I was referring to the continued neglect of the pitch & the proposed funding of private held stadia. Do you think its perfectly fine to go and fund these privately held stadiums (for of all things roofs, restaurants & WIFI), stadiums that are in better condition then Hunter stadium currently, stadiums that are actually complete, to the tune of $250m+ whilst the governments own stadiums can't even get repairs funded, especially leading into major events like the Asian Cup.Originally Posted by plague
When your grassed spectator hill is in far better condition than your pitch questions should be asked about whether the SFS & Allianz are really in need of this money & why the government should be paying for the private sectors stadium upgrades, putting aside the fact its a nice flashy way of pushing the privatized power pole infrastructure the government wants passed.
If the SFS & ANZ stadiums want money they can have it with the same strings attached as what Newcastle has been lumped with, they can hand over total control to NSW Venues.
As for the two new stands we could have done without them in their current form anyway, one single tiered lower bowl was all that was necessary, how often does the place get over 24k? Instead we got this half and half stadium, with a terrible aging pitch (15 years & 2 redevelopments since any major works on it) & still poor spectator amenities (Yes improved but really demountable toilet blocks don't exactly shout "World Class Stadium" despite what the government PR machine would like us all to believe). The big push was for more modern corporate suites, well I used these suites at the last jets game, and the corporate level had nearly as many security guards as patrons & that's in addition to the empty eastern suite and the empty Hill boxes.
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