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Leichhardt Oval is reportedly getting up to $60 million in state government funding. What do you think the ground needs most?

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Surely an additional stand at northern end with corporate facilities. Upgrade toilet and food amenities with the change. 


   
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60 million won't go far .....If you start messing with Grandstands you lose the facade / beauty of the old girl .....Food Outlets .....ask the Colonel .....KFC and Taco Bell ......


   
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Posted by: @tigersteve

Surely an additional stand at northern end with corporate facilities. Upgrade toilet and food amenities with the change. 

From a development approval point of view, I think they would have a very tough time cutting down the old Figs at the northern end of the ground.

 


   
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I think an important improvement not mentioned is the drainage. When it rains the outer areas become a quagmire, which is just not acceptable. 


   
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Unless $60m buys a two storey grandstand that runs all along the eastern side then don’t bother wasting the money. A half baked approach will ruin the ambience of the ground.


   
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Sorry Leichhardt oval is a dead end .. great for local sporting and community use a lot of wasted money to be spent there ! Nothing changes the fact that at that ground the majority of the supporter base is Locked out .

Looks like Campbelltown has had the chop the club would of been apprised of this funding as it directly applies to them .


   
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it will be interesting to see some of the supporter base when people were chanting for 8 games at campbletown and 3 at Leichardt. 

I wonder how some would cope with 8 LO and 3 campbletown games per year. 

Personally upgrade LO but we need to be doing a 3 and 3 split with CS, do not forget one paet of your family over another very dangerous regardless of whether that be Macarthur or inner west 


   
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Hopefully this Leichardt Oval funding puts this full time move to campbletown back in its box, Realisation it is either a split or nothing, you can't just move a team to one area permanently, Dragons don't do it they have kogarah and woollongong.  


   
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it will be interesting to see some of the supporter base when people were chanting for 8 games at campbletown and 3 at Leichardt. 

I wonder how some would cope with 8 LO and 3 campbletown games per year. 

Personally upgrade LO but we need to be doing a 3 and 3 split with CS, do not forget one paet of your family over another very dangerous regardless of whether that be Macarthur or inner west 

I agree with your point that one suburban ground cannot have more games than the other. Personally, I would go with a 2 and 2 split with 6 at either Accor or the SFS. 


   
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it will be interesting to see some of the supporter base when people were chanting for 8 games at campbletown and 3 at Leichardt. 

I wonder how some would cope with 8 LO and 3 campbletown games per year. 

Personally upgrade LO but we need to be doing a 3 and 3 split with CS, do not forget one paet of your family over another very dangerous regardless of whether that be Macarthur or inner west 

I agree with your point that one suburban ground cannot have more games than the other. Personally, I would go with a 2 and 2 split with 6 at either Accor or the SFS. 

I dont think 2 at either ground is enough. The club offers memberships exclusively for these grounds and I think a lot wouldnt bother for just two games.

 


   
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@eastiemagpie it was interesting that before a Leichardt upgrade many fans were happy with a game campbletown plan with 4 at LO 

I don't know what the answer is I guess a 3 and 3 split and the balance at SFS or Accor 


   
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@eastiemagpie it was interesting that before a Leichardt upgrade many fans were happy with a game campbletown plan with 4 at LO 

I don't know what the answer is I guess a 3 and 3 split and the balance at SFS or Accor 

I think the aim would still be to get to a 8-4 split of something similar.

 

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@eastiemagpie it was interesting that before a Leichardt upgrade many fans were happy with a game campbletown plan with 4 at LO 

I don't know what the answer is I guess a 3 and 3 split and the balance at SFS or Accor 

I think the aim would still be to get to a 8-4 split of something similar.

 

Whilst I’m not in favour of using the suburban grounds for most of our home games, this approach will give a good indication if enough fans will come out to make it commercially viable to stage games at these venues.


   
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