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The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

El Diablo

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the pink poofs are carrying on like they've never had any handouts

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...d/news-story/f6ddf0c36204165511c87836d52eb056

Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham calls on funding help with Swans to lose out over stadium rebuild

Neil Cordy, The Daily Telegraph
December 18, 2017 7:36pm

THE AFL and the Swans are the big losers in Sydney’s $2 billion stadium rebuild.

The first thing the code will be without is the venue which has hosted the 11 largest crowds outside Victoria in the game’s history.

The red and white army won’t miss ANZ Stadium, but their club is in for a host of challenges in the coming years which include sharing their home ground with the Sydney Roosters, NSW Waratahs, State of Origin and possibly Sydney FC.

The wear and tear alone will restrict their ability to train on their home ground. It’s a squeeze the Swans have been feeling for a long time as they fight for space in the most competitive sporting market in the world.

Their practice ground opposite the SCG recently lost one of its wings to Sydney’s light rail project. The Swans are currently training at Sydney Grammar School, running around a heavy roller on their cricket pitch.

But the biggest tightening the Swans will feel is in the State Government’s purse strings.

They now find themselves well down the queue when it comes to the funding of any future developments at their home ground, including their much-desired training and administration centre.

As CEO of the Australian division of Moelis and Company, Swans chairman Andrew Pridham knows how to make money but this could be the toughest assignment of his tenure. His wish list is sensibly modest — new grandstands at the SCG aren’t on it but a new $50 million HQ is.

“Our training facility is one of the worst in the AFL,” Pridham said.

“(That’s) when you consider the Swans are the biggest tenant at the SCG, we have the biggest supporter group of any sporting club in Australia with 1.2 million. We’re the biggest sporting club in NSW. It’s not unfair that we would look for government support.”

The SCG Trust has a blueprint for the replacement of the Brewongle/Churchill and Bill O’Reilly Stands but the Swans aren’t particularly interested in any of them at the moment.

“We have no desire for the Brewongle or the Bill O’Reilly stands to be redeveloped, that’s not on our agenda, we’ve never really pushed it,” Pridham said.

“Our focus is about our training facilities and ovals so we can get a women’s team going. So we can keep our academy going and our indigenous program going and our senior team.”

The Swans’ training and administration facility is way off the pace when it comes to most of the teams in the AFL.

Fremantle is spending a staggering $100 million on their new complex and Essendon have a stunning set up at Tullamarine, complete with MCG and Etihad Stadium replicas on which to train. But Pridham and the Swans are aiming for around half that money.

“In the context of this stadium strategy our needs are very, very modest,” Pridham said.

“We are talking pennies compared to what’s going on elsewhere. We’re important to a lot of people in NSW so we want that reflected. We can’t get a women’s team and grow our academy until we’ve got the facilities. But equally important is we need ovals to train on.”
 

taipan

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Wonder if the Horrendous Red Handkerchief Head Wearing Tosser will go fully mental, should the South Melbourne Lame Geese secure large State Govt funding .
It's needed of course ,for an Uncordination Academy ,to develop their Tutu Wearing Fumbling Skills.

BTW what have I been suggesting all along.One of the mob who want to retain ANZ as is ,is the fumbling fraternity of freeloaders.
 

titoelcolombiano

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F@#k off Swans!

They are the largest club in NSW because they were until very recently the only club of their code in the city so the supporters of that code will gravitate towards that club with expats from VIC, SA and WA attending in big numbers as away supporters. 30k average crowds plus 10k for the Giants is 40k AFL supporters in the whole city - the TV ratings certainly reflect that - so no, you are not a major part of the sporting landscape - you are just the biggest AFL club in the biggest city in the country.

On funding - go and f@#k off again! Your code has had piles of funding recently for the SCG, the Showgrounds and I believe the training base or something for GWS. Not to mention being the main reason that ANZ is currently an oval.

Stop crying poor and just f@#k off!
 

Saint Doc

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F@#k off Swans!

They are the largest club in NSW because they were until very recently the only club of their code in the city so the supporters of that code will gravitate towards that club with expats from VIC, SA and WA attending in big numbers as away supporters. 30k average crowds plus 10k for the Giants is 40k AFL supporters in the whole city - the TV ratings certainly reflect that - so no, you are not a major part of the sporting landscape - you are just the biggest AFL club in the biggest city in the country.

On funding - go and f@#k off again! Your code has had piles of funding recently for the SCG, the Showgrounds and I believe the training base or something for GWS. Not to mention being the main reason that ANZ is currently an oval.

Stop crying poor and just f@#k off!

SCG $200mil 2015
Olympic Park GWS HQ $11mil 2014
Spotless $65mil 2012
Blacktown GWS HQ $27mil 2009

$300 million in 8 years
 

titoelcolombiano

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SCG $200mil 2015
Olympic Park GWS HQ $11mil 2014
Spotless $65mil 2012
Blacktown GWS HQ $27mil 2009

$300 million in 8 years

Thanks for the figures. Didn't they abandon the Blacktown HQ after all of that money was spent on it? I could be wrong but I thought that was the case. If so, what a waste.
 

