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While BankWest is in Parramatta, anyone who has had the pleasure of viewing a footy game there will agree it's Sydney's premier sporting arena.
But the showground has been altered for the GWS. They will not make it rectangular for NRL. Positioning our selves as the SW Sydney team with a purpose built stadium at Liverpool, which is shared with Macarthur FC and Wests is IMO, the smart move. Don't we still own the land near the Whitlam centre where oasis/stardome was going to be built? The government is more likely to invest money in a stadium in Liverpool as opposed to anywhere else due to the current and planned growth of the area, closeness to the new airport, close to m5/ m7 /train station/ tway etc.Realistically the NSW Government isn't going to build a brand new stadium just for the Bulldogs. BankWest was build for primarily for Parra Eels & Wanderers and then also all the other sports teams in Sydney. Moore Park is the same; getting re-developed for Roosters/Sydney FC. If we are any chance of having a new stadium build for us it would need to be shared with another team. Instead of improving Stadium Australia, maybe put money into improving the old Sydney Showground as GWS are currently playing out of it. It had a few benefits such as being in 'our area', shared with another team and we have a history of playing games there. For me the big down-side of the showground is its shape; not ideal for watching footy so they would have to completely alter it.
I havent lived in Sydney for 20 years so bear with me lol but what about the Crest area Bass Hill is it still available used for sports? or near Bankstown Airport would be fantastic maybe make Riverwood golf course smaller tack onto it somehow, have a big complex restaurants etc could rock i dunno just thoughts.There were some interesting comments at the football club members forums last night.
Belmore doesn’t sound like an option due to lack of funding, lighting & TV facilities.
The Stadium Australia refurb may or may not happen
Bankwest is great but in Parramatta
Our best chance of our own new stadium is Liverpool/Moorebank/Warwick Farm or even around Bankstown airport if the right space becomes available
The club seem of the opinion 80% of fans want all games at Belmore
Please vote & I’ll present this to the club
It’s a huge disadvantage not to have a home ground. Cannot believe we have been conceding the home ground advantage for as long as we have. ANZ stadium sucks balls!!! It’s a dreadful spectacle unless there is 40k+ Fans in there. Have been to far too many games with 8k crowd which sucks a lot of the enjoyment out of it, especially the way we’ve been playing the past 4 seasons.We definitely need a home ground that we can call our own & other teams fear coming to. ANZ Stadium fears nobody because everybody is spread out & little atmosphere.
Personally put it in my back yard & knock down a few neighbour's houses, but then again it's probably too far to go. LOL
Yes this would be my preference for the same selfish reason. I'm also 10 minutes away and it's so easy for me to get there and back for our games.I like stadium Australia. But hey I'm just selfish because it only takes 10 mins to get there.
If only that were true. The NRL don't give a rats arse how much money the club has. There are a lot more factors to be taken into account than just having a wealthy leagues club. Geography is just one of them. It's very dangerous to underestimate and not have all the i's dotted and t's crossed.We have too strong a Leagues Club and too much money for the NRL to try a legal fight with us. We ain't going nowhere.
Go Dogs
The smell of the sewer treatment works could be a deal breaker thereEDSACC oval??
What about just demolishing Belmore and putting up a new stadium and use some of the carpark and joining park to accomodate a bigger stadium? Or even just a refurb?There were some interesting comments at the football club members forums last night.
Belmore doesn’t sound like an option due to lack of funding, lighting & TV facilities.
The Stadium Australia refurb may or may not happen
Bankwest is great but in Parramatta
Our best chance of our own new stadium is Liverpool/Moorebank/Warwick Farm or even around Bankstown airport if the right space becomes available
The club seem of the opinion 80% of fans want all games at Belmore
Please vote & I’ll present this to the club