I love that stadium. I used to live a couple blocks away in 1990. I went to every home game that year and stayed afterward to get autographs. I got the whole Panthers squad that year! I moved back to the USA in 91 and didn't return until 2023! Had scooners with Roycie Simmons at the club and met my hero Greg Alexander. The best memories I have are at that old Penrith Park. As you can see, I met Nathan too! 😊 I'm glad I got to see it one more time.
@@christendomempire5657 It was a thrill. I had more than a couple schooners with Roycie. He's a great man. He can still knock'em back with the best. Brandy was my idol as a kid so I tried not to freak out too much, but it was hard. 🤷♂️😁
@@Firedogies exactly, completely in line with the budget blowouts of the Brisbane Olympics with the massive wage increase the CFMEU struct with the current QLD government
As a Penrithian, $309 million to increase the capacity by 2,500? From (22,500 to 25,000). Given that this year alone they have attracted crowds up to 21,500, and they expect this stadium to have a 30 year lifespan, they have left themselves with virtually no room to increase attendance numbers over that 30 years at all. Penrith’s current population of just over 205,000. Penrith population is expected to reach over 369,000 by 2041 and this stadium is expected to last until 2054, so how is it supposed to handle that demand? WTH?
As a Eels fan im very surprised by that, we got a complete knockdown and rebuild stadium for $350 mill and 30K seating, i would have thought Penrith would want at least 30K seats as well.
@@YouChwb in my opinion they should keep the family hill as its own thing but the standing they should keep the lower part grass and as it keeps going back put other grandstand. so it also merches in with the hill
I think it looks great. It still keeps the character of the old ground with the grass but is updated in every other way. I hope Newcastle is next and we upgrade the ground to 40k.
@@scottwilliam6141 Because the fans love it. Nothing wrong with having a grass hill as long as there are plenty of seats for others and the amenities are up to scratch.
@@B-tr9kz The fans love it? Says who. Nowhere in the world are they building stadiums with grass hills. I suppose you like black and white Tv and old Nokia phones.
With the current stands it has they should build around the grassy area on both sides and make it similar to Suncorp which would increase crowd capacity and the oval next to it should be made into a carpark
Hey mate, your videos are so flipping good. Any chance you could do one on the current Auckland stadium situation. Sounds like it’s now between Eden Park 2.0 and the downtown Te Toangaroa option, with the decision to be made by Christmas. Cheers.
@killbot86 There's a lot of information about the stadium precinct area as a part of the precinct structure plan from the council but other than that its early days I guess
Would you consider a video on the Auckland Stadium debate? There is plenty of discussion on either an upgraded Eden Park or a brand new Stadium in the city.
309 million dollars for just the 2 grandstands, the Western & Eastern grandstands, if I remember correctly, the new spectacular Parramatta Stadium - cost something similar, and is a complete Football Stadium, with around 30,000 capacity. It looks like the Penrith Panthers are getting ripped-off with only half the size of the stadium, and only increasing the capacity by 2,500
I think it's important for the NRL to really embrace the local stadiums. While it might be seen as a weakness to not be playing against a backdrop 40k+ fans, it has great potential as a point of differentiation. 20k at the local ground is as powerful a crowd as 60k at the CBD stadium 50km away that isn't really your own stomping grounds.
NSW and QLD are the only States that do Stadiums right. Playing Football, Union & League at Cricket Stadiums.. like the AFL States do is lame & architecturally brain dead.
they deserve it at least their keeping the grassed are I'd rather sit our stand on the hill than sit on plastic chairs love the suburban grounds only games I go to when I get a chance to go to a game
@@auGigaShaw especially given Penrith is still the team to beat along with the Storm, who have a home stadium with what twice the capacity? It won’t be sustainable long term even with local population growth let alone allowing room for new fans.
No, that's not what pokies profits are there for. Perversely, it's probably the family man who developed out of control gambling addiction at the club, who are now discarded by all, and sleeping rough on the streets today. Once again, pokie revenues are only to be spent on turning a top ground today, into an extravagant waist of cash. And nobody will like it once it's done as it stands today.
The new roof looks like the Rugby Union grand stand at Marrara in Darwin that I designed, both structurally and architecturally in the mid '90s. 30 years later and it's still standing - I'm quite pleased with myself for that....
