter?
Someone is sure to come out with the old "But we were playing the Storm so we wont have a big crowd" excuse. Here is a tip.....this same game played in Melbourne in worse conditions would get a bigger crowd. The Tigers at best play a handfull of games at Leichhardt Oval every year. They have a very good record at Leichhardt Oval. They were playing a side that was in the top 4!
None of this will matter of course. I'll get bagged for even bringing this subject up. But what it comes down to is simple numbers.
A stadium that is 70 years old.
A brand new, $24,000,000 Stadium at Campbelltown.
Just 5,648 people.
$2,000,000 of tax payers money.
At best, 7 games a season.
Thats $285,715 per game....and for what. Its not like this stadium will be upgraded in any great way. They are giving the Titanic a new coat of paint. Leichhardt Oval is to old now.....it would take tens of million of dollars to bring the stadium up to standards.
That type of money will never be made avalible of course. So lets just waste $2,000,000 of tax payers money so we can remember the days when poor stadiums like this were common place while we sit with 5,647 of our closest friends. :roll:
