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The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

Iamback

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Perth Red said:
Could we see a magic round or a double header played at Optus I wonder? There will also be the extra byes from the 17th club to be used during this period. I'm sure with some smart scheduling and taking the opportunity to take some games on the road it wont be too much of a problem.
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AFL won't lease the grounds to NRL, middle of the year is the smaller drawing games anyway.
 
Perth Red

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Iamback said:
AFL won't lease the grounds to NRL, middle of the year is the smaller drawing games anyway.
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AFL don't own Optus, and there was a reason the WA sports Minister and SMC ceo was at Suncorp for this years Magic round talking with NRL. If you'd want to run a magic round in competition with a soccer WC is another matter. Perths getting 4 or 5 games I think so might not be much sports room for NRL to come to town.
 
Ozzi_78

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Look it would be good for the fans at Penrith and good on them but it’s a hard pill to swallow that 1 club gets all the allocated money that is available and other get nothing.

Dom clearly has darts from the public sector coming at him but unlikely he fixes that either.
 
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https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/sy...errottet-go-head-to-head-20220802-p5b6is.html

The $250m broken promise: Why stadium wars are set to reignite​

By Michael Chammas and Adrian Proszenko​



A heated argument between NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and ARLC chairman Peter V’landys on Monday night is set to ignite a war between the NRL and state government over stadium funding.
On Monday, Perrottet informed the NRL of the government’s decision to scrap plans to invest in suburban grounds.


Sources with knowledge of discussions told the Herald that the NRL was under the impression the government would follow through on a $250 million pledge to invest in suburban venues.
Manly and Cronulla’s home grounds were expected to receive about $100m each with Leichhardt Oval also earmarked for a $50m facelift. Plans to build a new $300m stadium in Penrith remain on track.

The NRL is now exploring its legal options. The decision may also reignite discussions between the NRL and Queensland government over the future of the grand final given head office has long told the NSW government that the destination of the showpiece event hinged on the level of investment into Sydney stadiums.
V’landys declined to comment on the matter but confirmed that he was waiting a final written response from Perrottet at 5pm on Tuesday.
Cronulla had been told they would receive between $100m to $130m for the upgrade of their venue.
"All indications to date have been positive discussions around PointsBet Stadium and the confidence around getting the funding for the very reasons the Sharks managed to demonstrate," Sharks CEO Dino Mezzatesta told the Herald.
“We’re No.1 in many areas, particularly around participation. Having just taken a women’s licence as well, we now can’t host double-headers.

“This money was critical for sustainability of the club long term to be able to host not only double-headers but home semi-finals as well.”
Besieged NSW deputy Liberal leader Stuart Ayres, speaking at the announcement of a community open day for Sydney’s new Allianz Stadium, conceded the government’s spending priorities had changed and that the state may need to “wait a little bit longer” for further stadium upgrades.


“We’ve got a long track record of [stadia investment],” Ayres said.
“We also know we have limitations on what we can do. We have continued our engagement with the NRL, we want to be able to upgrade suburban infrastructure, but we want to be able to do that when the fiscal capacity for the state allows for it.

“Let’s recognise that we have just been through some of the most significant floods and consistent flooding over the last couple of years. So there are lots of costs that are associated with it. We will continue to talk with the NRL around the things we can afford to do. But we have got priorities and we’ve got to stick to those … It might just mean we have to wait a little bit longer before we can spend additional money on [stadium upgrades].”

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Asked about the prospect of the NRL taking the grand final interstate because the government didn’t deliver on its promises, Ayres said: “If the NRL took the grand final from Sydney, after the NSW government has spent in excess of $1.5 billion on sporting infrastructure that massively benefits the NRL … if the NRL walked away from the home of its sport here in NSW, the state where the grand final has always been played in with the exception of the COVID grand final from last year, that would be an extraordinary move.
“I’m very confident that the NRL will keep the grand final here in NSW. They know it is the right thing to do. They know they have had an exceptional partner in the NSW government, but there are limitations to what governments can do.
“I think we will continue a very good working relationship with the NRL to have the best events in NSW.”
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Perth Red said:
good, its a short sighted strategy that left a third of Sydney's clubs still playing out of poor venues. Maybe clubs will now wake up to the fact its the 21st century and fans dont want to pay $75 to sit in a sht venue. Get shared stadiums back on the agenda.
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Who charges $75 for a seat!
 
The Great Dane

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beave said:
Take the GF on the road.

The agreement the NRL signed up to with the NSW state gov has been breached.

Disclaimer- The NRL GF should never leave Sydney but it's time to play hardball.
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It’s been breached again…

This is what, the fourth time they’ve had an agreement, or the NRL at least thought there was an agreement, and the NSW gov has breeched it.

NSW will continue to call the NRL’s bluff as well, because threats are meaningless unless you follow through on them.

There’re more positives than negatives to taking the GF on the road anyway, especially if they go about it the right way, and given the circumstances the NRL can play the babyface and argue that NSW’s decision forced them to take it one the road.
 
Frailty

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Perth Red said:
good, its a short sighted strategy that left a third of Sydney's clubs still playing out of poor venues. Maybe clubs will now wake up to the fact its the 21st century and fans dont want to pay $75 to sit in a sht venue. Get shared stadiums back on the agenda.
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The real problem is that for a proper shared stadiums approach to work, the NSW government will need to invest a hell of a lot more money for new stadiums in better locations. It's fine for AFL in Melbourne because the clubs are ridiculously close to the two stadiums on the outskirts of the CBD. The equivalent would be if the NRL's Sydney teams remains Eastern Suburbs, South Sydney, Balmain, Annandale, Newtown, Glebe, Western Suburbs (Ashfield) and North Sydney. Not to mention the ease of public transport in Melbourne with train lines heading directly to these grounds without multiple changes.
 
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Frailty said:
The real problem is that for a proper shared stadiums approach to work, the NSW government will need to invest a hell of a lot more money for new stadiums in better locations. It's fine for AFL in Melbourne because the clubs are ridiculously close to the two stadiums on the outskirts of the CBD. The equivalent would be if the NRL's Sydney teams remains Eastern Suburbs, South Sydney, Balmain, Annandale, Newtown, Glebe, Western Suburbs (Ashfield) and North Sydney. Not to mention the ease of public transport in Melbourne with train lines heading directly to these grounds without multiple changes.
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Yep it goes hand in hand, but it then benefits everyone not just sports fans if the transport system is much improved. In my limited experience I don't find getting around Sydney to the main places difficult. Travelled from Wollongong to Parra on Friday on public transport and it was doddle. Aside from transport the games KO times are the other biggest issues. I can see why fans wouldn't want to trek across the city at 10pm on a thursday night after a game!

NSW Govt has a point re the GF threat, they've delivered three state of art stadiums for NRL. If clubs choose not to fully use them that's not their fault. I don't know of any other Govt in the world that would build 6 or 7 multi million $ stadiums in one city for a sport! Not to mention all the CofE they are funding for what is effectively private businesses. I'm sure there are lots of private businesses in NSW that would love Govt support like NRl clubs get!
 
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We’ve already had parra and the new sfs with close to a billion and then Penrith it will be 1.5 billion

those are a great result for league and the arlc can just sell the grand final to the highest bidder

there’s nothing stopping the nsw govt from bidding to host the grand final in the future

it’s probably worth 20 million pa which is handy
 
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