So in reality your previous post should have read "majority" rather than "few".

Seems to be no faith whatsoever in the product outside of the Metro area. A mentality that the two southern states have not got a problem with. Where would they be without regional & country centres....same as QLD. The dogs are getting dizzy going around in circles at the same place, night after night.

Rocky this week has 10 races with most having reserves & most being locals. Beam a line into Rocky and give a slot or two to a Northern club. They are setup to go with out any fuss. Give them Tuesday & Friday. Will have 10 races easy.

Would cost $130k to set up Bundy for TAB racing with Sky. Isnt this cheaper than the 40+mil for a new track. It is a stop gap & by all means not the long term answer. A couple of hours north for the Brisbane trainer, which hasnt stopped Paul Felgate or Keith Boan coming up her for the past few weeks. And many others make the trek on a weekly basis. The pool of dogs in Rocky is quite strong at the momment as too is the potential for a stronger pool in Bundy if racing was to head in this direction.

Time to think outside the square.

Dan, Caboolture had a by law that allowed for racing greyhounds then they changed it to make you have 50 acres before they would let you build a kennel. I went through all of this with the council when i lived there.

Sure some can travel to Bundy but Rocky would be too far. Same as not many travel from up here to race down there. And even less, if any from Rocky that travel south. We get many trainers that come down to race from Rocky. Townsville, Mackay & Cairns can all draw on each others pools of dogs to alternate meeting also. How long some of those clubs will survive is also up in the air.

How many trainers make the trek from Sydney to race at Lismore & Casino for each meeting? They have their own pool of dogs to run meetings twice a week.

It is all too narrow minded in QLD about all having to race in the metro area. It isnt the same in other states.

Albion Pk is no good for the many argued reasons.

Ipswich will go eventually.

The proposed 2 track complex is the way to go, racing at least 4 times weekly, owned outright by the greyhound industry & managed by a talented business person like Brian Kutner, thats if you can get him.

In reality, a lot of participants left the industry because of Lawntons closure, bringing something back would be ideal. Having all racing from the one venue is cutting corners when each club should have the opportunity to run their own establishment, and has nothing to do with the authority if one does. If an opportunity is there, the Brisbane club should grasp it as it will give them vision toward the future. The current future looks grim while the majority sit on their arse's in wait. So what if a majority live in your back yard, the industry is going backward and needs to expand for the future of greyhound racing.

That particular Gold coast brisbane corridor has enormous potential for future, lets assume the track/tracks and facilities took up 10 acres, it would be a great sleeper to own 40 acres for the future of our industry. If anyone wishes to communicate privately.
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Why hasnt the Logan site been gifted as expected to the GQL by now?

Maybe we are run by procrastinators, perhaps they feel compelled to utilise government wasteland. There maybe an agenda we will never know. "Just jokin"

What i think is the real problem is this, the powers to be, do not think 10 mill will do the job.

BK

Would it be wise to purchase land until we find out if Cronulla Park will be gifted to Greyhounds Queensland?

I think the main problem is that stakeholders are left in the dark concerning the current situation.

My guess is the Government won't gift the land while GQL insist on building a $43 mil complex which they currently cannot finance, maybe if they propose to build an affordable $10 million complex the Government will move on things.

If at some later stage when Harness Racing Qld agree to sell Albion Park (which I think they will) then Greyhounds Queensland can propose to expand the complex.

But if they are going to wait for the sale of Albion Park we could be years and years without another track and the $10 million compensation could be lost.

I think if thats the case Paul Felgate won't be happy we may end up saving on lights!!!

BK

This post seems to only have input from a very limited # of people so far. It would be great to get a broad section of opinions and ideas to build upon.

I hope the old Aussie apathy isn't alive and well in QLD greyhound racing.

BK

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