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    Why boutique stadium should still go ahead on the Gold Coast
    Ryan Keen, Gold Coast Bulletin / http://www.gcbulletin.com.au

    GOLD Coast Titans co-owner and city business titan Rebecca Frizelle doesn’t believe the NRL club’s new stadium deal kills off the need for a new boutique venue.

    Mrs Frizelle said a smaller 10,000 to 15,000-capacity stadium suitable for first-class sporting fixtures including A League soccer, rugby union and other codes plus big-name live concerts would be a perfect fit for the Gold Coast close to the beachfront and near light rail access.

    Not only would it be highly accessible and allow for a more relaxed walk-up atmosphere easier for families to attend, it would be a superb driver of patronage for businesses nearby, Ms Frizelle said.

    “There was an incredible atmosphere many of us experienced at the swimming and beach volleyball during the Commonwealth Games. We need to be recreating the atmosphere all year round.”

    Asked if the Titans’ new five-year deal with options to keep using Cbus Super Stadium killed off the need for a new boutique venue, she said: “No, because at the moment the Gold Coast doesn’t offer anything to accommodate between 10,000 to 15,000.

    “We don’t have that intermediate venue. We have very big stadiums or very small facilities,” she said.

    “A smaller boutique stadium wouldn’t be able to accommodate all the Titans games anyway. “This is about creating a venue that can be used for all sorts of sports and entertainment but is also accessible and highlights the natural beauty of the Coast,” she said.

    “It needs to be in an iconic location that will further promote the city when its stunning setting is featured on TV.”

    Momentum for a new boutique stadium is building with cross-code support.

    Cr Tate initially spoke out in favour of it during the Titans’ protracted negotiations to pin down a better Cbus Super Stadium deal with Stadiums Queensland. At the time, he described Cbus lease costs — understood to be $110,000 a pop and well above market rates paid by other NRL clubs — as “ridiculous”.

    Locations remain unclear but Cr Tate has previously said he would earmark four potential spots.

    Ms Frizelle said: “It would have to be in a location to drive better outcomes for business already in place. It has to be on the coastline near the light rail.

    “We really don’t get the concerts we used to attract. They are going to Suncorp Stadium or they are going to the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. But what are we attracting down here? Metricon had the Foo Fighters seven years ago.

    “What’s happening now is the big acts are actually staying here on the Coast and going up to Brisbane to perform — then driving back to the Coast.”
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    Gold Coast Knights to build 3000-seat stadium at Carrara’s Croatian Sports Centre
    Brent O’Neill, Gold Coast Bulletin http://www.gcbulletin.com.au

    THE Gold Coast Knights will build their own 3000-seat stadium at Carrara in a move that could solve a major headache for A-League hopefuls Gold Coast United.

    In the latest development in the long-running stadium saga on the Coast, the Knights are in the process of creating a multistage plan to build a $1.5 million facility at their Croatian Sports Centre headquarters.

    Construction will be staged in 800-seat increments each year, with the first lot expected to be complete by the end of the 2019 season — the club’s first in the statewide NPL competition.

    With Gold Coast United on the lookout for a home to aid their A-League and W-League aspirations, Knights president Adrian Puljich believes his club’s bold stadium plan could give their soon-to-be NPL rivals a crucial boost.

    “We want the Gold Coast Knights to become a club not only for the Knights and people of the Gold Coast Knights, but for the greater Gold Coast. Why shouldn’t Gold Coast United play from our venue?,” Puljich said.

    “I’ve had discussions with Sports Gold Coast and Gold Coast United in relation to what we’re looking to achieve at Gold Coast Knights and we fully support what Gold Coast United are trying to do by going back into the A-League.

    Gold Coast Knights players Teddy Watson and Andrew Barisic at Carrara’s Croatian Sports Centre. Picture: Mike Batterham

    “I’m a believer in what’s going on with football on the Gold Coast. It is the highest junior participation sport and there really is an opportunity to capitalise on that.

    “We’re in a very unique position whereby we own our land and for us the highest and best use for our type of club … is to provide a service to the local community and an outlet for local footballers that are aspiring to do more. At the moment, Gold Coast United are playing out the back of Robina (Cbus Stadium) on rugby fields and for me as a football lover and as a neutral, it’s something that we need to fix and quickly.

