Peter V’landys says event could be held in Brisbane unless NSW government diverts stadium funding to suburban grounds
“We just want our suburban stadiums in NSW, we want that tribalism to occur,” V’landys told the Today show. “We want people to walk to the games. We want those promises honoured by the NSW government. If they don’t we’ll take it elsewhere.”“It’s all a little theatre that Peter V’landys is creating,” Perrottet said. “It’s not happening. The grand final is not going to Queensland or anywhere else. He knows that, I know that. Let’s have the dance, but we know where this is going to finish.
“If he wants to turn his back on rugby league clubs based in Sydney and head to Queensland, that’s not going to end too well for him.” Last year’s grand final between Penrith and South Sydney was switched to Queensland due to the Covid-19 lockdown in NSW and was played in front of 39,000 fans at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium.
“The deal was they would spend $800m on stadiums, but rather than spending it on ANZ stadium or Accor stadium as it’s now known, we want it spent on suburban stadiums.
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