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Parramatta Stadium Rebuild and other stuff

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parra-matters said:
Plenty of regional grounds have ethier no seating or old splinter in bum bench seats, send them to some regional areas.
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Not that easy though. The seats themselves sit on steel frames that are screwed in to the concrete. Can't just pick up a row and move it to a new ground. The ground would have to have a concrete footing. It would not be worth the effort. Good idea though.
 
parra-matters

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forward pass said:
Not that easy though. The seats themselves sit on steel frames that are screwed in to the concrete. Can't just pick up a row and move it to a new ground. The ground would have to have a concrete footing. It would not be worth the effort. Good idea though.
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yeah true, the local club would need to get some tradies to donate their time to build a base for them to sit on.
Or put in for a Grant from sports and leisure NSW.
 
phantom eel

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Why should the Wanderers blow-ins have any right to claim surplus seats as souvenirs for their fans, when Eels members have been tenants of the stadium for six times as long?

Parramatta should get first dibs, an besides... the RBB spend most of their time not sitting on their seats anyway!
 
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Parra Stadium a step closer


THE $300 million knockdown and rebuild of Parramatta Stadium is a step closer, with bids closing last week for three international consortiums that worked for three months to fulfil the design brief for the new 30,000-seat venue.

The consortiums, led by Lend Lease, Multiplex and John Holland, are all in contention for the new home to the Parramatta Eels and Western Sydney Wanderers in Sydney’s second CBD, which is due to be completed by 2019.


The design-and-build tender closed last Friday, with word there is no clear favourite emerging from the process.

The winning consortium will be named in December, and the project will generate 1200 jobs during construction.

The consortiums have enlisted design teams responsible for some of the most recognisable stadiums in the world, including Singapore’s National Stadium, Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium in London, the new Adelaide Oval and Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium.

Once the new Western Sydney Stadium is operational, the government body Venues NSW will run it. The project is expected to generate 600-900 jobs once it is operational for major events, including rugby league, soccer and rugby union, along with concerts, markets and fairs.

Activity at the existing Parramatta Stadium has largely wound down, with demolition expected to start by early next year.

http://www.dailytele...be11be27043351c
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Sounds like an attempt to white ant the stadium by a disgruntled Allianz proposer.

Mike Baird’s team ‘playing blind’ on $300m stadium

Planning documents show the Baird government can identify only one of the three NRL teams it has claimed would use a new stadium built at Parramatta in Sydney’s west, as part of its $1.6 billion sporting facilities strategy.

An environmental impact statement for the new Parramatta Stadium, which will increase its capacity from 20,000 seats to 30,000 seats, states it will be used by three NRL teams as their home ground, plus the Western Sydney Wanderers football team.

The EIS, in an apparent attempt to justify the building of the $300 million stadium, says the ground will be used on 43-44 days a year, including by the Parramatta Eels, as well as “NRL team 2” and “NRL team 3” with both apparently playing 10 games a year. The EIS even predicts a 10 per cent uplift in attendance for the unnamed teams, which are said to have existing average attendances of 15,900 and 11,800.

Sports Minister Stuart Ayres was unable to identify the teams. “The NRL and individual clubs decide where games are played, not the NSW government. The NSW government will make the stadium available to every club,” he said.

Mr Ayres said that the EIS provided an indication of future events, but the exact schedule of future events would be determined in consultation with sporting associations and event organisers.

Labor sports spokeswoman Lynda Voltz called on Mike Baird to sack Mr Ayres, saying the government had presented a very poor business case for events to be held at Parramatta Stadium.

“The claim by his Sports Minister that three NRL teams will play from this stadium is fanciful and consistent with his chaotic handling of the stadium strategy. It is time Mike Baird gave his Sports Minister the boot,” she said.

Mr Ayres said that the EIS provided an indication of future events, but the exact schedule of future events would be determined in consultation with sporting associations and event organisers.

Labor sports spokeswoman Lynda Voltz called on Mike Baird to sack Mr Ayres, saying the government had presented a very poor business case for events to be held at Parramatta Stadium.

“The claim by his Sports Minister that three NRL teams will play from this stadium is fanciful and consistent with his chaotic handling of the stadium strategy. It is time Mike Baird gave his Sports Minister the boot,” she said.


Wests Tigers and Penrith Panthers have average attendances of 15,400 and 13,500. The local council owns Penrith stadium and Wests Tigers are less than half way through a 10-year contract with ANZ Stadium, with commitments to also play at both Campbelltown and Leichhardt ovals.

Both clubs said they knew nothing about a possible move to Parramatta. Other Sydney-based NRL teams are also long-term tenants at ANZ Stadium, including South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury Bulldogs and St George Illawara Dragons, who also play four games a year each at Kogarah and Wollongong. Although the government has now bought ANZ Stadium back into public ownership, it baulked at a proposal to impose a “supertrust” over the management of ANZ, the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust and Parramatta Stadium to co-ordinate the allocation of games and events.

A previous plan to rebuild Allianz Stadium in Sydney’s east into a 55,000-seat stadium stumbled when the government could not convince NRL teams to play 65 games there or at ANZ.
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http://www.theaustra...dbbd16292f512cd
 
Gronk

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I stopped reading after

"The EIS, in an apparent attempt to justify the building of the $300 million stadium, says.."

#agenda
 
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Gary Gutful said:
Imagine an EIS trying to justify the case for a development proposal?
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True that, but we are also talking about a govt department who have to be accountable for every decision they make.
I read the submissions, and, as always, the vocal minority were in the majority of comments made. It's always the way.
There's almost 25000 Eels members and almost 20000 Wanderers members, yet, the submissions from them/us were negligible.
The silent majority need to stand up. I have to admit, I was one of them.
 
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For the most part positive or negative comments about the project that don't deal with the specific social, cultural and environmental values that the project interacts with are largely ignored.
 
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I think the last part was ridiculous, the Allianz upgrade fell through because the Roosters, Waratahs and Sydney FC wouldn't shift their games to allow the stadium to be worked on, basically saying "we don't want you to fix our shitty stadium"

Now people are whinging about it? no shock there..
 
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