Ekurhuleni Metro is breaking its silence on the future of the PAM Brink Stadium.
Dean Stone, ward councillor of among others, the Springs central business district and the Olympia Park areas, says the metro’s Springs customer care centre is planning a public meeting on September 20.
At this meeting officials of the metro will lift the veil on the stadium’s future.
This stadium, which was at one stage a world-class facility, has been standing empty for almost 10 years.
No-one in the metro could tell the Addie, as well as Stone, how much it has cost Ekurhuleni to secure the stadium during all these years it had been standing empty.
The councillor describes the security company guarding a derelict stadium, regardless of how much it cost, as wasteful and fruitless spending.
Stone says after the Valke Rugby-union left the stadium 10 years ago, it would have cost the metro about between R2-million and R4-million to get it to into tip-top condition again.
But, since then the metro seemingly had no intention for any rugby or soccer clubs or unions to use the stadium again.
“There had been proposals from soccer clubs, but the metro never looked into these or was dragging its feet when someone was interested.”
He says it is unacceptable that the people of Springs were deprived of having a world-class stadium to their use.
The stadium is not mentioned at all in the Ekurhleni three-year budget and according to Stone, it will be interesting to hear how Ekurhuleni sees the future of this facility.
The meeting will start at 9am in the Supper Hall, Springs Civic Centre.
