Why shouldn,t clubs who still play in ancient dumps in the year 2010 be under pressure to deliver stadiums they have talked about for a long time?it,s not like they are expected to build a replica of the San siro anyway.

Widnes also completed their stadium in phases. It was almost 10 years between the erection of the North and South Stands until the East Stand was finally built.



I just wonder if two stands, which will take Cas close to 11k, will be accepted by the RFL.

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So as long as say Cas build something better than Wheldon Rd [ not hard really



although I like the place it should not affect their licence place , so a 2 stand new development would fit the bill , to set an arbitary 12,000 capacity is silly really [ and I have for several years teased Cas fans for the RFL changing the rules on the number of seats required in SL to let you back in in 2006 '"

No , you are getting confused , that was to increase your overall capacity by 2,000 to 12,000





You still dont have the required number of seats that clubs had to have back in 2005

one idiot cas fan told me i was wrong when i said the club hadnt secured funding for the ground yet



it shows the lies people tell on here to defend their club and why it makes it harder to work out whats going on



cas are safer as their greater crowds mean wakey are the ones who will go



both clubs needs to pool resouces and build a commonly owned ground



both clubs have money from their current grounds, plus a joint bid would be easier to get approval from council as its not just favouring one club over the other

stupid RFL trying to grow the sport by putting pressure on clubs to improve grounds



the future of RL should be decided on who wins the Championship GF

The Cas ground has planning permission, the Wakey one will have it this year, what is there to approve?



Oh, and clearly Cas don't have money from their current ground, as that is the reason why the funding has fallen - due to the land being earmarked for housing. The ground being in a blast zone and the economic climate do not help pull in developers to go through with the ground purchase...

neither club can finance one on their own



a joint ground will be easier to finance.



cas ground is still worth something isnt it? they will have funds to contribute



and a joint ground will be easier to get council money as its not favouring 1 club over the other



a joint ground makes so much sense



and thats why it wont happen

So which Sydney clubs have paid to improve or build new facilities ?

As others have said - not much new here. This article www.castigers.com/cgi-bin/news.cgi?194_7314 from the Cas website dated December 11th states the build may be done in phases. Also what was interesting in that interview with Wright was that he stated a developer would be chosen and plans released to the public at some point before Christmas. Maybe more worrying was that he also he went as far to say the once they have full planning permission they could start gthe build - If they are ready to do so - doesn't sound too definite to me.

As others have said - not much new here. This article www.castigers.com/cgi-bin/news.cgi?194_7314 from the Cas website dated December 11th states the build may be done in phases. Also what was interesting in that interview with Wright was that he stated a developer would be chosen and plans released to the public at some point before Christmas. Maybe more worrying was that he also he went as far to say the once they have full planning permission they could start gthe build - If they are ready to do so - doesn't sound too definite to me.

sydney clubs havent spent a cent because we have governments doing it for us.



over the past 10 years just in sydney weve had :



1. kogarah oval - $20 million spent including seats all the way round and an extension to the main grandstand

2. cronulla - $10 million spent building a GS on one of the hills and complying with codes re. disabled access etc

3.cambelltown stadium - $20 million spent by council

4. penrith - $10 million for grand stand extensions.



and thats only the tip of the iceberg. our clubs now realize they cant rely on Poker Machine revenues and so more pressure will be placed on governments for ground improvements.



outside sydney we have :



1. townsville - $20 million in improvments for more seats

2. suncorp stadium - $300 million brand new ground to replace lang park

3. Skilled park GC - $300 million new ground as the clubs entry into NRL was conditional upon new ground

4. Newcastle - $26 million new Eastern grand stand replacing hill, $20 million works underway to replace existing western grandstand, further funds sought to complete the remaining hills



over the past 10 years or so the NRL has seen a massive improvements in its grounds.