Cleary - One Home Ground..

[Cultured_Bogan]

If we play at Parra we should be operationally & training based at Cambo… If a COE gets built at Concord we can kiss Macarthur goodbye.
Ideally Cambo would be upgraded for us solely

I'll be happy to kiss the "non support Tigers" Macarthur GOODBYE. Bunch of leaches.

I'd be happy with Parra stadium and a game at Leichhardt.

Balmain tried that in 96, was an abomination.

 

[Russell]

If we play at Parra we should be operationally & training based at Cambo… If a COE gets built at Concord we can kiss Macarthur goodbye.
Ideally Cambo would be upgraded for us solely

I'll be happy to kiss the "non support Tigers" Macarthur GOODBYE. Bunch of leaches.

I'd be happy with Parra stadium and a game at Leichhardt.

Balmain tried that in 96, was an abomination.

Tried what?

 

[underdog]

Inner West is stiff and stagnant in terms of population growth and new fans - plus it's a congested market.

The South West of Sydney and the Macarthur Area is STILL one of the largest growing areas in all of Australia, with more green fields developments there than ever. A growing population of young families.

I know where I'd base my team out of. #justsayin

 

[Geo]

If we play at Parra we should be operationally & training based at Cambo… If a COE gets built at Concord we can kiss Macarthur goodbye.
Ideally Cambo would be upgraded for us solely

I'll be happy to kiss the **"non support Tigers" Macarthur GOODBYE. Bunch of leaches.**

I'd be happy with Parra stadium and a game at Leichhardt.

What does this mean…?

Serious question...

 

[Doc_Tiger]

Atm we need to be at all these grounds for historical and financial reasons. Has it had an affect on recent performances? Maybe a little. But where do we play? ANZ with the vast empty seats. New parra stadium? which will in effect be us being tenants of parra's home ground (their leagues club is still close by). Or split 50/50 in our traditional home grounds with marked upgrades to both?
Anyone that thinks the AFL model of all sydney teams funneling all their games into 2-3 stadiums is wishful thinking. NRL is very different and the fans won't support it. Crowds have not gone up in huge numbers over the years which tells me we have peaked in terms of bums on seats. NRL can't have it both ways expecting sydney people to get out to the games and expect bumper tv ratings at the same time.

Double headers are the answers …..

Could we possibly team up with another club and have say 13 double headers at home and share the rewards ??

Maybe Souf Sydney

 

[happy_tiger]

Atm we need to be at all these grounds for historical and financial reasons. Has it had an affect on recent performances? Maybe a little. But where do we play? ANZ with the vast empty seats. New parra stadium? which will in effect be us being tenants of parra's home ground (their leagues club is still close by). Or split 50/50 in our traditional home grounds with marked upgrades to both?
Anyone that thinks the AFL model of all sydney teams funneling all their games into 2-3 stadiums is wishful thinking. NRL is very different and the fans won't support it. Crowds have not gone up in huge numbers over the years which tells me we have peaked in terms of bums on seats. NRL can't have it both ways expecting sydney people to get out to the games and expect bumper tv ratings at the same time.

Double headers are the answers …..

Could we possibly team up with another club and have say 13 double headers at home and share the rewards ??

Maybe Souf Sydney

Can we avoid Souths/Dogs

What about Roosters , we'd still have the Stadium to ourselves :wink:

 

[Silentio]

Leichhardt and (to a lesser extent) Campbelltown have both seen better days.

Neither ground is set up for corporates, which is where the dollars are.

The lack of unity at board level has meant we've missed out on working with local government and lobbying at the state level for funding to get either venue upgraded to a meaningful standard.

I'm afraid we may have missed the boat and will wandering the footy desert like nomads for the next 40 years.

 

[Masterton]

Inner West is stiff and stagnant in terms of population growth and new fans - plus it's a congested market.

The South West of Sydney and the Macarthur Area is STILL one of the largest growing areas in all of Australia, with more green fields developments there than ever. A growing population of young families.

I know where I'd base my team out of. #justsayin

I think everyone knows that, but if we had Campbo was our 1 home ground now, we'd go broke.

 

[Doc_Tiger]

Atm we need to be at all these grounds for historical and financial reasons. Has it had an affect on recent performances? Maybe a little. But where do we play? ANZ with the vast empty seats. New parra stadium? which will in effect be us being tenants of parra's home ground (their leagues club is still close by). Or split 50/50 in our traditional home grounds with marked upgrades to both?
Anyone that thinks the AFL model of all sydney teams funneling all their games into 2-3 stadiums is wishful thinking. NRL is very different and the fans won't support it. Crowds have not gone up in huge numbers over the years which tells me we have peaked in terms of bums on seats. NRL can't have it both ways expecting sydney people to get out to the games and expect bumper tv ratings at the same time.

Double headers are the answers …..

Could we possibly team up with another club and have say 13 double headers at home and share the rewards ??

Maybe Souf Sydney

Can we avoid Souths/Dogs

What about Roosters , we'd still have the Stadium to ourselves :wink:

Well, that kind of defeats the purpose of attracting bigger crowds to games right?
And besides, it's a great day people watching at a bunnies game. There's some real characters amongst that lot.