@@ausman05 No the Government pays for the Stadium then the Panthers keep all the money from ticket sales, catering, signage naming rights. The Taxpayer is being shafted.
Should never have been approved. Both state and federal government should instead build a new 40,000 stadium near the Western Sydney Airport / Aerotropolis, to be perfectly positioned on transport infrastructure - mid way between Penrith and Campbelltown. Then Sydney would be well catered to with 3 major standard stadiums, Western Sydney, Parramatta and SFS, plus the Olympic stadium for the big occasions (replace it down the track). Penrith and the Tigers, possibly the Bulldogs, could share the new stadium. All these suburban grounds in Sydney getting government funding is a joke.
@@PjRjHj bingo. No vision for the good of the whole of society. Just short term appeasement, self interest and vote buying. A proper stadium strategy would actually end up being, not just fiscally responsible, but also better for the NRL and everyone = better facilities. Imagine, state govt looking after three top notch mid sized stadiums in Sydney and one big one = Western Sydney, Parramatta and SFS as a sort of 3 cities blueprint, plus the big Olympic one in the middle. Then outside Sydney it’s: Wollongong, Gosford and Newcastle with midsized stadiums too. And what do you know, those are the major population centres of NSW covered with world class facilities yet the NRL hasn’t even fully committed to all of those places - instead we see teams playing at Kogarah, Leichhardt etc etc. just dumb and wasteful tax spending.
Any new Stadium near the new Airport CBD of Bradfield should be a 10k boutique stadium as part of Football Australia's HQ centre of excellence so it could host Macarthur FC mens & WSW womens + Junior national teams when hosting national team tournaments. NRLW could also play there.
The fans and residents of the Penrith area deserve a Parramatta styled and size stadium. Typical Labor government (we are for the people) but actually give nothing. This part of Sydney will continue to grow in population so why only 25k. Make it 30k. Disappointing ……
Why do they deserve it? CommBank Stadium isn't solely or primarily the home of the Eels. That stadium is geographically positioned to serve the needs greater Sydney for League, Union, and Soccer. Is Penrith likely to land and support an A-League and Super Rugby club (or enough fixtures) to match the justification of CommBank Stadium? Penrith is a respected club and the region is a League nursery, but it's at the fringe of a metro that geographically can't move people as easily as Melbourne or even Perth.
Hmm, lets say if australia hosted a future fifa world cup and Sydney want to have 3 stadiums (first 2 would be accor and allianz) but i wonder what would be a good 3rd stadium to be easily increased to 40k without too much work. I feel the panthers stadium would be a perfect choice for it since the goal lines can just whack a few stands and off we go (bit like newcastle stadium). I would like to see combank being used but to upgrade to 40k would be a lot harder since you would have to tear the roof off and whatnot to add more stands. I say the Panthers Stadium is a worthwhile upgrade, even without a fifa world cup (or some random big event of that nature) in the near future. And the way they upgrade it isn't too rigid that its allow to expand crowd numbers if need to.
Why not replace the hills at the ends? The reason given for keeping the hills is utter crap. No one wants to stand in the rain, and to say that a lot of the capacity of the ground is the standing room on the hills is also untrue. There has to be another reason why they are throwing money at a problem that doesn't exist. (It's most likely a political reason) I have been a season ticket holder at this ground for 30 years and I can tell you there is nothing wrong with the existing grandstands. They are both structurally sound. The western stand was built around 1978, the eastern in the late 80's. If stands were built to replace the grass hills the capacity would increase by at least 8000 and play could continue at the ground while construction occurs and it sure as hell wouldn't cost 300 million. Give the money to other clubs that actually NEED new grandstands
Standing/sitting on the hill at a footy game is awesome, don’t know what your on about. It’s cheaper tickets and can take a blanket for the kids to sit on and actually have some leg room unlike most stadium seating these days.
@@andrew_l1900 Yes, this is true. I did sit on the hill when I was a child and had a great time. But to spend this amount of money to get a few thousand extra seats is unbelievably wasteful. This stadium will eventually get converted to all seating. They should either spend the money doing that, or not spend the money at all. Personally, I think they should leave the old Penrith stands alone. I think the modern stadiums are much too steep. Go the Mighty Panthers. 4th premiership in a row coming soon!
