2023 annual report is out:
https://www.sharks.com.au/contentassets/672d584ad16a410f9e9e7c4a8e2e9318/sharks_annualreport2023_web-spreads.pdf
Group = $1.524m profit
Of which:
Sharks At Kareela - $987k profit
Leagues Club - $1,049m profit
Football Club - $512k loss
Surprised there hasn't been more comment on this? Reading between the lines, the board don't think the leagues club will be open for (many) years and they're now contemplating using the new property at 94 Cronulla street as a new leagues club venue.
The old leagues club building must be...
Leagues club done by May-June 2024 (hopefully, if everything goes right...)
Shark park capacity to be 17,500 to 18,000
https://www.theleader.com.au/story/8278524/indefinite-delay-to-sharks-leagues-club-opening-averted-after-meetings/?cs=1507
latest chairman's update is out - club is looking to amalgamate with Park Beach Bowling Club in Coffs Harbour:
https://www.sharks.com.au/news/2022/02/16/chairmans-address---february-2022/
Also from the same article, the new leagues is looking to be completed early to mid 2023
Piss poor take.
A fair weather fan that does the 6 hour return trip up the highway (from canberra) for games through plenty of **** years.
I'd happily go sfs. I would also have been happy to go bankwest or win stadium.
Kogarah can ead.
Yep, i'd take new SFS in an instant. New SFS is on the doorstep of the city, and all the sponsorship opportunities that come with it. A brand spanking new, fully enclosed, rectangular stadium within easy reach of multiple modes of public transport, and a stack of entertainment options pre and...
So the dragons play 6 games a year there, Sydney FC maybe 2 or 3? And that justifies $200m public spend?
Can't see the NRL allowing the stains to abandon Wollongong, nor the state government given how much they've spent on upgrading WIN Stadium.
When Win Corp (and their Illawarra ties) own...