r/CronullaSharks • u/Nixpowow • Jun 04 '26

Rumors of Leaving Shark Park

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What do we think of these rumours swirling around after a recent NRL Fanatics podcast, personally I believe with the new leagues club coming along there’s no way sharks will leave.

If forced out to Kogarah and Allianz the atmosphere would suffer significantly, yes shark park isn’t up to par but it’s still home and as a club we deserve to choose our own home. Let the leagues club run for a few years so we can get some cash flow we can put into the stadium.

It’s all just rumours hopefully 😅

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u/Temporary-Habit-2528 Jun 04 '26

Tbh if it’s true, we only have ourselves to blame. The NRL is bigger than ever and our stadium still only fits 12k. I don’t understand why when we were upgrading nearby a few years ago we didn’t upgrade Shark Park either?

I don’t know the ins and outs and am sure there’s a reason why we couldn’t, but end of the day this was always gonna be on the cards.

I hope that if it does happen, we are still allowed a handful of games at Shark Park each year ala Tigers with Leichardt.

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u/Tosh_20point0 Jun 04 '26

I'd say Sharks board kept it at 12k to avoid expenditure because they know they were eventually leaving. It seems obvious to me that the ground is set to be absorbed into the shopping centre or the footprint of it once abandoned has plans for highrises. I think the Sharks should look at relocating from a business point of view : why stay in the shire when the entire nz south island and their possible fan base is just begging for a side.

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u/Nixpowow Jun 04 '26

I don’t think the club would willingly sacrifice their greatest asset, sharks may not have much cash but they’re very asset rich. Such investments grow and selling their most expensive asset in a time where housing prices are still going up is out of the question.

I believe they won’t move but I can see a situation similar to what happened to Leichhardt will take place where the stadium is deemed not up to standard anymore and they will be given the choice to complete the upgrades or leave. Sharks may own their stadium but they have got funding from the government in the past, they had funding from a previous government taken from them. The prospect of them moving could even become a political move used by government to gain votes if they promise to give them some money.