I’d did the survey.... I honestly think they are going to go bankwest as a home ground, and I’m ok with that. Think we are 100000/1 to get a belmore upgrade and Bankwest is much better atmosphere then ANZ
I agree. As a long term member that attended Belmore Sports Ground for every home game between 1978 and 1986, and some there since, I was so pumped when, a couple of years ago now, we began to take a couple of home games back to Belmore each season. I will never forget the boys coming over to the Hill to sing the victory song after we defeated the Storm in that homecoming match. The crowd was big, the atmosphere electric. Ive attended every back to Belmore game there since, but unfortunately not many other fans have. We don't need to be in Belmore to feel like a Bulldog.
Ive gone to Dogs home games at Homebush Showground and am an ANZ member now and never missed a Dogs game there for many years. Last year we commenced playing at BankWest. Now THAT is a footy stadium. For any of you that haven't been to BankWest, do yourself a favour and try get to a game there sometime this year. It is simply awesome.
While 50 years ago people generally stayed and bought their own home in the area they grew up in, this isn't the case anymore. Dogs supporters are now scattered all over Sydney, let alone NSW and Australia. To me, unless there's funds made available to purchase houses adjacent to BSG, the dimensions needed for a major stadium and car parking prevent an appropriate stadium being built at Belmore.
All the same, V'lanys is the first Chairman in 20+ years to recognise the tribal nature of football and Sydneys place as the spiritual home of professional rugby league in Australia. His plan is to have another 3 stadiums similar to BankWest be built here. With a rebuild of Alliance already committed, the question is where should the other 3 stadiums be?....for me...we need a stadium catering to the north (Brookvale), the south (Jubilee), and another for the west (Liverpool) with Penrith and Campbelltown seen as too far on the fringes. Gary McIntyre and the Dogs Board of the early 2000's saw this and had plans for the Oasis project drawn up.
Belmore would be good if only and if only and if only...but a better option for the Dogs would be a new stadium on the massive block of dirt we have at Liverpool. Barring Liverpool where should our preference then be?
I don't want a 2nd rate Belmore redevelopment. I want a BankWest type stadium, so if we can't get that somewhere else, BankWest can be turned blue and white on game day quite easily.