By Brad Forrest
St.George Leader
9 June, 2005
With their feet, St.George-Illawarra fans could force a swing of more home games to Kogarah's Oki Jubilee Stadium next year.
WIN Stadium presently hosts the greater number of Dragons home games (seven to five).
However, if Kogarah's average crowd figures for their five home games top those at WIN this season, the football club management will be under pressure to stage more matches – or at least an even share – of home games at Kogarah for the 2006 season.
So far crowds averaging about 13,500 have attended the first six games in Wollongong this season, with the club in continuing lease talks with the Wollongong Entertainment Centre over next season's plans.
With the first grade team's return to form, the Dragons management expect a near sell-out, or about 16,000 fans, for Sunday's game against North Queensland Cowboys at Oki – the first Dragons game played there this season.
"All grandstand seating for the Kogarah games have been sold, so we encourage anyone wanting to see the match to pre-purchase tickets or get to the ground early," said Michael McDonald, the Dragons' marketing general manager.
"The surface is in great nick and new Dragons players like Colin Best and Michael Ennis can't wait to actually play a game there."
While additional concourse seating and new turnstiles won't be installed now until after the league season, Sydney's fine weather has allowed workmen lots of time to complete extra work beside the grandstand. New lighting is also on the agenda.
