Source: News Ltd News Limited reports that Greater Western Sydney are considering boosting their financial position by investing in pokie machines, becoming the 12th AFL club to be involved in gaming. Giants Chairman Tony Shephard told News that “It’s obvious that football clubs do better if they have a non-football source of revenue, and that…
Source: Sydney Morning Herald Canterbury leagues club has received government approval for its $100 million project to transform its site at Belmore to include a six star hotel, and create other sources of revenue that will make the club more secure financially. According to Fairfax media, the development includes Changing the club’s current L-shaped structure…
Source: Sydney Morning Herald The ABC has officially become the first western broadcaster to be given permission to have its Australia Network content available throughout China. The AFL is broadcast by the Australia Network, and this could open some pretty big inroads into the Chinese tv market.
Source: News Litd The Heraldsun reports that former Channel Nine boss Jeff Browne is firming up to take a position on the AFL Commission and eventually succeed Mike Fitzpatrick as AFL Chairman. Browne has historically been involved previously with the Oval during the creation of the Salary Cap and Draft, as well as serving as…
Source: The Age] [The AFL] A group of St Kilda supporters are working under the slogan of “Bring em home” to return St Kilda to a redeveloped Junction Oval, where the team was based until 1964 when they moved to Moorabin. The proposed redevelopment will be a new home for Cricket Victoria. The AFL have…
Source: Canberra Times On April 7th, 2014, ACT Sports Minister Andrew Barr claimed that sports crowds in Canberra were exaggerated in the past. I think the crowd figures have been inflated in previous years, often by 2000,” Barr said. “If you were to go back and look at what the actual numbers were before the…
Source: Adelaide Advertiser The Power continues to break new records with its membership now sitting more than 13,500 higher than at the same time last year. The Power today announced they had passed the 50,000 membership mark, meaning both South Australian clubs have passed that mark for the first time.
Source: [The Age] [Heraldsun] The Victorian opposition is reportedly going to unveil a 30 million dollar redevelopment of Eureka Stadium as a possible location for the Kangaroos and Bulldogs to play at, with the prospect of some matches through Cricket Victoria. Any complete redevelopment into a 15,000 seat facility is expected to cost about 80…
Source: Sports Business Insider Perth stadium has reportedly finished its pre constructions works six weeks ahead of schedule. According to the premier of Western Australia “The work involved the compaction of nine hectares across key areas of the site and installation of 55,459 wick drains to provide a drainage path for groundwater up to the…
Source: Football Australia After starting with just eight sponsors in 2005, Melbourne Victory is very close to securing its 100th member of its “Victory in Business” business network. The network is reported to have delivered more than 70 million worth of business to business transactions since it was set up in 2005, and the Victory…
Source: The Daily Telegraph The Australian Rugby Union is aiming for a 40 million annual tv deal, up from 25 million, when their rights come up for renewal at the end of 2015, believing their rights are at least as valuable as the A-league’s.
ref: NRL.com The NSW Government is partnering with the NRL in what NRL.com describes as the largest grassroots grants program in the history of rugby league to create the NSW Footy Facilities Fund. In order to get a grant from the joint fund, local rubgy league clubs will need to match the amount from ttheir…
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