SEA Eagles CEO Joe Kelly says the club is committed to getting more games at Brookvale Oval on Sunday afternoons at the right price.
He revealed the club is currently engaged in talks with Warringah Council about coming to more favourable commercial terms in regards to leasing the ground.
“Sunday (against Cronulla) was a really successful day in terms of the result, in terms of having families here and we got a crowd of 14,881,” Kelly said.
“But from a financial point of view that game only barely breaks even.
“What we have to do is go back to the drawing board in terms of our agreement with council in particular and work out a fair and reasonable leasing cost to play here at the ground on a per game basis.
“At the moment we are certainly in good dialogue with the council and that is continuing and we are hopeful that going forward we can resolve that situation and come to a fair market value.”
Kelly would not reveal the costs involved in hiring Brookie, but the Manly Daily understands the figure is $45,000 a game before the gates are opened.
The Manly boss was commenting after club legends Steve Menzies and Max Krilich called for more home games to be held at Brookvale on Sundays.
“Sunday afternoon football- absolutely we want more of it,” Kelly said.
“Our core activity is putting on games of football and they have to be profitable for us to do what we do in all other aspects of the business including putting the playing personnel on the field.”
He also revealed the harsh reality is that over this season the club will actually lose money on their 10 home games, including the two they stage away from Brookvale.
The matches in Albury and Gosford help prop up the games at Brookvale.
“On a number of games we are not even covering the hiring fee,” Kelly said.
“We have to make match day more profitable.
“We are committed here, we know that playing inside ‘the fortress’ is what we want.
“We are very conscious of the fact that Brookvale Oval is a competitive edge for us on field.
“And that on field competitiveness has to be matched with off-field competitiveness.”
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He revealed the club is currently engaged in talks with Warringah Council about coming to more favourable commercial terms in regards to leasing the ground.
“Sunday (against Cronulla) was a really successful day in terms of the result, in terms of having families here and we got a crowd of 14,881,” Kelly said.
“But from a financial point of view that game only barely breaks even.
“What we have to do is go back to the drawing board in terms of our agreement with council in particular and work out a fair and reasonable leasing cost to play here at the ground on a per game basis.
“At the moment we are certainly in good dialogue with the council and that is continuing and we are hopeful that going forward we can resolve that situation and come to a fair market value.”
Kelly would not reveal the costs involved in hiring Brookie, but the Manly Daily understands the figure is $45,000 a game before the gates are opened.
The Manly boss was commenting after club legends Steve Menzies and Max Krilich called for more home games to be held at Brookvale on Sundays.
“Sunday afternoon football- absolutely we want more of it,” Kelly said.
“Our core activity is putting on games of football and they have to be profitable for us to do what we do in all other aspects of the business including putting the playing personnel on the field.”
He also revealed the harsh reality is that over this season the club will actually lose money on their 10 home games, including the two they stage away from Brookvale.
The matches in Albury and Gosford help prop up the games at Brookvale.
“On a number of games we are not even covering the hiring fee,” Kelly said.
“We have to make match day more profitable.
“We are committed here, we know that playing inside ‘the fortress’ is what we want.
“We are very conscious of the fact that Brookvale Oval is a competitive edge for us on field.
“And that on field competitiveness has to be matched with off-field competitiveness.”
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...games-at-brookie/story-fngr8iii-1227432526741