Caro reported tonight on The Agenda Setters that Engie Stadium (Sydney Showground) will be unavailable for the Giants for the first six weeks of next season.
With that in mind, the AFL and the Giants have again asked the Swans about playing one or two Giants home games at the SCG, however the Swans have again refused, and have the SCG exclusive contract in place.
Caro then went on to say not having the Giants in Sydney for the first six weeks of next season would be a disaster for the AFL and the Giants who have now enquired about getting Accor Stadium (Olympic Stadium in Homebush) prepared for the return of AFL footy. The last game there was in early 2022. Total cost is estimated to be a million dollars. Not entirely sure why it would cost that much to push the seats out, but yeah apparently that is what it costs to reconfigure the stadium to be ready for next year. Again not sure why, the reconfiguration process seems pretty straightforward and can be done overnight as seen in this video.
Watch this space, it appears the Giants will be playing at Accor and likely vs the Swans and another big club. Caro also intimated the Swans could be getting an SCG redevelopment too, but was very vague on this point.
Certainly no love lost between the Giants and Swans is my takeaway. Big news for footy in Sydney though.
