David Coe won't be short of a nice venue or some toys to share around as the one-time Allco banana works the contact book to get reaccepted into the chairman's club at the pointy end of town. We pointed out yesterday that Coe would be suckling the taxpayer teat as the V8 Supercars roar around the lively Homebush Bay Olympic site later this year.
But consider some of the other assets Sports & Entertainment Ltd manages.
For starters there is the lucrative merchandising contract with Cricket Australia. Coe's mob also manages all aspects of the Australian Rugby Union's licensing program. Coe's lot even runs the retail operations of the Sydney Opera House.
Which got us thinking: given Coe's connections to the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Opera House and the Allco offices towering over the Cahill Expressway, at one point Coe controlled all sides of Circular Quay.
And if he needs to do some schmoozing out of the limelight, Coe can always take the troops down to the Southern Highlands.
After all, SEL owns and runs Mount Broughton Golf and Country Club.
Nothing like doing a few rough years in the doghouse. (Credit: The Sydney Morning Herald)
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