@@andrew_l1900 Some people prefer to sit than stand. The reason why Penrith is keeping two hills is so they can charge top dollar for the seats. If the whole stadium was seats, they could not charge a huge premium for seats. Penrith should be paying for the new Grandstands that they are going to be charging a huge premium for people to sit in. The taxpayer is being robbed.
I really question the value for money with this. Same for Leichardt Oval. These stadiums must find other uses, i.e. soccer. I fear that money is really being wasted here.
@@SlaintheMhath Allianz was old and needed an upgrade and Paramatta Stidium was outgrown by both NRL and Soccer. Both have multiple tenants and get far more use than Penrith Stadium and were better value for money
NRL has plenty of money, so does the gambling industry (pokies and betting) that fund it. My taxes shouldn't be paying a cent towards this single use stadium.
The gambling industry does not fund the NRL. The majority of its income comes from TV rights. And the government isn’t giving the NRL anything. The stadium is owned by the State and anyone who uses it has to pay rent. Do you expect Taylor Swift or Pink to build their own stadiums?
@@SlaintheMhath The taxpayer paid for the Crows home ground. Which is also an absolute disgrace. Both the Panthers and Crows turn over tens of millions of dollars a year they should be paying for their own Stadium and Training Facilites. Both are receiving Corporate Welfare.
@@SlaintheMhathdifference with those stadiums though is they are not only used by the rugby league clubs, CommBank is used by the western Sydney Wanderers and SFS is used by Sydney FC from the A league. With soccer in Australia on the rise since the women's world cup you would expect an upgrade for the multi use stadiums while the more suburban and single use stadiums are an afterthought
This is a complete waste of money. There are much better things for money to be spent on than this. I like league, but this is ridiculous. People are doing it tough with inflation through the roof and they do this. This has got to stop.
What a waste of money, how about the NRL contributes to the cost (ok only joking) the NRL wouldn’t put in for anything they could not grift off the taxpayer …🤫
Why nit. Just. Move. Cricket oval. Across the. Road. In the. Vacant. Padic and. Build. Bigger better stadium. On the. Area. That would then include. Training. Feld. Current stadium and. Current cricket oval. On the how. Block area. Then. Makes. More. Sence
Yer. NSW state government makes a lot of sense not. Spent. 500 million on Parramatta new stadium. And went. 200milliinover. Budget for roosters. Stadium and. Gym and won't. Build. Us a brand new. One. And. Will only work for. 20years. And the price of a new one in 20years. Will be 1 billon. Doesn't make sense. Does it. But will build. All these new. Metro lines that. Already have train lines. And. A new. Airport that. Cost 5 billion. And the. Metro line. To. New airport will cost 11billion how's that work
I love that stadium. I used to live a couple blocks away in 1990. I went to every home game that year and stayed afterward to get autographs. I got the whole Panthers squad that year! I moved back to the USA in 91 and didn't return until 2023! Had scooners with Roycie Simmons at the club and met my hero Greg Alexander. The best memories I have are at that old Penrith Park. As you can see, I met Nathan too! 😊 I'm glad I got to see it one more time.
You would have the stories to get pissed to.
@@youareawesome5236 Absolutely 😂
I'm so jealous that you met Royce and Brandy
@@christendomempire5657 It was a thrill. I had more than a couple schooners with Roycie. He's a great man. He can still knock'em back with the best. Brandy was my idol as a kid so I tried not to freak out too much, but it was hard. 🤷♂️😁
$309 million for that? Wow. Who are quoting?
CFMEU probably
What can you do it for?
@@Firedogies exactly, completely in line with the budget blowouts of the Brisbane Olympics with the massive wage increase the CFMEU struct with the current QLD government
You can't beat the billions it cost to put some train tracks in concrete and call it light rail😂
@@_peepyopeelight rail benefits more people than a footy stadium….
As a Penrithian, $309 million to increase the capacity by 2,500? From (22,500 to 25,000). Given that this year alone they have attracted crowds up to 21,500, and they expect this stadium to have a 30 year lifespan, they have left themselves with virtually no room to increase attendance numbers over that 30 years at all.
