How a $24 million 'grassroots sports' grant built a new function centre and car park | nigelgladstone
A $24 million state and federal government grant that was supposed to fund "grassroots sport" in western Sydney will instead go towards a conference centre and an underground car park for the mammoth pokies-funded Panthers Group.
NSW Premier Mike Baird at Penrith Panthers announcing $12 Million for the western Sydney community and sports centre at Penrith Panthers in March 2015.The site, which is adjacent to Panthers Leagues Club in Penrith, will also contain a 150-room hotel as part of a redevelopment now estimated to cost $88 million in total.
In February 2019, a "funding agreement" to supply the $12 million election commitment was made by the NSW Office of Sport. But it is not publicly available, and questions about why the Office of Sport is funding a function centre went unanswered."to improve access to community, exhibition and event facilities and increase employment opportunities, multiculturalism, education and tourism to the local community.
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