The owner of the San Francisco 49ers, Al Guido, has expressed interest in buying an NRL franchise following the Las Vegas double-header which attracted more than 40,000 fans to Allegiant Stadium.
Guido, whose team made this year’s Super Bowl, has had an international focus as 49ers owner and has bought a share of English football club Leeds United so he knows the value of looking beyond the United States borders.
He addressed the ARL Commission and club executives during a conference at Las Vegas and he thinks private equity firms would also be keen to buy into the NRL franchises.
Do we put up the ‘For Sale’ sign??
Im pretty wary of it. The flip side of the money that it would bring is that the new owner could sell/fold/relocate us on a whim.
The owner of the San Francisco 49ers, Al Guido, has expressed interest in buying an NRL franchise following the Las Vegas double-header which attracted more than 40,000 fans to Allegiant Stadium.
Guido, whose team made this year’s Super Bowl, has had an international focus as 49ers owner and has bought a share of English football club Leeds United so he knows the value of looking beyond the United States borders.
He addressed the ARL Commission and club executives during a conference at Las Vegas and he thinks private equity firms would also be keen to buy into the NRL franchises.
Do we put up the ‘For Sale’ sign??
Im pretty wary of it. The flip side of the money that it would bring is that the new owner could sell/fold/relocate us on a whim.
I know, but the $s would be amazing.
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I'm not really interested in private ownership
In memory of Geoff Chisholm (1965-2022)
I know, but the $s would be amazing.
Richo has said the club should be able to stand on its on 2 feet and not rely on funding from owner.
Opportunity is to get the brains and connections at board level without selling.
Only - thing I'd consider - is after watching the Vegas games - I think it's time all clubs move out of suburban grounds - unless they are top notch 25k boutique stadiums.
How do we find a significant upgrade to CS in starting asap?
Do we get NRL/State support?
Can the Ashfield and Campbeltown leagues clubs fund directly?
Do we sell part of club?
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State Gov. talking about a roof over Stadium Australia after the minister went to VegasI know, but the $s would be amazing.
Richo has said the club should be able to stand on its on 2 feet and not rely on funding from owner.
Opportunity is to get the brains and connections at board level without selling.
Only - thing I'd consider - is after watching the Vegas games - I think it's time all clubs move out of suburban grounds - unless they are top notch 25k boutique stadiums.
How do we find a significant upgrade to CS in starting asap?
Do we get NRL/State support?
Can the Ashfield and Campbeltown leagues clubs fund directly?
Do we sell part of club?
With all due respect for the Bennett record, I don't think WT needs anyone using the gig as a career end. That was Sheens, and look how that turned out.Any chance we get Bennet for GM of Football and keep Rucho as CEO ?
I don’t think they could work together. Two very strong personalities. But if they could work together it’s a strong leadership.
They worked together for 2 years at Souffs. Richo would have been responsible for bringing Bennett to Souffs.
I’d love to see Bennett finish his career here.
I reckon if Bennett is open to coming back to Sydney then we are in with a real shot.
Almost signs here anyway, close relationship with Benji and has worked with Richo before (no idea if it was a happy relationship or anything but.) It might be a tempting last job to help lift the tigers and Benji up
So, do you think the current setup is working?I'm not really interested in private ownership
I think the changes occurring now are the best chance at setting the club up for the future. Getting some overseas owner is not a road to success for me.
In memory of Geoff Chisholm (1965-2022)
I would welcome some heavy hitters to buying in a la Souths, but not sure a random rich American/foreign owner is a pathway to success (unless they're going to build us a stadium - which strikes me as incredibly unlikely).
State Gov. talking about a roof over Stadium Australia after the minister went to VegasI know, but the $s would be amazing.
Richo has said the club should be able to stand on its on 2 feet and not rely on funding from owner.
Opportunity is to get the brains and connections at board level without selling.
Only - thing I'd consider - is after watching the Vegas games - I think it's time all clubs move out of suburban grounds - unless they are top notch 25k boutique stadiums.
How do we find a significant upgrade to CS in starting asap?
Do we get NRL/State support?
Can the Ashfield and Campbeltown leagues clubs fund directly?
Do we sell part of club?
I posted a few years ago when I was working for a company they had the plans and fit out drawn up for a retractable roof
Difference here is this would be a permanent roof apparently
I reckon if Bennett is open to coming back to Sydney then we are in with a real shot.
Almost signs here anyway, close relationship with Benji and has worked with Richo before (no idea if it was a happy relationship or anything but.) It might be a tempting last job to help lift the tigers and Benji up
I reckon he wouldnt even need to be full time in Sydney....lots of zooms with benji, the occasional trip down. Bennett has his flaws but the cross over of Bennett late stage of his career with nothing to prove and Benji at the start of his career with nothing to lose might be just what we need. For mine the (very) early signs of Benjis coaching are not encouraging.
Difference here is this would be a permanent roof apparently
Yeah the sports minister said it would be permanent
But the Vegas stadium has the ability to roll out the grass field to get direct sun.
Would there be an issue with a permanent roof and grass?
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Difference here is this would be a permanent roof apparently
Yeah the sports minister said it would be permanent
But the Vegas stadium has the ability to roll out the grass field to get direct sun.
Would there be an issue with a permanent roof and grass?
Thats a good question - can you have real turf in an enclosed arena?
Re foreign ownership opportunities, we need to aim bigger, why not even much bigger, than being a suburban football club. To me, that’s just as scary as someone coming in and turbocharging everything we do.
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Unless you are going to swap out the turf every couple of weeks you would need a retractable roof, that's why retrofitting a fixed roof on a stadium is not a viable option. Allegiant have a field that slides outside between games...not sure how you could possibly retrofit that in a stadium already built. My view is that as long as you can have a large percentage of the crowd undercover than that's good enough, the variable conditions actually bring some excitement to the game.
re foreign or private ownership...I don't mind it if it is a professional sports organization and the reality is if we did somehow crack the US market it is inevitable.
