AFL unveil home ground for its second Sydney team

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16-07-08, 11:30
Swee_82

AFL unveil home ground for its second Sydney team

AFL unveil home ground for its second Sydney team

THE AFL will today make a bold incursion into rugby league's heartland with the unveiling of the home ground for its second team in western Sydney.

AFL boss Andrew Demetriou will be at Rooty Hill today to reveal the first look of a new $30 million stadium for the western Sydney team.

It is only a small project they're working on ($30 million, 10,000 seat capacity) as a joint venture between the AFL and the local council (Blacktown)- It's an interesting approach though, and another addition to the AFL's stadium ownership strategy someone posted on a couple of months ago.

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Essendon have Windy Hill, West Sydney welcomes you to Rooty Hill
16-07-08, 11:33
Flamethrower

Sydney's new team will be the proud tenants of a nice new round.
16-07-08, 11:38
shasta

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Originally Posted by Swee_82

Essendon have Windy Hill, West Sydney welcomes you to Rooty Hill

Intercourse Heights Arena. :S

The locals are not impressed.
16-07-08, 11:46
BLR

A far cry from the AFL trying to buy Homebush a little while ago.
16-07-08, 11:48
Scotty

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Originally Posted by shasta

Intercourse Heights Arena. :S

The locals are not impressed.

Maybe Durex will snap up the naming rights?
16-07-08, 12:17
force addict

Rooty Hill. nice. Why does Sydney get two teams, I thought it was a Gold Coast team
16-07-08, 12:20
Flamethrower

It is. There are plans for 2 new AFL teams in the next 5 or 6 years
16-07-08, 12:21
Swee_82

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Originally Posted by force addict

Rooty Hill. nice. Why does Sydney get two teams, I thought it was a Gold Coast team

They are setting up a Gold Coast team, with the Sydney team suppossed to start the next year. I feel sorry for Tasmania getting the rough end of all of this- I know they're only small but still reckon it'd be easier to get a decent crowd of Tasmanians to support a team of thier own than relying on the disaffected mungo supporters of Western Sydney.
I'm assuming they've managed to organise a siren that everyone can hear in the last couple of years.
16-07-08, 12:26
BLR

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Originally Posted by Swee_82

They are setting up a Gold Coast team, with the Sydney team suppossed to start the next year. I feel sorry for Tasmania getting the rough end of all of this- I know they're only small but still reckon it'd be easier to get a decent crowd of Tasmanians to support a team of thier own than relying on the disaffected mungo supporters of Western Sydney.
I'm assuming they've managed to organise a siren that everyone can hear in the last couple of years.

The AFL are only interested in money and killing off the other codes in a somewhat imperialistic manner, Tasmania is already a win for them.
16-07-08, 13:49
Swee_82

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Originally Posted by BLR

The AFL are only interested in money and killing off the other codes in a somewhat imperialistic manner, Tasmania is already a win for them.

Not arguing with that, just saying Tasmanians could be quite justifiably miffed.
16-07-08, 14:26
BLR

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Originally Posted by Swee_82

Not arguing with that, just saying Tasmanians could be quite justifiably miffed.

In between incest sessions? :D
16-07-08, 15:26
jargan83

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Originally Posted by shasta

The locals are not impressed.

i wouldn't have thought the locals would care

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Originally Posted by BLR

A far cry from the AFL trying to buy Homebush a little while ago.

the debt owned by the ANZ in the stadium would have still ben owned by ANZ so one of the AFL's investors, namely NAB didn't see it as a good idea. (according to something i read anyway)

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Originally Posted by Swee_82

They are setting up a Gold Coast team, with the Sydney team suppossed to start the next year. I feel sorry for Tasmania getting the rough end of all of this- I know they're only small but still reckon it'd be easier to get a decent crowd of Tasmanians to support a team of thier own than relying on the disaffected mungo supporters of Western Sydney.
I'm assuming they've managed to organise a siren that everyone can hear in the last couple of years.

The Tasmanians aren't happy with it, but the AFL is keen to conquer the biggest market in Australia apparently, regardless of how much they have to spend to do it. The Swans have only recently (last 10ish years) been able to carve out their own corner in the Market so i dare say they may be concered about this as well. The theres AFL in the mindset that they can still get a club to move to Tasmania, probably St Kilda or Hawthorn. Their canning the "Competitve Allowance" handout that allows some Melbourne teams to keep their head's just above water so the AFL is playing hardball with it's established clubs let alont any possible new locations.

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Originally Posted by BLR

The AFL are only interested in money and killing off the other codes in a somewhat imperialistic manner, Tasmania is already a win for them.

They are a touch, but playing hardball with their own "Heartland" won't win them friends. Apparently to idea of a "Celtic" club that was indicated in Saturdays paper had Eddie McGuire up in arms, but that possibly was becasue Collingwood are using Ireland as their own little scouting area at the moment