    “You don’t have to go and build a Cbus Stadium or a Metricon-type set up, I don’t think the Gold Coast needs that. It needs a boutique stadium that’s almost no frills, that’s inviting for families.

    “As soon as you start doing something spectacular, of course there’s a price tag because it costs money to maintain it, it costs money to service it and that’s where teams get caught out.”

    Puljich said he would also approach Gold Coast City Council about funding assistance for the stadium, but said the Knights had the financial capacity to go it alone if need be.

    United chairman Danny Maher recently told the Bulletin the club was determined to make use of Cbus Stadium should they succeed with their A-League bid, but said a boutique stadium could be home for their mooted W-League outfit.

    “We want a boutique stadium, 100 per cent, particularly for W-League if the crowds are lower. It might be suitable for some A-League games too,” Maher said.

    “We need that facility.”
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    Why boutique stadium should still go ahead on the Gold Coast
    Ryan Keen, Gold Coast Bulletin / http://www.gcbulletin.com.au

    GOLD Coast Titans co-owner and city business titan Rebecca Frizelle doesn’t believe the NRL club’s new stadium deal kills off the need for a new boutique venue.

    Mrs Frizelle said a smaller 10,000 to 15,000-capacity stadium suitable for first-class sporting fixtures including A League soccer, rugby union and other codes plus big-name live concerts would be a perfect fit for the Gold Coast close to the beachfront and near light rail access.

    Not only would it be highly accessible and allow for a more relaxed walk-up atmosphere easier for families to attend, it would be a superb driver of patronage for businesses nearby, Ms Frizelle said.

    “There was an incredible atmosphere many of us experienced at the swimming and beach volleyball during the Commonwealth Games. We need to be recreating the atmosphere all year round.”

    Asked if the Titans’ new five-year deal with options to keep using Cbus Super Stadium killed off the need for a new boutique venue, she said: “No, because at the moment the Gold Coast doesn’t offer anything to accommodate between 10,000 to 15,000.

    “We don’t have that intermediate venue. We have very big stadiums or very small facilities,” she said.

    “A smaller boutique stadium wouldn’t be able to accommodate all the Titans games anyway. “This is about creating a venue that can be used for all sorts of sports and entertainment but is also accessible and highlights the natural beauty of the Coast,” she said.

    “It needs to be in an iconic location that will further promote the city when its stunning setting is featured on TV.”

    Momentum for a new boutique stadium is building with cross-code support.

    Cr Tate initially spoke out in favour of it during the Titans’ protracted negotiations to pin down a better Cbus Super Stadium deal with Stadiums Queensland. At the time, he described Cbus lease costs — understood to be $110,000 a pop and well above market rates paid by other NRL clubs — as “ridiculous”.

    Locations remain unclear but Cr Tate has previously said he would earmark four potential spots.

    Ms Frizelle said: “It would have to be in a location to drive better outcomes for business already in place. It has to be on the coastline near the light rail.

    “We really don’t get the concerts we used to attract. They are going to Suncorp Stadium or they are going to the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. But what are we attracting down here? Metricon had the Foo Fighters seven years ago.

    “What’s happening now is the big acts are actually staying here on the Coast and going up to Brisbane to perform — then driving back to the Coast.”
    I'd say Rebecca supports the smaller stadium solely for the reason that it will put pressure on Stadiums Qld regarding rent. At a pinch the Titans could threaten to leave for quite a few games if they had a 15,000 seat option. Hardly a reason to justify building it though. I'd love a sporting venue in an area that had some atmosphere and places to go before and after, like Broady. But it will never happen.

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    The Broady precinct would be great but how much available land is left for a sports ground?
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    Jeered out of the Stadium
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    THE Palaszczuk Government has sensationally replaced the board of Stadiums Queensland amid complaints the body is price gouging the state’s top football clubs.

    Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk vowed that heads would roll after an investigation by The Sunday Mail exposed the financial burden that the Government body’s soaring rents and levies at major venues imposed on struggling sporting clubs.

    Sports Minister Mick de Brenni yesterday confirmed the Government had moved to “refresh” the board in a shift he said would help modernise the operation.

    He said the Government had hand-picked a new mix of talent to implement any approved findings of a taxpayerfunded taskforce appointed in April to probe the body’s performance.

    It is believed the new board is predominantly from Labor’s Left faction.

    A source said the sacked board had been blindsided, believing they had always done a good job.

