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Gold Coast Blaze look to move to Carrara Stadium

Thanks nat and everyone else. some big decisions are about to be made and i think the blaze might just be back next season. there is alot of misinfo out there but things are looking better then even a week ago. fingers crossed people, if i can give any further news i will.

Sitiveni - havnt heard from you yet - send me a mail if you are serious - the Tomlinsins would love to hear from you!

"It can also be revealed the club is in negotiations to play matches at Carrara Stadium which would erase exorbitant costs imposed at the Gold Coast convention centre."

Link: http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2012/07/06/429721_gold-coast-blaze.html

(Isaac can you make that look pretty?)

Sitiveni, if you are serious send me an email on qld@matrixps.com and I'll help you out with contact details

ceo@basketball.net.au
02 8396 5522
Scott Derwin

Best point of contact at the moment.

Does anyone know how to get in touch with Owen Tomlinson. If the Blaze only need $500k i might be able to help and if the council are offering free rent for the front office and stadium it could be a no brainer depending on the length of terms. its similar to the jets in the Q Cup. the council offered us very cheap rent for 5 years and we have been making profits for 4 of those past 5 years. I will call BA and see if they can put me in touch.

Was at Carrara last year and it doesnt seem to be much better then the last time i went in 94.

Guess we'll find out in 7 days time. Question though - where is the $1mil guarantee coming from ?

Really hope they can pull it off - if the people of GC want an NBL team, they will support it regardless of where it plays or who is on it.

Funny how people on this forum ridiculed the Taipans model 3 years ago - Matt Campbell stood tall and copied the model and the Hawks fly again, now the Blaze need to follow it to survive. Taipans / Hawks had months to prepare, find sponsors, secure $1mil guarantees, change governance models, appoint board members etc. Blaze are trying to do his in 7 days - good luck to them and I hope we see the Blaze (regardless of whether its a top $ team) grace the NBL next season.

He's not an import anymore, he's a (new) naturalised Kiwi which means he will play in the NBL as a local.

Rub Braswell off that list, he's already committed to a team.

I'd love to see Gynes stay in the league, underrated junkyard dog!

A team that pays its bills is better than nothing.

Massive news out of the tigers camp recently. A very long serving player of the club has decided to part ways with his beloved tigers due to disappointing circumstances. This is a really big loss for the club but will be a big bonus for the club who gains his services in 2008. His leadership over the years has been a strong point of the tigers team and i cant believe that he will not be wearing the black and gold next season. The person in question shall remain nameless as it is not my place to say.

This is all well and good if they manage to get past these latest finance issues, but are they going to have any sort of a team?

I haven't been to Carrara Stadium since 1999 but i used to attend a lot of Rollers games as i had family that lived in QLD at the time.

From memory the place stunk, it was old, the roof leaked, it was either freezing cold or like a boiler room (as were most NBL stadiums in those days).
Has it changed since then?

So Lance, you would rather the Blaze die than going to a stadium?