deal with developer is the club. we get moneys, they develop the site.
the football stadium will not be touched on the PB side and have minor thigs done with a building wrapping around on the ET side. will be more corporate facilities.
IF we secure the funding to match what NSW govt allocated us. we have not done that as yet and IMO given sports rorts we wont. not through scomo anyway
if you listened to Dino on sharkcast last season, he pretty much told you the following
* no point spending big on the stadium when the stadium policy was up in the air.
now that ANZ rebuild is dead, Greenburg is dead and Vlandy's the warrior rules, I would say there will now be a push away from the centralised model.
so, the issue then there is securing more money (not a public owned venue so good luck) from NSW or the GOVT.
the short end, is IMO, we need to upgrade the corporate facilities, the toilets and media stuff at a minimum to play finals games there.
if it were me running the club I would have already formed a working group with the dragons and with the ffa to have a southern bankwest built..somewhere.
at the moment all signs point to any money allocation going to Kogarah. which is the worst possible option.
however. I don't think..that the anz stadium money will be reallocated to nsw grounds. given the virus and other pressures
One thing to remember,and I agree with COVID-19 view ,the chances now are zero, but the Monty Porter Stand was funded with a Fed Govt grant courtesy of Peter Costello.So money can be allocated via a grant to a privately pwned ground if it benefits the community.
The biggest mistake the club made in the early development, was not having the P Burns stand with cover.You'd fill it time and time again with cover.When it p*sses down rain, you wouldn't even seat P. Kent there.
We've got around $18m left in the kitty, that's allowing for $12m to the Leagues club development, plus repaying $9m debts up to and including 2019.This out of the $40m received from developers .
IMO we have the loot for a Centre of Excellence contribution, with extra sponsors boxes, plus the already agreed State Govt grant.
The Leagues club when completed needs to make regular profits to help fund new stands or modernise current ones.