    New board members will include former Australian Rugby League Commission chairman John Grant, north Queensland lawyer Amanda Shircore, health fund executive Cathy McGuane, Greg Webb and Therese Smith.

    Chairwoman Sophie Devitt will stay on during the transition and then step down.

    Stadiums Queensland manages major venues, including Suncorp Stadium, the Gabba, Townsville’s 1300 SMILES Stadium, Metricon Stadium and the Gold Coast’s Cbus Super Stadium.

    Mounting concerns about crippling rents and levies at the stadiums in April prompted Queensland’s NRL, AFL and Super Rugby clubs to join forces in calling for the Government to step in and overhaul the organisation.

    The clubs claimed rents and transport levies at Queensland stadiums were now between three and five times more than interstate costs, forcing some clubs to cut staff to stay afloat.

    The NRL confirmed its Queensland-based club paid more in rent and operating costs than anywhere else. The Titans rent Cbus Stadium for $110,000 a game and haven’t signed a contract with Stadiums Queensland since 2016.

    The Gold Coast Suns pay $8 a ticket in operational costs, compared to $1.20 paid by the biggest AFL and NRL clubs in Australia.
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    Gold Coast Titans, Suns bosses hail hoped for new era at venues
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    BOSSES at top Gold Coast sports franchises are hailing an anticipated new era for city stadiums with a tipped shift in focus toward attracting more big-shot events.

    A review into the operation of Queensland venues, including Gold Coast Suns home Metricon and Gold Coast Titans fortress CBUS Super Stadium, will be unveiled within weeks.

    It is expected the review, led by respected sports and tourism executive John Lee, will call for a fundamental shift from focusing on economics and return on investment to enabling more community benefit by filling up the calendar, the Bulletin understands.

    Other understood changes are relief for franchises such as the Titans and Suns when it comes to punishing public transport levies dished out by Stadiums Queensland.

    The levies are passed on to cover free or subsidised public transport which comes with game day tickets but for the Titans which have a large drive-up crowd any relief will be welcome.

    The Gold Coast franchises and city leaders including Mayor Tom Tate have been at war with Stadiums Queensland about perceived exorbitant hiring costs and blaming it for losing acts including Bon Jovi to Brisbane venues. State Government has since completely replaced the board.

    Titans CEO Graham Annesley said he was not aware of the outcome of the imminent Lee review but welcomed a shift in focus to getting more events, concerts and other codes’ fixtures at CBUS and Metricon.

    “The whole point of having sporting infrastructure in the community is so it benefits the community.

    “I don’t believe these sorts of taxpayer funded facilities should be used just for sporting codes. I would applaud any such change in focus.”

    Titans CEO Graham Annesley: “I don’t believe these sorts of taxpayer funded facilities should be used just for sporting codes. I would applaud any such change in focus.”

    Mr Annesley said the Titans lobbied the stadiums review for the Gold Coast to be treated as a regional city not a capital one when it comes to “high” transport levies.

    The bigger cities had much larger, better patronised public transport than the Gold Coast: “It’s still very much a drive mentality for the residents on the Gold Coast to get where they need to.”

    The Titans inked a 10-game-a-year, five-year deal for CBUS recently but the contract is fluid to allow for relief on transport levies that might result from the stadiums review.

    Titans chairman Dennis Watt said city stadiums were “a significant investment and it would be great to see our stadiums getting greater usage for the benefit of the Gold Coast public”.

    “Whether other sports or concerts, it takes the pressure off the Titans to carry the weight of the cost for that piece of infrastructure.

    Gold Coast Titans chairman Dennis Watt: “Whether other sports or concerts, it takes the pressure off the Titans to carry the weight of the cost for that piece of infrastructure.”

    “It moves us closer to a level playing field to our other competitors in the NRL.”

    Mr Watt said savings would be ploughed back into Titans playing talent and junior pathways for males and females.

    Suns chairman Tony Cochrane, who last month called for Stadiums Queensland to be renamed Stadiums Brisbane alleging bias, said: “We have been trying for a long time to attract additional product to Metricon. We have made enormous efforts and every time we are beaten by Stadiums Queensland’s own venues in Brisbane.

    If they are going to have more of a statewide approach rather than Brisbane-centric approach, we would welcome that with open arms.”

    A dozen Suns home games a year pumped $29m into the Gold Coast economy and a further six events or concerts at Metricon would inject a further $15m, Mr Cochrane said.
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