The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

[forby]

BS. If it was Penrith v NQ it wouldn't have been suggested.

 

[LeagueXIII]

From Weidler's column today, unable to post link.

Final threat gone
The fanatical support for the two Sydney teams in last weekend’s grand final has torpedoed the NRL’s annual threat to take the biggest game of the year interstate. Head office would have been humiliated if it had robbed Penrith and Parramatta fans of a chance to see the match by taking it to Queensland.

With Sydney clubs currently dominating the competition, it would be a gigantic risk to hold the grand final anywhere but Accor Stadium in the foreseeable future.

Certainly the suggestion that the NRL adopt a “Super Bowl” system – and take the game to the likes of Perth and Melbourne – should be off the agenda.

That’s why there are whispers of a new stadium deal with the NSW government which would keep the decider in Sydney for the next decade.

Under the proposal, which has reached senior ministerial level, the government would upgrade Penrith Stadium rather than doing a full rebuild on the adjacent harness racing club site.

The money saved would be used to upgrade suburban grounds, enabling the NRL to save face and deliver a result to the clubs. In return, the NRL would commit to holding the grand final in Sydney for the next 10 years.

The recent brawl between the government and NRL has shown there is little public support for stadium funding, so the package will need to be sold publicly as a win for taxpayers who won’t have to pay up to $10million a year to keep the grand final in Sydney.

In victoria the afl get money for all sorts of facilities barely a complaint. Currently geelong are getting an upgrade to their stadium.

 

[Wb1234]

In victoria the afl get money for all sorts of facilities barely a complaint. Currently geelong are getting an upgrade to their stadium.

In Sydney afl get money for new stadiums and there is no complaint

 

[Colk]

In Sydney afl get money for new stadiums and there is no complaint

Do you hear about the negotiations in the media though? Maybe V’Landys should learn some lessons regards to how they negotiate

 

[Iamback]

you will be playing where you are now in 2023 for sure ... upgrades will commence at seasons end next year

& govts spin shit all the time to justify their spending , if its to ensure the NRL GF for 10 years the public will moan for a week & it'll be forgotten

There will be a fee for hosting the GF
The extra millions the NRL makes is why it will stay at Accor

 

[Iamback]

In Sydney afl get money for new stadiums and there is no complaint

Because it is done quietly

 

[forby]

The reward for winning the Wester Sydney GF - no new stadium, just a half arsed upgrade.

 

[Wb1234]

Do you hear about the negotiations in the media though? Maybe V’Landys should learn some lessons regards to how they negotiate

Peter firzstupid didn’t make an issue of it

we’re talking about close to one hundred million between Blacktown and the Showgrounds to a club whose Paying crowds are like 3k per game

 

[Colk]

So once again Penrith gets penalised because they don’t have a second tenant due to it being a RL heartland!
Who is the second tenant at Brookvale and Cronulla?

The difference is they weren’t getting a new stadium. They were getting upgrades

 

[T-Boon]

I thought the GF was a great atmosphere for 15 minutes but the view from my seat was pure dogshit. A horrible advertisement for the game.
If QLD government got Suncorp up to 60k I would totally be a fan of taking it there. I would rather spend more and get a really good view.

 

[Timbo]

This is hardly a terrible result.

Two new state of the art stadiums and upgrades to Penrith, Brookvale and Manly? This is a pretty decent outcome all things considered.

 

[Perth Red]

So instead of a state of the art stadium at Penrith we get half arsed minor upgrades at 3 grounds. That really makes sense!

But but but……
yeh what an absolute waste of money, in ten years we’ll be saying how sht these grounds still are Compared to the rest of the clubs and why haven’t crowd avgs gone up.

at least we were going to get one other club sorted for the next 40 years plus. in a decade we’ll still have most of the Sydney clubs playing in sht stadia. so Sydney, so rugba league

all that money spent and we only have 2 Sydney clubs playing FT out of state of the art stadiums. You couldn’t make it up!

 

[Perth Red]

he will have learnt his lesson dealing with charlatans
it will be iron clad ...

Third times a treat!

 

[Colk]

But but but……
yeh what an absolute waste of money, in ten years we’ll be saying how sht these grounds still are Compared to the rest of the clubs and why haven’t crowd avgs gone up.

at least we were going to get one other club sorted for the next 40 years plus. in a decade we’ll still have most of the Sydney clubs playing in sht stadia. so Sydney, so rugba league

all that money spent and we only have 2 Sydney clubs playing FT out of state of the art stadiums. You couldn’t make it up!

Ideally you would have spent the money on the Olympic Stadium and a revamped SFS with 3 or so clubs playing at each with Penrith and Cronulla upgrading their own stadiums. This trying to be everything to everybody was and is never going to work

Hopefully this happens in a roundabout way with Manly, Penrith and Cronulla playing their smaller games at their home grounds and playing their bigger games at bigger venues.

 

[Perth Red]

So,let’s recap

we started at $800mill to finally turn Accor into what it should be
then we went to $600mill for 2 new stadiums and some other stadiums upgrades
to then $300-400mill for one new state of art stadium
to now potentially $x amount to tart up three suburban dumps

and this is somehow a win for the game? Lol

 

[baselinepanther]

Do you hear about the negotiations in the media though? Maybe V’Landys should learn some lessons regards to how they negotiate

so pay off jurnos or just intimidate them ?

yea nah
this aint Nth Korea

 

[forby]

Why does Penrith have to pay for a stadium that they don't own?
And why should they have to play games in a stadium 35km away?
To say it would cost >$400m and can't be justified compared to having 2 tenants at Commbank for $350m doesn't take into account that to build Commbank they took the council pool away and are still building it on a new site at who knows what cost. It certainly looks like it would be a lot more than $50m as they had to resume a section of the golf course.

 

[baselinepanther]

Third times a treat!

and what ever will this moaning soap dodger find to blame vlandys about then ?
the buses not running on time
his boiled eggs too hard
prunes not keeping him regular enough

 

[Perth Red]

and what ever will this moaning soap dodger find to blame vlandys about then ?
the buses not running on time
his boiled eggs too hard
prunes not keeping him regular enough

Bless,derail

 

[baselinepanther]

Why does Penrith have to pay for a stadium that they don't own?
And why should they have to play games in a stadium 35km away?
To say it would cost >$400m and can't be justified compared to having 2 tenants at Commbank for $350m doesn't take into account that to build Commbank they took the council pool away and are still building it on a new site at who knows what cost. It certainly looks like it would be a lot more than $50m as they had to resume a section of the golf course.

idiot

combank has the following tenants

parramatta
the tigers
the bulldogs
souths occasionally ( i think)
wanderers

idk where to begin with how dopey you are