Wynnum Manly Seagulls Rugby League reveal plans for new state-of-the-art stadium home
One of Queensland’s most iconic rugby league clubs has announced plans for a new home and state-of-the-art stadium.
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One of Queensland rugby league’s most historic clubs have revealed massive plans for a potential move away from its spiritual home to build a new state-of-the-art boutique stadium.
In a joint letter with Wynnum Manly Junior Rugby League set to go out to members today, the Wynnum Manly Seagulls announced they have established a subcommittee to explore infrastructure opportunities in the bayside suburb.
The main concept being considered is a new regional scale stadium with a capacity between 10,000 and 12,000 people, and high-performance facility to be built at Kitchener Park – the current home of the Wynnum Manly Juniors.
The stadium would be similar to the likes of Redcliffe Stadium, which cost $24 million, and Sunshine Coast Stadium.
If successful, the plans would mean the Seagulls would move away from their iconic home at Kougari Oval – where legends such as Lionel Morgan, Wally Lewis, Gene Miles and many more superstars of the game donned the green, red and white – to return to Kitchener Park, which was their original home until 1967.
The plans also come after the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and Wynnum Manly Juniors have experienced record growth in recent years with the seniors now boasting six elite statewide competition teams and the juniors hosting more than 750 registered members from under-6s to senior competitions.
In the letter, Wynnum Manly Seagulls chairman Tom Solah and Wynnum Manly Juniors president Adam Lipke said they were working together to explore progressive opportunities to strengthen the delivery of rugby league into the future for the bayside community.
“The growth in participant numbers has caused an immense stretch on existing infrastructure for both the respective clubs,” the letter said.
The letter also said the process for a new, state-of-the-art venue was only in the initial conceptual stage.
“To proceed, we believe a new state-of-the-art venue of this scale would require not only broader community consultation, but also multi-level government funding support,” the letter said.
“To ensure our members and fans are kept informed on the stadium concept progress, the Wynnum Manly Seagulls subcommittee would like to advise that they have now commenced preliminary conversations with the required three levels of government.
”Our members and fans will be kept informed of any material progress.
“Should it proceed beyond this initial feasibility assessment, broader member and community consultation would be the natural next step.”
Minor works were recently completed on Kougari Oval, the current home of the Seagulls, as part of a $10 million redevelopment of the Wynnum Manly Leagues Club.
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