More people are going to matches to watch live rugby league than at any stage in NRL history.
The master plan unveiled by Inner West Council would see millions spent on freshening up the venue – but only if the state and federal governments help pay.
The Roosters,Swans,Waratahs and Sydney FC are fearful of what up to 20 concerts a year could mean for their tenancies at Allianz Stadium and the SCG.
Other proposed Allianz Stadium changes would allow concert rehearsals and sound testing to go longer into the night and increase the maximum allowed concert length.
As with most things,if you just bite the bullet and change the policy,most people will learn to live with it.
The NSW premier said Sydney “can’t be like the town from Footloose” as he pushed to lift a three-decade-old cap on the number of live events held at Moore Park.
The NRL needs a change in its attitude to the way it uses public stadiums according to the outgoing Venues NSW chair.
Some SCG stands have the same building compliance problems which forced the demolition and rebuilding of Allianz and Parramatta Stadiums.
With the governing body yet to lock in a venue for the 2023 grand final,secret details of a Queensland bid rejected by the NRL can be revealed.
Sydney’s stadium wars have left the city’s sports fans with some of the worst facilities in the country.
The new government in NSW was voted in because they prioritised hospitals,schools and reducing debt over stadium spending insanity.