OK.... tis to laugh Viable is it ...
Viable .... hhhmmmmm Southern Bid are talking about building a 300 million dollar stadium .... South Melbourne already have a stadium they control and have lots of backing...the Tassie bid has the backing of the Australian government, Tasmanian Government, Local government with a purpose build 12 K stadium... the two Queensland bids have backing... One has offered to take over Ballymore from Rugby Union...The other to build a small stadium if council provide land... The Sunshine Coast bid is backed by a billionaire ... the Gong bid is backed by one of Australia's wealthiest business persons who BTW has the countries biggest regional TV network... Liverpool, Fairfield and Campbelltown councils have also offered to back local bids and each has the support of the NSW government ... Campbelltown already has an 18K stadium next to a railway station...
Whats holding it up is Steven Lowy as he will loose control of the league and at present the media deal is not enough to support what the clubs want...
Massive talk about having an independent A-League who will control their revenue....
The clubs are screaming for expansion ... they believe they can sell the extra games to broadcasters...
I think so don't hold me to it ... but me thinks their have been about 15 bids received of which arguably 6 are ready to go now.
Arguably the strongest bid ... Southern ... look at the stadium...