Penrith’s current population of just over 205,000. Penrith population is expected to reach over 369,000 by 2041 and this stadium is expected to last until 2054, so how is it supposed to handle that demand? WTH?
As a Eels fan im very surprised by that, we got a complete knockdown and rebuild stadium for $350 mill and 30K seating, i would have thought Penrith would want at least 30K seats as well.
Blame the arseholes at labour.
The two hill ends should be built bigger to hold more punters.
@@YouChwb in my opinion they should keep the family hill as its own thing but the standing they should keep the lower part grass and as it keeps going back put other grandstand. so it also merches in with the hill
It's very depressing to see what $300 million buys these days.
Sucks for Brisbane who won an Olympic bid with a fictional budget
Been in the industry for 40 years, thanks to the corrupt CFMEU union you have to pay
I think it looks great. It still keeps the character of the old ground with the grass but is updated in every other way. I hope Newcastle is next and we upgrade the ground to 40k.
Why would you keep the grass hill? What a waste of money. It’s 2024 not 1964. Looks third world.
@@scottwilliam6141 Because the fans love it. Nothing wrong with having a grass hill as long as there are plenty of seats for others and the amenities are up to scratch.
@@B-tr9kz The fans love it? Says who. Nowhere in the world are they building stadiums with grass hills.
I suppose you like black and white Tv and old Nokia phones.
@@scottwilliam6141most of us panther fans love the beer hill champ
@@scottwilliam6141 Fans love standing on the hill with their mates and enjoying a beer. The northern end I think is family friendly no beer section.
With the current stands it has they should build around the grassy area on both sides and make it similar to Suncorp which would increase crowd capacity and the oval next to it should be made into a carpark
About time, the place is full of goats 🐐 and rings
Love your channel
Hey mate, your videos are so flipping good. Any chance you could do one on the current Auckland stadium situation. Sounds like it’s now between Eden Park 2.0 and the downtown Te Toangaroa option, with the decision to be made by Christmas. Cheers.
Mate you should a do a video on the Wyndham City Stadium in Tarneit.
Yes I too would like to see that….Ive always tried to look for new articles online but there are hardly any updates…..
@killbot86 There's a lot of information about the stadium precinct area as a part of the precinct structure plan from the council but other than that its early days I guess
Will they be playing all their home games at Parramatta or because they play very well at anz good for the region work
New quote ,New design .
What’s with the half sized training field? Seems like it’d be way better to stay full sized like it is now
Would you consider a video on the Auckland Stadium debate? There is plenty of discussion on either an upgraded Eden Park or a brand new Stadium in the city.
Just made the same comment. Would love to see that.
That’ll get you some scaffold stands & shrink wrap for roof, maybe a couple paw prints for authenticity😂
Nice looking upgrade.
Somewhat surprising tbey are going with light towers rather than building into the roof (maybe not high enough)
22,500 up to 25,000?? What's the point.
Atleast Ukraine can build some nice new stadiums.
309 million dollars for just the 2 grandstands, the Western & Eastern grandstands, if I remember correctly,
the new spectacular Parramatta Stadium - cost something similar, and is a complete Football Stadium,
with around 30,000 capacity. It looks like the Penrith Panthers are getting ripped-off with only half the
size of the stadium, and only increasing the capacity by 2,500
they deserve a AAMI park or a Cbus from gold coast
Because the goverment are rip off
I think it's important for the NRL to really embrace the local stadiums. While it might be seen as a weakness to not be playing against a backdrop 40k+ fans, it has great potential as a point of differentiation. 20k at the local ground is as powerful a crowd as 60k at the CBD stadium 50km away that isn't really your own stomping grounds.
Would struggle to fill it, especially when they start plummeting to the bottom again soon.
LOL! People like you said the same 4 years ago, but hey, here we are.
@@notsofatmike1 Didn’t hear that chat 4 years ago. They won’t fill that stadium, they never have filled one.
Make it interesting and give it atmosphere for god sake. With the exception of commbank stadium NSW does the most boring venues in Australia.
have you been to Allianz? world class
@@robg6688 Yes I have and you're right it is world class spectator facilities etc are great but it's very generic and architecturally dull.
