Leichhardt Oval - is it time to say goodbye?

[BAGNF05]

I like the LO experience. don't matter which timeslot, it could be a rainy Thursday night and a crowd will turn up there there and provide a good atmosphere. Last year we played 5 games at LO and won 3.

Love Leichhardt but CSS will be rocking too when we start winning.

 

[Tom Shines]

Love Leichhardt but CSS will be rocking too when we start winning.

yeah probably ..it’s still a pretty crap ground though with low capacity, poor amenities and not much space for corporates who all clubs need these days for extra $$$

 

[coivtny]

Bullshit!

There is no equivalent to the WSM Diehards at Leichhardt - making the experience miserable for Balmain aligned fans who head to the boondocks!

I never said "everyone" likes it - but pointed out why many do... and it has nothing to do with the lack of amenities!

If you want comfort - stay in your fricking lounge room!

Clever use of language there. So Snide, you are one of the Balmain diehards who loved it when Balmain were top dog in the JV and then lost it because your board sold itself out for a dollar and ceded control of the JV to Wests. How good was your board, Snidey?
You are part of the stupid Balmain clique who bitches and moans about the state of affairs but you're offset by equally stupid Wests diehards. Fortunately 90% of this forum's membership are agnostic about the past when it comes to Wests and Balmain.
And Leichhardt, in it's current state, is a crap ground.

 

[Ron Brodrick's Spirit]

It's not about atmosphere or brotherhood or any other ethereal BS, it's about money and the future.
We can continue to splash around in the shallow end of the pool or become the giants of the league we should be.
The southwest is where we become giants in a redeveloped stadium that should've already happened.

 

[Tiger Stripes]

Love Leichhardt but CSS will be rocking too when we start winning.

When we start winning LO & CO will be too small and of poor design for modern standards-----seats, corporate boxes, male/female dressing sheds etc,
Look what's happened at Penrith. Winning really helps.
Demolish a better set up than what we have, 20,000 seat, corporate boxes, facilities etc and spend $350million on a new complex that accommodates about 5,000 more seats. What a joke!

 

[TurnStyle]

It's not about atmosphere or brotherhood or any other ethereal BS, it's about money and the future.
We can continue to splash around in the shallow end of the pool or become the giants of the league we should be.
The southwest is where we become giants in a redeveloped stadium that should've already happened.

This ^

 

[Kelce68]

Make your money elsewhere.

Rugby League is built on traditional home grounds.

Stuff the corporates.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

Think the thread is discussing if LO is better than CSS…the consensus is they both need major improvement … in my opinion LO in the heart of the inner city and future permanent Greens Federal seat when Albo retires, won’t be getting much more money spent on it after the latest $40m announcement..

If you live in the Campbelltown area and want a Penrith Stadium style redevopment for CSS . start voting against sitting MPs to make your seat a “swinging seat” at State and Federal levels and make the stadium redevelopment an issue in these elections … otherwise don’t expect anything major to happen

The current (federal) MP has only been in one term. The previous MP from the 'other' party had been there a decade or so & did nothing. The state members over the same period HAVE lobbied for a major upgrade. The last major upgrade ie building the Eastern Grandstand etc was a downsized version of what was originally envisaged.

There's plenty of room around CS to do a major upgrade. They could retain the current Eastern stand demolish the older Western stand and build a new "wrap around" grandstand that would encompass what are now the Northern & Southern stands with greatly increased & improved corporate, media catering, bathroom & change room facilities. That could certainly be done as cheap if not cheaper than the Penrith upgrades estimated to be $300,000,000.

That would deliver a decent 25,000 plus capacity. Campbelltown council could sell off some of the land it owns around Leumeah Station & the state government could sell the "airspace" over Leumeah Station and approaches to developers to build residential & commercial premises (high rise flats/shops etc) to help fund the stadium upgrade.

The Macarthur area is the fastest growing region in NSW. There will be 500,000plus new potential fans & thousands of potential new juniors moving there by 2050. Services & transport links have been or are in the process of being built. Wests Tigers MUST fully embrace the area.
They should have built their centre of excellence there, a big mistake in opinion but they can now at least start investing more in the area and the more games they play there the bigger argument they have to get funding from council and state/federal governments.

As others have said maybe Leichhardt could host one or two games a year much like the Dogs do at Belmore plus trial matches.

"BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME"

 

[Tigerwould]

Love Leichhardt but CSS will be rocking too when we start winning.

I’d love to see CSS rebuilt. Something in the model of COMMBANK. Then play the 80% of our home games there. With 3 games at LO.
I live in Manly and get dragged to a couple of games a year at Brookie. Great atmosphere there.. but LO is better. LO has great viewing, The closeness to the players and LO crowd is something you can’t replicate. After all Penrith’s success. The atmosphere seems lacking there home ground. I don’t know what it is but some grounds just have the ability to make normal sensible people come out of their shell and some grounds dont.