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Best possible result, really!
If we are really lucky they will refurb both at the same time and we can have a GF at the SCG again. How good would that be
Great to hear.
The great stadium war is over with a major upgrade of ANZ Stadium at Homebush winning out over a new facility at Moore Park.
Fairfax Media can reveal that state cabinet is expected to be told on Thursday that an upgrade of Parramatta Stadium will continue and ANZ Stadium will be refurbished after that. Leftover funds will then be used to refurbish Allianz Stadium at Moore Park.
"We will not compromise on the fact that we must continue to have access to Allianz Stadium": Waratahs chairman Roger Davis. Photo: Getty Images
Political infighting between Premier Mike Baird and Sports Minister Stuart Ayres has brought the issue to a head with the Premier freezing Mr Ayres out of negotiations since returning from Israel on Sunday.
Mr Baird will take control of Sydney's stadium negotiations after agreeing to meet the three furious Allianz Stadium tenants, in another blow to the ambitions of the Sports Minister.
The Premier has also given Mr Ayres a Friday deadline to gain a 100-game commitment from the three football codes at the network of major stadiums, allowing Mr Baird to take control of the allocation of the $1.6 billion investment.
Cross-section of the earlier upgrade plans for Allianz Stadium, a plan the SCG Trust and Sports Minister Stuart Ayres are now determined to avoid. Photo: SCG Trust
That allocation will include $350million for a new stadium at Parramatta, $450 million for a refurbishment of Allianz Stadium and $700million to turn ANZ Stadium into a permanent 75,000-seat rectangular stadium.
This is a victory for the Sydney-based NRL clubs, who have campaigned against the NRL and Mr Ayres to ensure a shift of funding away from Allianz Stadium to Olympic Park.
The Sydney Roosters, NSW Waratahs and Sydney FC were seething on Monday after Mr Baird announced a new stadium at Moore Park would be built on the existing site, which the clubs allege is not the message Mr Ayres has been spreading.
Premier Mike Baird and Sports Minister Stuart Ayres in September when they announced $1.6 billion in funding for stadiums over the next 10 years. Photo: Nick Moir
The clubs, who insist Mr Ayres gave them multiple assurances they wouldn't be displaced, had sought an urgent meeting with Mr Ayres after plans to build a 55,000-seat stadium over Kippax Lake were quashed by the Premier.
However, Mr Baird has intervened in an attempt to solve the now farcical stadium dilemma, agreeing to meet with the clubs, which insist they will not compromise on a plan that involves having to be relocated during the construction of a new venue.
"We want to meet with the decision-maker, and it appears that is what is happening," Waratahs chairman Roger Davis told Fairfax Media. "We're happy to listen and wait and we're encouraged that the key decision-makers have indicated they want to meet with us to work out what is best for the clubs, the community and the state. It's positive that people are willing to talk but we will not compromise on the fact that we must continue to have access to Allianz Stadium."
A spokesman for Mr Baird confirmed "the Premier is willing to meet the clubs, although no date has been arranged".
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/premier-mike-baird-steps-in-and-agrees-to...
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Would be cool to have a GF at the SCG but honestly if it gets to the point where ANZ is out of commission for a grand final I could see it going to Suncorp before the SCG and even Allianz
is $350m what parra stadium was getting before?
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