@@Ansdus geez mate tough marker
@@Ansdus The only thing wrong with Allianz is the seat design. Everything else is awesome.
NSW and QLD are the only States that do Stadiums right. Playing Football, Union & League at Cricket Stadiums.. like the AFL States do is lame & architecturally brain dead.
For that price you should be getting 27,000-30,000 capacity.
they deserve it at least their keeping the grassed are I'd rather sit our stand on the hill than sit on plastic chairs love the suburban grounds only games I go to when I get a chance to go to a game
The NRL should be putting in at least half of the cost instead of the NSW taxpayers contributing the total cost of this upgrade!!
And who else is going to use it?
Whoever wants to I suppose, there is a picture of a concert in the video.
@@SlaintheMhath A stadium for 1 team and the occasional event? Bad investment.
looks a lot like McDonald Jones Stadium
$300+ mil buys 2500 seats? What a joke
Make it make sense, if that's true unbelievable
@@auGigaShaw especially given Penrith is still the team to beat along with the Storm, who have a home stadium with what twice the capacity? It won’t be sustainable long term even with local population growth let alone allowing room for new fans.
Thank goodness they're keeping the grassed hills. The southern hill, cold beer in hand, is my happy place. :-)
Build a big homeless shelter too while you're at it
No, that's not what pokies profits are there for.
Perversely, it's probably the family man who developed out of control gambling addiction at the club, who are now discarded by all, and sleeping rough on the streets today.
Once again, pokie revenues are only to be spent on turning a top ground today, into an extravagant waist of cash. And nobody will like it once it's done as it stands today.
The new roof looks like the Rugby Union grand stand at Marrara in Darwin that I designed, both structurally and architecturally in the mid '90s. 30 years later and it's still standing - I'm quite pleased with myself for that....
Why is the Taxpayer paying for it? Tickets to attend Penrith matches are extremely expensive. This is Corporate Welfare on steroids.
Because the Govt owns the stadium.
@@ausman05 No the Government pays for the Stadium then the Panthers keep all the money from ticket sales, catering, signage naming rights. The Taxpayer is being shafted.
@@ausman05 Penrith City Council owns Penrith Park.
@@banliveexport325 I would say they have to pay rent on the stadium to like the Eels have to for their new stadium
@@SlaintheMhath Yea i saw that, i just wrote Govt because it was quicker lol
Lol so what a 3k increase in seating f that for the cost of 309 mil crazy. At least increase it to 30k.
That’s actually ridiculous. Embarrassing result. Wow!
Should never have been approved. Both state and federal government should instead build a new 40,000 stadium near the Western Sydney Airport / Aerotropolis, to be perfectly positioned on transport infrastructure - mid way between Penrith and Campbelltown. Then Sydney would be well catered to with 3 major standard stadiums, Western Sydney, Parramatta and SFS, plus the Olympic stadium for the big occasions (replace it down the track).
Penrith and the Tigers, possibly the Bulldogs, could share the new stadium.
All these suburban grounds in Sydney getting government funding is a joke.
💯 exactly. It will be a sole occupant stadium.
A Liverpool stadium for the Bulldogs and Tigers made far more sense, but for politics
@@PjRjHj bingo. No vision for the good of the whole of society. Just short term appeasement, self interest and vote buying.
A proper stadium strategy would actually end up being, not just fiscally responsible, but also better for the NRL and everyone = better facilities.
Imagine, state govt looking after three top notch mid sized stadiums in Sydney and one big one = Western Sydney, Parramatta and SFS as a sort of 3 cities blueprint, plus the big Olympic one in the middle.
Then outside Sydney it’s: Wollongong, Gosford and Newcastle with midsized stadiums too.
And what do you know, those are the major population centres of NSW covered with world class facilities yet the NRL hasn’t even fully committed to all of those places - instead we see teams playing at Kogarah, Leichhardt etc etc. just dumb and wasteful tax spending.
Would be very odd if any federal money got pumped into suburban nrl grounds while afl clubs are packed into two stadiums in Melbourne
@@albertmiller2electricbooga897 it already happens. Feds putting $40mil into Leichhardt oval.
