Open up stadiums for public use


  • Letters
  • Tuesday, 16 Jul 2019

HAS anyone wondered why a public-funded (by taxes) stadium keeps the public away from using it?

I can still recall a former sports minister specifically announcing that stadiums across the country are open to the public to use, not as spectators to watch sports, but literally to use them to play football, hockey, cycling, badminton, table tennis, tennis and lawn bowls.

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