A-league ACL: Urawa Reds v Western Sydney: Crowd: 5,590 @ Campbelltown Stadium ACL: Brisbane Roar v Muangthong United: Crowd: 4,536 @ Suncorp Stadium 5 LIVE: FOOTBALL: AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOX SPORTS 4 47,000 6 LIVE: FOOTBALL: AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOX SPORTS 4 46,000 Fairfax reports that the Professional Footballers Australia on Tuesday unveiled a pathway for…
Australian Football League The National Australia Bank will expand its significant support of the AFL to be the naming-rights partner of the NAB AFL Women’s League next year. The three-year deal, with the option of a further three years, is believed to be worth $2 million-$3 million a year. NAB will also extend its partnership…
On October 7, 2016 the AFL confirmed that it had finalised its purchase of Etihad stadium for an unspecified amount of money, however a number of reports guess the figure to be at between $150 million to $200 million. As a result of the purchase the league and clubs expect to be able to offer…
News Limited Reports that while NRL management supports a proposed funding model from Sports Minister Stuart Ayres — the clubs apparently dont. They want money set aside for a full revamp of ANZ Stadium and will meet today to increase their fight against the Government stadia funding model. It is understood $1.2 billion of the…
The opening AFL match of the season proper attracted 75,706 to the MCG. (Details here.) Meanwhile, the Socceroos pulled in 35,439 people at AdelaideOval for their match against Tajikstan in wet weather. (Details here.) ——————————– News Limited is reporting that Cronulla and Manly may be forced by the NRL to move matches away from their…
Friday Nights NRL attracted 30,018 to ANZ Stadium to see Parramatta take on Canterbury. Details here. Thursday Nights NRL pulled in 470k (Syd 274k Bri 159k Mel 15k Ade 9k Per 12k) Regional 206k and a further 223k on Foxtel. News Limited reports that AFL CEO GILLON McLachlan says the league doesn’t need a third…
Fairfax media is reporting that the Newcastle Jets have contributed to serious losses in the 2015 financial year for the FFA which is hoping to finalise the sale of the Jets by the end of the year after incurring millions of dollars in losses from running the club since assuming the ownership from Nathan Tinkler…
News Limited is reporting that fans will fork out even more for pies, gourmet hot dogs, beer and soft drink this year at Adelaide Oval — already believed to be the most expensive place in the nation to watch the footy. The price of pies has risen 10c to $5.30, compared with $4.10 at the…
Fairfax media is reporting that the state government is in negotiations with all major sporting franchises over content agreements to ensure that a sufficient number of games will be secured for the three stadiums undertaking major works. Fairfax says based on current venue allocation figures, about 15 games currently being played at suburban stadiums will have…
Foxsports is reporting that Victory have signed a 10 year deal to play games at both Etihad and Aami Park. The A-League powerhouse has played five regular season games a year at the Docklands ground since 2010-11 and that will continue under the terms set in new 10-year deals signed with both of its grounds…
Following last Sundays Carlton v Essendon NAB Challenge game, the Blues reported that they were open to a return of AFL footy to the stadium, however the costs would be significant. “Right now, there are two key impediments,”Trigg said. “One is a very significant cost to get it up to standard. If you look at…
Fairfax media are reporting that a private consortium led by AFL club the Greater Western Sydney Giants has proposed an $800 million redevelopment of the Manuka Oval and surrounding precinct. The Giants have been backed by Australia’s largest privately owned developer Grocon to make an unsolicited bid to the ACT government to redevelop the prized…
The Australian reports that the NRL has reopened talks with its clubs over the game’s stadiums strategy after being urged by the NSW Premier to provide a united front on how the state government should spend the $1.6 billion it has earmarked for Sydney venues. Under Dave Smith’s watch, the NRL had been pushing for…
The West Australian is reporting that Stadium Australia Operations, operator of Sydney’s ANZ Stadium, had been chosen as the preferred operator of the new Perth Stadium. The battle for the operator contract was fought out between Perth Stadium Management, a vehicle of the WA Football Commission in partnership with Live Nation, Ticketmaster and Delaware North;…
Fairfax reports that Football Federation Australia has moved to lock in ANZ Stadium for this year’s A-League grand final should the Western Sydney Wanderers continue their impressive run and earn the right to host the decider. It’s a move that would almost certainly smash the record for the largest crowd at a domestic football game in Australia (55,436),…
In June 2014, Melbourne Victory announced that it would play a game at Kardinia Park in Geelong for each of the next three seasons. The Victorian Government reportedly allocated $50,000 to secure the deal. “Melbourne Victory expect up to 10,000 fans from Melbourne to travel to Geelong for the first match this season, in addition…
The Sydney Morning Herald reported on January 6th that the Western Sydney Wanderers are close to a two year agreement to play matches against Sydney FC and other high profile games at ANZ Stadium, after the club had to begin looking at options for grounds to play at while Parramatta stadium undergoes reconstruction to a…
The Age reports that Geelong are unhappy being forced to play 2 games at Etihad saying that its not fair they have to pick up the slack for clubs playing games interstate, like Hawthorn, claiming it could cost the club between 1 and 1.5 million in 2016. “We support taking the game around Australia and…
AFL.com.au reports that the WA Government is set to address the surface issues faced by other AFL stadiums by spending up to 8 million on top of the line surface.
Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill is so desperate for federal funding for a new sporting stadium in the North Queensland city, she will consider naming it after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull if he allocates money to the project.