DUFFMAN
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Probably a good thing but the SCG is sure a crap game to watch a game, a better option would of been finish the SFS and then rebuild the Olympic stadium.
Grand final coup as Sydney beats Brisbane to keep NRL decider
Phil Rothfield, The Daily Telegraph
October 16, 2019 3:30pm
Subscriber only
Premier Gladys Berejiklian is expected reveal the funding deal involving Destination NSW later on Wednesday which prevents the NRL from switching the game’s biggest event to either Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth, the three cities all bidding to host the game.
The announcement will be brought forward after news began to leak on the coup.
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The Sydney Roosters celebrate their 2019 grand final victory over Canberra. The premiers will attempt to win three straight when the SCG hosts next year’s decider. Picture: Getty
The Daily Telegraph can reveal all three cities wanted to host the event at either Suncorp Stadium, the MCG or Optus Stadium – and were prepared to offer millions for it.
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The Melbourne plan was to hold the game the weekend after the AFL grand final. It was appealing in that it would allow the NRL to sell more than 90,000 seats and also take an upfront payment from Victorian Tourism.
It is a huge victory for Sydney in the same week of the NSW v Victoria slanging match over which state holds the premier racing carnival.
Johnathan Thurston’s Cowboys beat the Broncos in an all-Queensland decider in 2015 in one of the greatest ever grand finals. Picture: Brett Costello
Under the new Sydney agreement, the 2020 and 2021 grand finals will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground while both Allianz Stadium and ANZ Stadium are out of action undergoing rebuilds.
The SCG has only 46,000 seats and more than 16,000 of those will be taken by members.
As part of the deal, the next 27 grand finals will be played in NSW, a government source said.
The deal involves $6.7 million specifically paid from the state government to the NRL as compensation for the loss of ticket revenue over playing the matches at a smaller stadium.
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The Sydney grand final had been under threat because of the State Government’s delay in starting work on ANZ Stadium until after Stave of Origin next year.
The delay cancelled out the original memorandum of understanding that all grand finals would stay in Sydney for the next 25 years.
The loss of earnings from ticket sales at the SCG put the NRL in a position to demand compensation from the government.
The news comes a day after Queensland Tourism Minister Kate Jones tried to use a league-cricket scheduling fiasco at the SCG to further Brisbane’s claims to host the NRL’s showpiece event.
Grand final coup as Sydney beats Brisbane to keep NRL decider
Phil Rothfield, The Daily Telegraph
October 16, 2019 3:30pm
Subscriber only
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Premier Gladys Berejiklian is expected reveal the funding deal involving Destination NSW later on Wednesday which prevents the NRL from switching the game’s biggest event to either Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth, the three cities all bidding to host the game.
The announcement will be brought forward after news began to leak on the coup.
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The Sydney Roosters celebrate their 2019 grand final victory over Canberra. The premiers will attempt to win three straight when the SCG hosts next year’s decider. Picture: Getty
The Daily Telegraph can reveal all three cities wanted to host the event at either Suncorp Stadium, the MCG or Optus Stadium – and were prepared to offer millions for it.
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The Melbourne plan was to hold the game the weekend after the AFL grand final. It was appealing in that it would allow the NRL to sell more than 90,000 seats and also take an upfront payment from Victorian Tourism.
It is a huge victory for Sydney in the same week of the NSW v Victoria slanging match over which state holds the premier racing carnival.
Under the new Sydney agreement, the 2020 and 2021 grand finals will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground while both Allianz Stadium and ANZ Stadium are out of action undergoing rebuilds.
The SCG has only 46,000 seats and more than 16,000 of those will be taken by members.
As part of the deal, the next 27 grand finals will be played in NSW, a government source said.
The deal involves $6.7 million specifically paid from the state government to the NRL as compensation for the loss of ticket revenue over playing the matches at a smaller stadium.
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The Sydney grand final had been under threat because of the State Government’s delay in starting work on ANZ Stadium until after Stave of Origin next year.
The delay cancelled out the original memorandum of understanding that all grand finals would stay in Sydney for the next 25 years.
The loss of earnings from ticket sales at the SCG put the NRL in a position to demand compensation from the government.
The news comes a day after Queensland Tourism Minister Kate Jones tried to use a league-cricket scheduling fiasco at the SCG to further Brisbane’s claims to host the NRL’s showpiece event.