Hello, I'm The Doctor

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the pink poofs are carrying on like they've never had any handouts

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...d/news-story/f6ddf0c36204165511c87836d52eb056

Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham calls on funding help with Swans to lose out over stadium rebuild

Neil Cordy, The Daily Telegraph
December 18, 2017 7:36pm

THE AFL and the Swans are the big losers in Sydney’s $2 billion stadium rebuild.

The first thing the code will be without is the venue which has hosted the 11 largest crowds outside Victoria in the game’s history.

The red and white army won’t miss ANZ Stadium, but their club is in for a host of challenges in the coming years which include sharing their home ground with the Sydney Roosters, NSW Waratahs, State of Origin and possibly Sydney FC.

The wear and tear alone will restrict their ability to train on their home ground. It’s a squeeze the Swans have been feeling for a long time as they fight for space in the most competitive sporting market in the world.

Their practice ground opposite the SCG recently lost one of its wings to Sydney’s light rail project. The Swans are currently training at Sydney Grammar School, running around a heavy roller on their cricket pitch.

But the biggest tightening the Swans will feel is in the State Government’s purse strings.

They now find themselves well down the queue when it comes to the funding of any future developments at their home ground, including their much-desired training and administration centre.

As CEO of the Australian division of Moelis and Company, Swans chairman Andrew Pridham knows how to make money but this could be the toughest assignment of his tenure. His wish list is sensibly modest — new grandstands at the SCG aren’t on it but a new $50 million HQ is.

“Our training facility is one of the worst in the AFL,” Pridham said.

“(That’s) when you consider the Swans are the biggest tenant at the SCG, we have the biggest supporter group of any sporting club in Australia with 1.2 million. We’re the biggest sporting club in NSW. It’s not unfair that we would look for government support.”

The SCG Trust has a blueprint for the replacement of the Brewongle/Churchill and Bill O’Reilly Stands but the Swans aren’t particularly interested in any of them at the moment.

“We have no desire for the Brewongle or the Bill O’Reilly stands to be redeveloped, that’s not on our agenda, we’ve never really pushed it,” Pridham said.

“Our focus is about our training facilities and ovals so we can get a women’s team going. So we can keep our academy going and our indigenous program going and our senior team.”

The Swans’ training and administration facility is way off the pace when it comes to most of the teams in the AFL.

Fremantle is spending a staggering $100 million on their new complex and Essendon have a stunning set up at Tullamarine, complete with MCG and Etihad Stadium replicas on which to train. But Pridham and the Swans are aiming for around half that money.

“In the context of this stadium strategy our needs are very, very modest,” Pridham said.

“We are talking pennies compared to what’s going on elsewhere. We’re important to a lot of people in NSW so we want that reflected. We can’t get a women’s team and grow our academy until we’ve got the facilities. But equally important is we need ovals to train on.”

Does anyone have a tiny violin?
 

Saint Doc

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Thanks for the figures. Didn't they abandon the Blacktown HQ after all of that money was spent on it? I could be wrong but I thought that was the case. If so, what a waste.
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El Diablo

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this ones better

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/n...y/news-story/4464698b4755975034e7627d23631fe4

Former Blacktown mayor Alan Pendleton claims GWS Giants are hardly western Sydney

Evan Sieff, Blacktown Advocate
February 18, 2014 12:44pm

Former Blacktown mayor Alan Pendleton claims the GWS Giants have betrayed Blacktown and rubbished their allegiance to western Sydney by relocating to Homebush.

When the Giants formed in 2009, they were welcomed with $27.5 million worth of purpose-built training and administration facilities at Blacktown International Sportspark.

The project was funded by Blacktown Council under then-mayor Pendleton, in partnership with the AFL and Cricket NSW, with the understanding that Blacktown would become the club’s long-term home.

However on Tuesday the club unveiled their new $11.5 million facility in Sydney Olympic Park, known as the Learning Life Centre.

Councillor Pendleton, who remains on Blacktown Council, attacked the decision to relocate the club 25km to the east.

“When they came to Blacktown they were going to be located here for the long-term, then they decided they got a better offer,” he said.

“It’s my belief that they betrayed Blacktown ... I don’t believe they have kept their end of the bargain.

“I don’t believe Homebush is western Sydney and the real western Sydney community isn’t going to buy it”

At the opening of the Learning Life Centre, Giants chairman Tony Shepherd paid specific tribute to Blacktown Council and the Blacktown region.

“We will be forever indebted to Blacktown and it will always be a part of the Giants, and the Giants a part of Blacktown,” he said.

Yet Cr Pendleton said the impact the Giants have had on the sporting landscape in Blacktown is negligible, reinforced by the fact that not one member of the team lives in the Blacktown region.

In 2009 the club’s foundation players were all settled in Breakfast Point, a picturesque suburb on the Parramatta River, only 14km from the CBD.

“I think they have some very small presence here (in Blacktown) but it’s no more than that,” Cr Pendleton said.

“You might get a clinic or two, or a few players walk through Westpoint, but that’s not what we signed up for.

“I was a foundation member but it’s fair to say I won’t be renewing my membership this year.”
 

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It's no coincidence the swans lame plea for funding comes on the day the nsw government announced the centre of excellence funding allocation for NRL clubs. Problem for them is it was part of the stadiums deal to keep the NRL GF in Sydney for 25 years. AFL have nothing to offer.
 

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