It comes after claims the Harbour City is “running last” in the major events race, according to the state’s Sports Minister Stuart Ayres who is championing the plans. The state wants to spend more than $2 billion bulldozing and rebuilding ANZ Stadium at Homebush and Allianz Stadium at Moore Park. Now, the state’s Sports Minister Stuart Ayres has hit back at the opposition, saying Sydney has suffered a “lost decade” and is running last in the country’s major events race. He believes Sydney is risking losing major events and investment because of the lag, but critics of the plans are far from convinced. In simple terms that means we think health and education is 100 times more important than stadiums,” he told the paper.

Source: Daily Sun December 03, 2017 22:07 UTC