Major SCG announcement today

[DamY]

Just review periods after 10 years and then another 10 years

[cos789]

Have you ever seen the Swans administration facilities at the SCG?
Have you ever gone downstairs and seen the locker rooms?
The ice pool in the locker rooms?
The gym?

The SCG Trust have certainly gone out of their way to ensure that their WINTER tenant is kept happy.

That's what landlords do.

It's also he same landlord that vetoed a Swans supporters headquarters building adjoining the SCG.
It's also he same landlord that built a rl stadium adjoining the SCG.
It's also he same landlord that charged the Swans 2.5 times the NSWRLin rent for 11 home games at the SCG versus a season and finals at the SFS.

[barry]

The swans fans love of the SCG is a one way street in many respects
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[DamY]

Richard Colless is on the SCG Trust now

[ernie koala]

[QUOTE=cos789;662362]
It's also he same landlord that vetoed a Swans supporters headquarters building adjoining the SCG.
Due to ongoing developement which wasn't finalised at the time.

It's also he same landlord that built a rl stadium adjoining the SCG.
So what?

It's also he same landlord that charged the Swans 2.5 times the NSWRLin rent for 11 home games at the SCG versus a season and finals at the SFS.
Crowd numbers, or lack there of in the case of NRL, have a large say in rental agreements.

And to Barry...Get over it......And the Anzac Bridge. You might actually see why the vast majority are happy with the SCG as our Sole venue.

[stevoswan]

[QUOTE=ernie koala;662372]

It's also he same landlord that vetoed a Swans supporters headquarters building adjoining the SCG.
Due to ongoing developement which wasn't finalised at the time.

It's also he same landlord that built a rl stadium adjoining the SCG.
So what?

It's also he same landlord that charged the Swans 2.5 times the NSWRLin rent for 11 home games at the SCG versus a season and finals at the SFS.
Crowd numbers, or lack there of in the case of NRL, have a large say in rental agreements.

And to Barry...Get over it......And the Anzac Bridge. You might actually see why the vast majority are happy with the SCG as our Sole venue.

Well put.....all of it.

[barry]

Richard Colless is on the SCG Trust now

So, let me get this straight. According to you guys on RWO, AFL man Richard Colless on the SCG Trust is a blessing, but Mike Fitzpatrick on the ANZ board is a conflict of interest.

[DamY]

Fitzpatrick is an owner, Colless is a trustee. Different situation

[goods78]

Love the announcement!

On the swans website it notes "the new deal also included the provision for the AFL to schedule finals matches at the SCG".

I take this to mean if we have a home final against a team with a small travelling supporter base (e.g. Kangaroos), the game will be at the SCG. Would the AFL force us to play at ANZ if we play a Collingwood where we could have an over capacity crowd at the SCG?

Does anyone have an answer on this?

[DA_Swan]

So, let me get this straight. According to you guys on RWO, AFL man Richard Colless on the SCG Trust is a blessing, but Mike Fitzpatrick on the ANZ board is a conflict of interest.

Will be interesting to see how Tony Shepherd from GWS goes as the new SCG Trust Chairman - probably a bigger conflict than Richard Colless who is no longer officially involved with the Swans

[JPK12]

Keep trying to find holes Barry, the echo chamber on your side is deafening.

[cos789]

It's also he same landlord that vetoed a Swans supporters headquarters building adjoining the SCG.
It's also he same landlord that built a rl stadium adjoining the SCG.
It's also he same landlord that charged the Swans 2.5 times the NSWRL in rent for 11 home games at the SCG versus a season and finals at the SFS.

So Ernie you say "so what?".

So what if the SCG did everything in it's power to stifle the flagship of Australian Football in Sydney ? Are you serious.
Are you denying history? This isn't a pussing contest you know.

It is fact that the SCG was dominated by destructive rl types. Past tense. Thank God (or whoever).
Hopefully the synergy between cricket and Australian Football has returned to the SCG.
The evidence w.r.t. the new contract suggests that it has with both stakeholders working together and common sense prevailing.

Initially it was thought that ANZ stadium with Mike Fitzpatrick would be a big boost to the Swan's future with competition for tenants and the availability of a high profile - high capacity Olympic stadium. This did not eventuate as ANZ pitched for rl tenants, people realized the stadium's shortcomings and there were problems with the playing surface.

One wonders what the scenaro would be now if ANZ had offered dirt cheap rent to the Swans. I'd suggest we'd be be playing out of two stadiums and complaining like hell. Fortunately, it looks like the pain was worth suffering for but I cannot help think we'd have arrived at this a lot earlier if the SCG had been run by cricket people. Way back in history the SCG did offer football to be it's winter tenant.

[barry]

The evidence w.r.t. the new contract suggests that it has with both stakeholders working together and common sense prevailing.
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What evidence ?

All weve heard is some motherhood statements about it being "almost as good as some other deals".

Details of the new contract have not been make public, and even the most ordinary of spin-doctors from within the swans would have been able to leak a few winners.... if there are any.

[barry]

Will be interesting to see how Tony Shepherd from GWS goes as the new SCG Trust Chairman - probably a bigger conflict than Richard Colless who is no longer officially involved with the Swans

Be very interesting, especially if ANZ goes permanently rectangular.

I suspect, once Richard Colless joined the SCG, and fair bidding process for hosting Swans games by ANZ was lost.
The fact that they concocted a "members survey" to determine the ground, instead of strategic , economic rationality, implies more propaganda than substance.

[Dosser]

This isn't a pussing contest you know.

Ewwww!