Any new Stadium near the new Airport CBD of Bradfield should be a 10k boutique stadium as part of Football Australia's HQ centre of excellence so it could host Macarthur FC mens & WSW womens + Junior national teams when hosting national team tournaments. NRLW could also play there.
The fans and residents of the Penrith area deserve a Parramatta styled and size stadium. Typical Labor government (we are for the people) but actually give nothing. This part of Sydney will continue to grow in population so why only 25k. Make it 30k. Disappointing ……
Why do they deserve it?
CommBank Stadium isn't solely or primarily the home of the Eels. That stadium is geographically positioned to serve the needs greater Sydney for League, Union, and Soccer.
Is Penrith likely to land and support an A-League and Super Rugby club (or enough fixtures) to match the justification of CommBank Stadium?
Penrith is a respected club and the region is a League nursery, but it's at the fringe of a metro that geographically can't move people as easily as Melbourne or even Perth.
@@PjRjHj It’s just my 2 cents worth. Besides I’m not interested in your opinion. Comment on the video mate.
@@TBird89 No need to be rude. He's just giving his 2 cents on your argument.
Gladys would've done a dodgy deal to get it done
50,000 seat stadium minimum is what Penrith requires
To me only around 2000 more fans that’s waste of money
No way 309 million for a footy stadium.
Hmm, lets say if australia hosted a future fifa world cup and Sydney want to have 3 stadiums (first 2 would be accor and allianz) but i wonder what would be a good 3rd stadium to be easily increased to 40k without too much work.
I feel the panthers stadium would be a perfect choice for it since the goal lines can just whack a few stands and off we go (bit like newcastle stadium). I would like to see combank being used but to upgrade to 40k would be a lot harder since you would have to tear the roof off and whatnot to add more stands.
I say the Panthers Stadium is a worthwhile upgrade, even without a fifa world cup (or some random big event of that nature) in the near future. And the way they upgrade it isn't too rigid that its allow to expand crowd numbers if need to.
CommBank Stadium??? 30,000 capacity and near-brand new
Completely irrelevant as Australia will never win the rights to host a FIFA World Cup.
@@listey Its doesn't have be fifa world cup but for any big events, but highly doubt on the scale of fifa tho...
NSW would have the Sydney Football Stadium, Stadium Australia, Win stadium in Wollongong and Newcastle Stadium.
@@charlesmurphy7685 And is the second new stadium since you burned down Cumberland Oval, in the meantime Penrith has had nothing.
New stadium is crap, mcdonald jones stadium would be way better, with still some grass sections.
people get rid of the hill i hate the hill so stupid
Not gonna lie…..this new stadium looks very underwhelming
Penrith has had bugger all while parra and easts have had 2 new stadiums each in the past 30 years.
This plan is crap, 3000 extra seats, seriously?
Why not replace the hills at the ends?
The reason given for keeping the hills is utter crap. No one wants to stand in the rain, and to say that a lot of the capacity of the ground is the standing room on the hills is also untrue. There has to be another reason why they are throwing money at a problem that doesn't exist. (It's most likely a political reason)
I have been a season ticket holder at this ground for 30 years and I can tell you there is nothing wrong with the existing grandstands. They are both structurally sound. The western stand was built around 1978, the eastern in the late 80's. If stands were built to replace the grass hills the capacity would increase by at least 8000 and play could continue at the ground while construction occurs and it sure as hell wouldn't cost 300 million.
Give the money to other clubs that actually NEED new grandstands
If you replace the hills with seats, you cannot charge top dollar for seats. That is the reason.
Actually a lot of us fans love standing on the beer hill mste. Been there for 20 years
Standing/sitting on the hill at a footy game is awesome, don’t know what your on about. It’s cheaper tickets and can take a blanket for the kids to sit on and actually have some leg room unlike most stadium seating these days.
@@andrew_l1900 Yes, this is true. I did sit on the hill when I was a child and had a great time.
But to spend this amount of money to get a few thousand extra seats is unbelievably wasteful. This stadium will eventually get converted to all seating. They should either spend the money doing that, or not spend the money at all.
Personally, I think they should leave the old Penrith stands alone. I think the modern stadiums are much too steep.
Go the Mighty Panthers.
