Barr's reasons for spurning Civic for Bruce stadium

Andrew Barr says a new stadium has to be cost-effective to avoid making Raiders and Brumbies ticket prices too high. Picture by Keegan Carroll

The Canberra Times

Chief Minister Andrew Barr says stadium ownership looms as a deal-breaker for his Bruce renewal plan, adamant the ACT government must own a new facility and declaring there were too many red-flag problems to justify pursuing Civic as a location option.

In an attempt to ease tension between ACT government officials and stadium users, Barr has already reached out to Civic supporters at the NRL, Rugby Australia and the A-Leagues to flag his desire to work together to build a new venue at Bruce before 2033.

The response so far has been tentative, but reasonably warm considering how much vitriol...

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