Should I bore you with the reasons why Canberra needs a new stadium, again?
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Ok, I get it. You've heard it all before. You'd probably start tearing your hair out if I told you, again, Civic has to be the site for a proposed $400 million redevelopment.
So rather than banging our heads against the Canberra Stadium walls, how about we talk about what can actually happen in the meantime to shape the sporting capital.
Like a boxing bout. Or a rugby league festival. Because the events we invest in will strengthen the case for building a new state of the art venue in Civic in justify the extra expense to fix a Parkes Way problem.
The ACT government has been calculated in building Canberra's sporting calendar over the past 10 years, but maybe now is the time for risks.
The fact they've handed Nick Kyrgios the keys to a tourism bus signals the times might be a changin'.
Who could have possible imagined that at the start of the year. Nick Kyrgios and the government working together.
Kyrgios has turned plenty of critics into supporters this year, and he's always been a strong advocate for Canberra.
When he's not blasting aces and linesman around the world, you can usually find him trying to slam dunk in mid-week mixed basketball competitions at Belconnen.
So if Kyrgios is worth a punt as a tourism ambassador, how about a boxing bout?
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There is a growing push in some circles to overhaul the type of sporting events the government spends money on.
The thinking is it's time to shift away from a lot of small-drawing games and find ways to bring marquee events to the city.
That's why the prospect of Jeff Horn throwing jabs at Tim Tszyu in the middle of Canberra Stadium on a chilly April evening is genuine.
Horn's promoters have put the capital on the radar, but the cold and the bigger dollars available elsewhere, may end Canberra fight-night hopes.
The question will be is a major boxing bout something Canberra wants, or even needs?
The period between 2010 and 2019 changed the way the capital's sport fans feel about different events. They don't want exhibition matches. They want the big stuff.
The Horn-Tszyu ticks that box, and it has the added drawing power of being an event people would travel to see, giving the Canberra economy a mid-week boost it wouldn't normally have.
And that's what government officials are juggling. They have to weigh up the return on investment and the benefits to hotels, restaurants and pubs with taking a risk on something new.
The government will face the same questions when rugby league bosses offer to play the NRL Nines in Canberra. The pre-season tournament has been revived this year and it's understood the NRL are targeting Canberra Stadium as its venue on a multi-year deal.
Would Canberra embrace rugby league in February? It seems crazy to suggest a week after sitting in the Canberra Stadium furnace for the ACT Brumbies' season-opener.
But Canberra event studies show there are now 1.8 million people within three hours of the city, and they're willing to travel for matches.
About 20 per cent of Brumbies fans travel from interstate to go to games. The Raiders draw 23 per cent of their crowd from other areas, and that could grow after making the grand final last year. It was estimated the Raiders' home preliminary final delivered a $3.1 million boost for the ACT economy, with more than 26,000 packing into the ageing Canberra Stadium stands.
Canberra venues have earned the right not to be bullied into paying over-the-top fees for events, but they are competing with other stadiums desperate for non-traditional content.
A stadium with a roof in Civic would bolster the city's case for the Horn-Tszyu fight and the Nines would be a no-brainer on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin.
A $200,000 feasibility study, which will evaluate the Civic pool and Exhibition Park as site options, is a sign we're still tip-toeing towards construction. But we can't wait for it to be built before making a case as to why they should come.