 

[HabboTiger]

No to Parra. We did that once. We are not the Sydney Tigers

 

[hobbo]

The ideal scenario would obviously be a shared Campbelltown/ Leichhardt split and take the Easter Monday / Anzac Day game to ANZ

Really don't understand why fans piss and moan about the lack of facilities at our surbuban grounds like toilets and queing up for a beer , parking etc…
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Get on the cans at a local pub or restaurant before the game ...
Go to the bottle'o a grab a few cans , put em in your pockets to take in !
Take a wizz before you go in !

Penrith Park or whatever it's called is no better for queing for drinks and toilets on game day than our surbuban grounds ..

The game goes for 80 mins for crying out loud !

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

If we play at Parra we should be operationally & training based at Cambo… If a COE gets built at Concord we can kiss Macarthur goodbye.
Ideally Cambo would be upgraded for us solely

I'll be happy to kiss the "non support Tigers" Macarthur GOODBYE. Bunch of leaches.

I'd be happy with Parra stadium and a game at Leichhardt.

Balmain tried that in 96, was an abomination.

Tried what?

Pretty sure they played out of Parra as Sydney Tigers.

 

[hugh1954]

Being an old Balmain boy Naturally i would like Leichhardt for atmosphere and intimidation BUT would like one home ground to organise easily when i can attend in advance each year depending on the time of day the game is played. Transport to and from is a major issue with me. If we can get a ground that holds 20,000 easily and consistently play there then the fan following will grow as the team builds for the future. Intimidation factor comes with results and familiarity of surroundings.

 

[Craegus]

The Dragons seem to get the Kogarah/Wollongong split to work. Campbelltown and Leichhardt split with ANZ for a bigger game (Easter Monday/ANZAC/Double Header) would work fine.

Also with the discussions of expansion in the A-League, Campbelltown Council are talking about upgrading Campbelltown Stadium for the United for Macarthur bid. So with that happening the Tigers need to step up and push the council to move forward with the upgrade and promise them more games each year in return as council seem to be open to hosting more games at the ground.

Also I would hate a move to the new Western Sydney Stadium, even though they would be pushing people to travel by public transport to this ground, it will not always be possible for people to do so or would be a pain in the ass with the new timetable structure (3 trains for those coming from Campbelltown) and there seems to be little parking at the ground or nearby meaning that those having to drive would be stuffed. Add to that the fact that it will be Parramatta's home ground meaning that again we would be based at at ground that we do not have any say in, playing in a location that is the heart or opposition territory.

 

[Tigerdon]

I don't think opposition teams would be intimidated playing the WT's at Parramatta's home ground.

 

[jirskyr]

Personally I think this will be put on hold until they redo ANZ and re-establish the long-term plans for the tenants.

ANZ should end up being a much better rugby league experience, and given the investment, the govt and governance will be looking for long-term tenants.

Obviously you give up some tradition when you move to a new home, and sharing a stadium like ANZ with other clubs will mean it's never really "yours" alone.

But if we are legit about growing the game, everyone realises that you want to achieve regular crowds in excess of what the local grounds can cope with. Leichhardt is an old beauty, I love it and it has not only its own rich history, but a specific important for me and my family. But it's better for the Tigers if we could host fortnightly crowds of 50K+ at the new ANZ rather than 18K maxed out at LO.

I'd much rather a revamped ANZ than Western Sydney stadium. I don't wish to travel to heart of Parra territory for a home game, nope nope nope. At least Homebush is genuinely not claimed by any single club.

SFS would be fine as well, obviously also being redone and we've played home games there before. Roosters have had a bit of a monopoly on it lately, but it wasn't so 10 years ago.

 

[simonthetigerrrr]

The ideal scenario would obviously be a shared Campbelltown/ Leichhardt split and take the Easter Monday / Anzac Day game to ANZ

Really don't understand why fans piss and moan about the lack of facilities at our surbuban grounds like toilets and queing up for a beer , parking etc…
\
\
\
Get on the cans at a local pub or restaurant before the game ...
Go to the bottle'o a grab a few cans , put em in your pockets to take in !
Take a wizz before you go in !

Penrith Park or whatever it's called is no better for queing for drinks and toilets on game day than our surbuban grounds ..

The game goes for 80 mins for crying out loud !

This times a squillion!! :righton:

 

[Magpie_Magic]

This is going wrong.
As they become a winning team again they can drop the NZ and country game and stick to the 3 grounds in Sydney.
Don't want to be disappointing people again.

 

[wmlmaster]

Hopefully someone is in the know how and can reasonably answer my questions

1\. What does ANZ Stadium pay the club to play there?

Presuming attendance is at 70% of capacity at Campbelltown Stadium and Leichhardt Oval

2\. What does it translate in dollar terms to the club at each venue individually?

 

[Abraham]

We still go back to the problem that unless the stadium is busting at the seems, we lose money when we play at the suburban grounds.

If we play at Leichhardt, we get the home ground intimidation factor.
If we play at Campbelltown, we get to cement a presense in the South West.
If we play at one of the big stadiums, we lose both of the above, but get to negotiate a financial reward.

This is why no administration has made a concrete decision on a home ground, they have been trying to take a little out of each option. It also means abandoning one or both geographical areas if we pick one over the rest.

I wish there was an easy answer that ticks all the boxes, but there isnt.

There will be no financial reward to play at ANZ in the future. That is being stopped.

The current agreement expires.

Does not mean we can't negotiate a new agreement for the future.