Stadium Re-development Thread

[Quicksilver]

To what end does that make sense?

The northern end!

 

[bad boy bubby]

To what end does that make sense?

As an investment.
Wouldn't make much for them on our game days alone, but it could have enticed the NRL to use it for other purposes
Or alternatively,
The land would hold a bit of value... for whatever purposes.

 

[Special K]

The land will always have some value that as time goes on you can borrow against.

Great to see the NRL buying in next door. They bought a hotel on caxton street last year. Us and the Broncos two powerhouses eh

 

[Quigs]

Fur huck the Donkey's 'K'

 

[Special K]

last time I f**ked a donkey I got in a bit of trouble quigsy.

 

[SharkShocked]

Hmmmm

I dunno I’ve learnt to be suspicious of the NRLs intentions.

 

[Quigs]

It might just be one of those NRL geographic intentions.

 

[DJDL]

last time I f**ked a donkey I got in a bit of trouble quigsy.

Just a regular Saturday night out up around Quigs’ way.

 

[Quigs]

It doesn't worry me too munch with what happens in the world after 7pm-ish. The evening medications have kicked in and the kind nurses and carers have locked 'me' door by then. I just turn the wireless onto 2GB and drift off till the oncoming day.

 

[Special K]

Hmmmm

I dunno I’ve learnt to be suspicious of the NRLs intentions.

Just curious - what would the conspiracy here be?

 

[Quigs]

It's the franking credits!!!!!. They are after our franking credits.

 

[Feej 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Hmmmm

I dunno I’ve learnt to be suspicious of the NRLs intentions.

I have a new design if you're interested. Took weeks for my $0.03c p/h workers to design.

 

[Weaponhead]

I have a new design if you're interested. Took weeks for my $0.03c p/h workers to design.
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It has to cover the ears to effective. Everyone knows the gamma rays go straight through the ear canal into the brain. You're one of them aren't you.....

 

[SharkShocked]

No idea of any conspiracy, not my fashion.

If the NRL were interested in lucrative investments does it make sense to be involved here or are there other opportunities that may be more fiscally rewarding.

If it wasn’t connected at all to the Sharks would they be involved.

Just find it interesting

 

[bazza]

Just curious - what would the conspiracy here be?

The negative for the Sharks would be that the NRL could use this investment as some sort of leverage over decisions by the club

The positive would be that the NRL would try and get the ground used for more events to support their investment or stop the Sharks from not being in the competition at their current ground

 

[BatteredFlake]

I think it could be great for sharks . Imagine Grandfinal weekend , Womens GF at shark park , Mens at biggest venue available. Mens Gf on big screens at Shark park etc catering to all not wanting or able to go to mens gf.,but still wanting to enjoy the weekend in the shire. Many other events ,games etc that Nrl wants to promote during the year all putting money into coffers of sharks and NRL,through direct interest ticket sales as well as family and friends taking advantage of the great tourist/ Shopping package.

 

[Special K]

The negative for the Sharks would be that the NRL could use this investment as some sort of leverage over decisions by the club

Talk me through that - I am not saying you're wrong I just can't see that side of the argument outside of our Cronulla paranoia.

The NRL owns the hotel next to our ground and our leagues club plus the epic shopping centre that we don't own. The hotel only works if people are in these venues/our area.

Why would they want to negatively impact their investment in people going to games/staying at the hotel? They don't have money/time/effort to waste to do such a long term leverage play on us. Why would the NRL want us to move 12 games away(call it 10 for coffs/magic). Those nights/nights around it will be the busiest times for them to book that hotel out and make money.

That hotel is in the middle of nowhere for us locals. However there is a real lack of places to stay in the shire beyond the two big hotels in Cronulla. I am sure it will do well in holiday periods with people coming visiting families etc but the real draw for the NRL is doing experience type packages. Kinda like Vegas they are bundling in hotels/partnering with airlines... But in Wooloware. Same same.

NRL goes to say Warriors fans and bundles virgin flights(the nrl partner), a room at the hotel, a game ticket and transfers and makes way more than $50 a ticket cut. Rinse and repeat for every out of town team/sharks fan. Will it work? Who knows not our problem but the NRL wants a slice. The incentive would be to make Shark park as good as possible so more people want to go and actually enjoy a game there.

The NRL also runs rookie camps and all sorts of other events that require meeting rooms/places to have players stay. They now don't have to pay rent for this and can ship everyone down to Woolo for their internal conferences. If anything it brings them closer to us.

You don't make any investment especially one this size without taking a long term view. I think this is really positive.

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

good words k

 

[2012....Sharks Year]

Yeah I only see it as a positive…..Rugba League is on the record as saying he wants to upgrade Shark Park and I have no problem with a closer connection to the powers to be at the NRL The upgrade funding could be used as leverage with the State Government in future Grand Final/ SOO negotiations.

 

[shadowboxer]

The skepticism comes from years of getting the shaft. The NRL, council, government, hell the club as well.
For me, fine print in these things mean everything, but for the first time in history, we seem to have a pretty savy board and CEO to ensure their is skin in the game for all black white and blue.
The other thing, a lot of doom when gloom for anything related to the place - it’s still a building site, stinks like old toilet and the game day experience is blah blah…. Need i go on. Once the place gets up and running, a lot of this negative crap should fall away.
What’s next - setting up a pontoon off the mangroves to go swimming?