Brisbane3 - What is needed to make it a successful bid?

[titoelcolombiano]

Jets partnering with Bombers last time and now Newtown sorta says to me one or both parties aren’t interested.

Shane Richardson in an interview a year or more ago was spruiking all the benefits of the Western corridor, at the time he was leading the Tigers/Firehawks. I guess Easts’ plan is to bid and say they’re a team for the West, kinda like Dolphins said they were going to represent the Sunshine Coast.

Yep you're right, if they were going to get married you'd think it would have already happened.

Easts do believe they can go it alone (they can certainly afford to). All I'd have to say to them is good luck with gaining traction with your brand out west, not impossible, but you've started with an uphill battle to climb.

 

[Vee]

Jets partnering with Bombers last time and now Newtown sorta says to me one or both parties aren’t interested.

Shane Richardson in an interview a year or more ago was spruiking all the benefits of the Western corridor, at the time he was leading the Tigers/Firehawks. I guess Easts’ plan is to bid and say they’re a team for the West, kinda like Dolphins said they were going to represent the Sunshine Coast.

Or North Sydney and anywhere that will have them.

 

[flippikat]

Yep you're right, if they were going to get married you'd think it would have already happened.

Easts do believe they can go it alone (they can certainly afford to). All I'd have to say to them is good luck with gaining traction with your brand out west, not impossible, but you've started with an uphill battle to climb.

I always thought that a Brisbane Jets.. colors - Green with orange & white trim - as a joint venture between Brisbane Easts & Ipswich (probably majority Easts as they're the money here) was an idea worth fostering.

While it's a shame that's passed, the next best thing is this Jets hookup. It's just sad that it leaves such a financial powerhouse as Brisbane Easts on the sideline unless Brisbane can accommodate 2 more NRL teams.

 

[MugaB]

That could fit...

18 Perth
19 PNG
20 NZ 2
21 Jets
22 Adelaide
23 NZ 3
24 Brisbane Easts-owned bid

21 Fiji
22 Jets
23 NZ3
24 Adelaide

No room for Brisbane tigers

 

[flippikat]

21 Fiji
22 Jets
23 NZ3
24 Adelaide

No room for Brisbane tigers

Fiji is an interesting one - they seem to have infrastructure & security somewhat better than PNG, but the financial aspect is still a question mark on the idea.

If it can be self-sustaining, it would basically be a "hub" for a Pacific Island presence - and somewhere Samoan & Tongan talent could feed into.

 

[Matt_CBY]

, kinda like Dolphins said they were going to represent the Sunshine Coast.

They do represent the Sunshine Coast. Saw plenty of supporter gear for the Dolphins on the streets last time I was there.

 

[Matt_CBY]

All I'd have to say to them is good luck with gaining traction with your brand out west, not impossible, but you've started with an uphill battle to climb.

They’d have to create a new brand anyway.

 

[jim_57]

They do represent the Sunshine Coast. Saw plenty of supporter gear for the Dolphins on the streets last time I was there.

They stopped playing there after one year, if they start again once the new stadium is built then maybe. Of course they’ll have some fans up there as they’re the closest team. FWIW though I didn’t see much Dolphins gear when I was up there last month.

Edit: They did play a trial there this year actually.

Sunshine Coast is supposed to be 540k by 2046, which at best is around when teams 23-24 will be looked at (if ever), hopefully they bid for their own team down the line.

 

[jim_57]

Could Brisbane support both a Tigers (covering the area from Coorparoo to Logan) and Jets (Western Corridor) on the route to 24?

Easts might have to do a Bears and relocate to Sunshine Coast if they don’t get Brisbane 3. 3 teams in Brisbane is heaps, even if one is based out of Ipswich.

 

[flippikat]

Easts might have to do a Bears and relocate to Sunshine Coast if they don’t get Brisbane 3. 3 teams in Brisbane is heaps, even if one is based out of Ipswich.

Fair point, and that's the kind of creative thinking that might be needed to get Brisbane Easts "over the line" as far as NRL status goes.

It does setup a potential battle (again) with the Dolphins over who best caters to that region, but I dare say that if Easts- or at least an Easts-owned club - becomes the NRL's Sunshine Coast team, then it means the Dolphins can refocus to being the NRL club that largely serves Brisbane's northern suburbs

 

[Perth Red]

Newtown need to tell Vlandys they have 200k fans waiting to come back to NRL for the Jets to get in.