The Game 2023 Crowd Watch

[Iamback]

Question and estimate: how many storm supporters in Sydney?

Do they have a Sydney based supporters club?

The 2020 GF is a good indication, Closed borders and there was 5-10k at most there

 

[Harry O]

Pax 45,359, nearing 50k

 

[SpaceMonkey]

This is the point lost

The only thing lost there was an opportunity to have a first class finals venue. Instead we replaced one of our better club grounds with a slightly better one, because the people in charge of it had powerful mates.

 

[Wb1234]

just imagine if instead of Allianz getting rebuilt, we still had the old SFS and a rebuilt 75k rectangular Accor with a proper club mode.

The best result was leaving both the sfs and homebush to rot and building a new stadium in a better location in the cbd

politics would never have allowed it

 

[Wb1234]

The only thing lost there was an opportunity to have a first class finals venue. Instead we replaced one of our better club grounds with a slightly better one, because the people in charge of it had powerful mates.

Hardly a slight Improvement. It’s on par as the best rugby league ground in the world

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Hardly a slight Improvement. It’s on par as the best rugby league ground in the world

OK a reasonable improvement. But the old one was far from bad. Certainly better than Accor.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Q

just imagine if instead of Allianz getting rebuilt, we still had the old SFS and a rebuilt 75k rectangular Accor with a proper club mode.

Or sold both and built a ground over Central

 

[Wb1234]

OK a reasonable improvement. But the old one was far from bad.

If you believe the stuff the scg trust was saying it didn’t comply with Australian standards re wiring, disability and public access and the cost to fix it was horrendous

not saying 800 million isn’t an overspend they put a lot of other extras in there for their members like an underground car park and gym

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Q

Or sold both and built a ground over Central

Central is prime real estate. No one is gving that up for a stadium.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Central is prime real estate. No one is gving that up for a stadium.

Yeah just a nice dream I guess. Would be amazing for the city

 

[Wb1234]

Central is prime real estate. No one is gving that up for a stadium.

They’ve actually built a high over that space now

Tech-hub towers set to rise above Sydney's Central Station

The government has approved major increases to building heights for an area near Sydney's Central Station, removing a major hurdle to new high rises.

amp.smh.com.au

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Central is prime real estate. No one is gving that up for a stadium.

Wouldn't have needed to give anything up. The idea would have been to build it OVER the existing rail lines directly south of Central. Madison Square Garden is built similarly.
Stadiums are relatively light structures for their size so can be built over areas where dense high rises can't.

 

[Wb1234]

The old entertainment centre in Haymarket if it fit

or Barangaroo would’ve been iconic

 

[Iamback]

The only thing lost there was an opportunity to have a first class finals venue. Instead we replaced one of our better club grounds with a slightly better one, because the people in charge of it had powerful mates.

Accor is best setup for all of Sydney, Allianz has many issues for those on the outskirts

 

[Captain Apollo]

If you believe the stuff the scg trust was saying it didn’t comply with Australian standards re wiring, disability and public access and the cost to fix it was horrendous

not saying 800 million isn’t an overspend they put a lot of other extras in there for their members like an underground car park and gym

The stuff they were saying was true.

However, the problem was many of its Board were exagerating the extent of the issue. I mean if it was completely unsafe, which Board members like Alan Jones kept publicly claiming, no matches would have been played there at all as no Governmenrt reguilator would have permitted it, nor would the Trust as they would have been liable if any accidents happened.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Is a real train or subway track to the SFS possible? Light rail is tinpot nonsense

 

[Nolzy]

Anybody have a pax number update? Although with all the freebies and 2 for 1s I feel this may be the most innacurate pax number to date and attendance may be significantly lower then pax number. Just curious tho

 

[Captain Apollo]

Is a real train or subway track to the SFS possible? Light rail is tinpot nonsense

Not really. The areas around Moore Park, especially around Anzac Parade, have too many tunnels due to the Eastern Distributor extensions.

Not saying its impossible, just very unlikely.

 

[Iamback]

Is a real train or subway track to the SFS possible? Light rail is tinpot nonsense

The main issue is no parking.

Accor while shit has better access and is where the people live

 

[yakstorm]

Anybody have a pax number update? Although with all the freebies and 2 for 1s I feel this may be the most innacurate pax number to date and attendance may be significantly lower then pax number. Just curious tho

Last number posted was around 45,300 without stadium members & corporates.