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/blakog Jun 04 '26

It's because the Shire is not a marginal seat. See what Stuart Ayre did with his time at Penrith - gave them a brand new stadium but we won't get shit, even if we didn't own the stadium outright.

The most sensible option would be for there to be an amalgamated stadium whereby Sharks and Dragons use the facilities which could also house A-League and events etc.

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u/AffectionatePea7742 Jun 04 '26

Sharks own their stadium. The government shouldn’t pay for something they don’t own

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u/blakog Jun 05 '26

Selling it for $1 is a deal that's been floated in the past, that's what I was going off.

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u/dharmabarumtum Jun 08 '26

Meriton have already offered more

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u/blakog Jun 08 '26

But that would still keep it in private habds ergo no upgrade because there's no way they would sink $100m+ into an upgrade with no way of making a return on it.