4th premiership in a row coming soon!
@@andrew_l1900 Some people prefer to sit than stand. The reason why Penrith is keeping two hills is so they can charge top dollar for the seats. If the whole stadium was seats, they could not charge a huge premium for seats. Penrith should be paying for the new Grandstands that they are going to be charging a huge premium for people to sit in. The taxpayer is being robbed.
I don’t want to pay for that!
Who gives a shit what you want
@@Flobastino241 little bit more fibre in your diet Princess and you’ll be good as gold.
waste of money it needs at least 40.000 people. scrap the the old one build a new one.
What's that, 300 houses?
What a gigantic waste of money
Thank god they let loose putting in the pokies in everywhere square inch of the massive club house.
Your misery paid for all you se here.
What a waste of money 🤦
Terrible plan . For 300 million replace designer rubbish
I really question the value for money with this. Same for Leichardt Oval. These stadiums must find other uses, i.e. soccer. I fear that money is really being wasted here.
You mean like the billion or so that will be spent on Hobart for a roofed stadium that will host 7/8 AFL games and a handful of cricket games?
@@B-tr9kz I question the value for money in that one too.
Like it was on commbank and allianz when there were already better stadiums at those venues than poor old Penrith Park.
@@SlaintheMhath Allianz was old and needed an upgrade and Paramatta Stidium was outgrown by both NRL and Soccer. Both have multiple tenants and get far more use than Penrith Stadium and were better value for money
This guy talks in a stop..start..manner
NRL has plenty of money, so does the gambling industry (pokies and betting) that fund it. My taxes shouldn't be paying a cent towards this single use stadium.
The gambling industry does not fund the NRL. The majority of its income comes from TV rights. And the government isn’t giving the NRL anything. The stadium is owned by the State and anyone who uses it has to pay rent.
Do you expect Taylor Swift or Pink to build their own stadiums?
Disgraceful waste of taxpayers money.
Nobody cares victorian football fan
Who paid for the crows home grounds in Adelaide?
@@SlaintheMhath The taxpayer paid for the Crows home ground. Which is also an absolute disgrace. Both the Panthers and Crows turn over tens of millions of dollars a year they should be paying for their own Stadium and Training Facilites. Both are receiving Corporate Welfare.
@@sriley064 Lots of people care its corporate welfare the taxpayer is being ripped off.
Crows suck Port Adelaide are superior
Oh wow they are getting an upgraded stadium for the fans they won't have when they fall back into irrelevancy,bandwagon fans only,what a waste
Parra has had 2 new stadiums. So have the sombreros from eastern suburbs but no nothing for the working class suburbs.
Tell us how stupid you are without actually telling us. Panthers group are huge, they wont be falling off for a while
@@SlaintheMhathdifference with those stadiums though is they are not only used by the rugby league clubs, CommBank is used by the western Sydney Wanderers and SFS is used by Sydney FC from the A league. With soccer in Australia on the rise since the women's world cup you would expect an upgrade for the multi use stadiums while the more suburban and single use stadiums are an afterthought
What an wanker😂😂
This is a complete waste of money. There are much better things for money to be spent on than this. I like league, but this is ridiculous. People are doing it tough with inflation through the roof and they do this. This has got to stop.
What a waste of money, how about the NRL contributes to the cost (ok only joking) the NRL wouldn’t put in for anything they could not grift off the taxpayer …🤫
Stadium is owned by the Govt so why should the NRL pay for it?
Why nit. Just. Move. Cricket oval. Across the. Road. In the. Vacant. Padic and. Build. Bigger better stadium. On the. Area. That would then include. Training. Feld. Current stadium and. Current cricket oval. On the how. Block area. Then. Makes. More. Sence
Yer. NSW state government makes a lot of sense not. Spent. 500 million on Parramatta new stadium. And went. 200milliinover. Budget for roosters. Stadium and. Gym and won't. Build. Us a brand new. One. And. Will only work for. 20years. And the price of a new one in 20years. Will be 1 billon. Doesn't make sense. Does it. But will build. All these new. Metro lines that. Already have train lines. And. A new. Airport that. Cost 5 billion. And the. Metro line. To. New airport will cost 11billion how's that work