Tigerdazz2
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Can someone get this from behind the paywall?https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/th...red-to-quit-campbelltown-20250409-p5lqda.html
$50 Million reason Wests Tigers are prepared to quit Campbelltown.
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Tiger_Fanatic3
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Wests Tigers are threatening to stop playing NRL games at Campbelltown Sports Stadium unless local council can give a $50m guarantee to upgrade the facilities.
Tigers chief executive Shane Richardson has given Campbelltown City Council until June 30 to reach a heads of agreement, otherwise he will explore moving the Tigers to one of Sydney’s new stadiums from 2026.
The Tigers are locked in to play four NRL games at Campbelltown, two at Leichhardt, one game at Magic Round, and four across Venues NSW grounds – Allianz Stadium and CommBank – for this season and next, but have no commitments for 2027 onwards.
Richardson said if there were no plans to spend $50m on Campbelltown during the next three years, “we won’t play there”.
“I don’t do ‘Trumpian’ threats, but we won’t play there, it’s as simple as that,” Richardson told the club’s Behind The Roar podcast.
“At the moment, it’s not at a standard that’s required to be an NRL ground.
“To be the great club we want to be, and to have the quality of players we need to have; to have the vision we need to have, we need a stadium to build ourselves around, other than just Leichhardt. If we don’t have that stadium, we need to find one.”
Richardson threatened to leave Leichhardt last year if money was not spent on the inner-western Sydney venue, only for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns to later announce a $40m rescue package. The plan is for that money to be spent on having 17,000 to 18,000 seats at that venue, and facilities to host up to 1000 corporates.
Richardson wants Campbelltown to have seating for up to 24,000 fans and 1500 corporates – and if council does commit, the Tigers will do likewise by playing a minimum seven NRL games at the south-western venue. The plan would be for up to $100m to be spent on Campbelltown across the next ten years.
“The bottom line is it’s time to deliver,” he said.
“A modern venue will unlock much-needed revenue through corporate hospitality, enhance match-day experience and increase broadcast value. As the game continues to evolve, so must the Wests Tigers.
“If we want to compete at the highest level against other NRL clubs based in modern venues, we need to address the financial advantage those clubs currently have.”
The Tigers are expected to have a full house at CommBank for their Easter Monday clash against Parramatta.
Penrith are calling CommBank Stadium home the next two years while their stadium undergoes a $309m redevelopment.
South Sydney are in a battle to end their association with Accor Stadium and return to Allianz Stadium, which is owned by the taxpayers – not the Sydney Roosters. Souths and Cronulla will earn north of $400,000 for taking games to Perth’s Optus Stadium this weekend.
Tigerdazz2
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Thanks TF
Tigerdazz2
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Nine says $100M, SMH which Nine owns says $50M.
Same story, different figure. Confusing headlines for no real reason, the story is basically the same.
cochise
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$50m guaranteed by June 30 and $100m over the next 10-15years.
gallagher
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Campbelltown want majority of Tigers games post upgrade
Campbelltown's mayor has conceded his council cannot solely fund the Tigers' stadium demands, but says the club should play more games there if support comes.
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Work on the COE at the northern end due to start.
I think richo all but said the ratio will be cambo/ magic round 9 , 3 games a LO .Campbelltown want majority of Tigers games post upgrade
Campbelltown's mayor has conceded his council cannot solely fund the Tigers' stadium demands, but says the club should play more games there if support comes.
Work on the COE at the northern end due to start.
Which is the way it should be . The LO games become special events and Ctown games give the area what it desperately needs . A full time footy team .
Just have to hope for two things really, that they get the funding (I imagine they will but we won’t hear anything until after the election). And if they do start playing more games there, they can start to win there. We all know that if by bad luck they don’t CommBank is our next home stadium so have to see what unfolds.
hammertime
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How can that be fair when the other council at Leichhardt already is stumping up the same amount of cash?
pawsandclaws1
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The additional funding if achieved is to maintain the current number of games at Campbelltown.
innsaneink
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$50m getsbyou bugger all
Theyre only talking more seating, more corporate space and womens change rooms
Punters will still get wet in those utterly useless grandstands...they both need tearing down and starting again....from dead ball line to dead balline east and western side...but that still wont happen
DO IT Fn PROPERLY OR DONT DO IT AT ALL!
Pisses me.off
people putting in half hearted efforts....just a waste of time and money
Theyre only talking more seating, more corporate space and womens change rooms
Punters will still get wet in those utterly useless grandstands...they both need tearing down and starting again....from dead ball line to dead balline east and western side...but that still wont happen
DO IT Fn PROPERLY OR DONT DO IT AT ALL!
Pisses me.off
people putting in half hearted efforts....just a waste of time and money
innsaneink
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What will LOs $40m get us....and when?
Were still waiting on that one.
Could be a new govt next month and they change their mind on it...wouldnt be the first time a new incoming party has shelved plans of the previous mob
hammertime
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Maybe... But assume it happens. How could we devote more games to cambo?
innsaneink
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I dunno mate thats what im saying eaier 50m is lipstick on a pig at CSS...both stands need a total rebuild ...50m will get a set of stairs
Im over the whole 20 odd year argument...would prefer one ground...shame homebushs upgrades have been scrapped
Tom Shines
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are the Greens winning ? Because Dutton is looking very long odds …
Richo wants more corporates at Leichhardt and Cambo … $40-50m probably gets you a few more of them
I think it's obvious that we will be playing out of one of the existing stadiums while still having interest in the heartland areas i.e. training facilities and the occasional token game. The corporate dollar clearly out weighs all other stake holders and let's face it most fans are watching on TV.
It’s not though . It’s 100m over 10 years. LO is 50 mil , and that’s it .
So what you think LO should have half the games ? That’s ridiculous. If c-town is old , LO is ancient .
LO should be used in the same way Canterbury use Belmore. And this has been relayed to The council which is ok with it .
The money for LO is for a million other things as well . LO is used a lot .
Ctown is a mess of a stadium . Poor acoustics , which contributes to the lack of atmosphere at times , its configuration is illogical , with half the ground being seated with no cover and a whole bunch of wasted space taking up room but not being utilised . Plus half of Australia is moving out there .
It will cost what it costs . But a 24k stadium with a COE under one end , and somewhere we can permanently put our banners up and claim as ours , has to be a good thing .
And if people have to travel ? So what .
I was anti Ctown for years . I thought the area wouldn’t embrace it , and the atmosphere was horrendous .
I’ve not come around on the atmosphere it’s still beyond shit , , but I feel it’s stadium itself that contributes as much as anything , and with the sellouts I attended last year , I realised the fans do want to go there if the team isn’t a joke . And obviously just doing things for the bare minimum so ex afl executives , dudes with fedoras and shit musicians from the 80s, can all circle jerk in the atrocious corporate box about how good they are . That’s not the case now . Finally !
gallagher
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I was thinking the day about what $50 mill would get you and what they spend it on. Maybe a southend stand with dressing sheds and corporates . As you say, both current stands need demolishing and starting again.
Tiger Stripes
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Penrith had a stadium we would be proud of, seating around 20k.
They are going to demolish it and spend $300 million for a new one. Political BS.
We are grovelling for $50 mil to $100 mil over 10 years. In a fantastic growth area, politics included.
It's an investment in the future. Nothing like it anywhere near it. Parra 'n Penrith the closest!
Bronco's had 40,000 at the game last night. We get 10,000 at CS if the sun is shining.
