Should the ATC’s proposal to close, redevelop, and sell off Rosehill materialise, it would raise a burning question about the future make-up of Sydney’s metropolitan tracks. Bren O’Brien looks at the options on the table.
In the lead-up to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the Brickpit, the former site of the State Brickworks at Homebush, had been slated as a site of an Olympic tennis stadium, until the discovery of 300 endangered frogs forced a change of heart.
Thirty years later, the Brickpit, now the host of an elevated walkway and a habitat for the now thriving species of frog, is at the centre of another bold sporting plan, a new Western Sydney racecourse. But is it legitimately an option?
The Australian Turf Club shock announcement that it was considering closing, redeveloping and selling off Rosehill in December has prompted plenty of strong reactions.
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