As much as I'd like to see the Coast have its own team I cant see the population supporting it the way Ipswich would.
At the moment they're trying to force the population inland and away from the overcrowded coastal areas so there's massive expansion of the Ipswich corridoor with satellite town/cities going up all over the place. It's getting to the point where Ipswich is asking for its own top shelf CBD, something which would send a lot more coorporate jobs out west and, with them, more white collar industry, followed by the service industry jobs to service them, etc, etc. With that sort of infrastructure going up Ipswich will soon be a new inland Gold Coast with the corporate backing to match which would help their cause a great deal.
Not only that but Ipswich will be a centralised population from a semi-rural background- always a better demographic for football. If you're in Ipswich you're gonna have nothing else to do so you may as well go to the footy
sarcasm: anyone from Ipswich gonna bite?).
They also have the perk of being on the railline straight to the gate of Lang Park. It's a fair way from the end of the line but it's still possible to play home games out of the world's greatest League stadium without too much difficulty. I cant see the government releasing too much money in the future for new football stadiums so that will be a big boost to their chances.
The Sunny Coast, as 'glamarous' as it is, is spread out over several population centres without the transport infrastructure. From what I can gather they're looking at Caloundra for the QLD Cup team which places it on the southern end of Noosa/Maroochydore/Caloundra which isn't the best scenario for transporting 10,000 odd footy fans back to M'dore or Noosa via public transport.
Remember, Skilled Park, the last stadium funded by the government, has no carparking. They did that on purpose and I cant see them being more car friendly with the next one. And getting the money for a brand new stadium will start the mother of all biyatch fights with the aerial ping pong set on the Goldie which have already been knocked back. The Titans may have sucked up all the political capital for footy infrastructure for a while.
Finally, the Coast is the coast which makes it triathelete/surf country. I may be demographic sterotyping here but with surfing etc coastal areas are a lot more diversified when it comes to entertainment. That means a smaller population, that is a harder sell, without an established football ground. Can you see the Hasting Street set from Noosa travelling to the footy?
I'd love to see a battle of the beaches between the Sunshine and Gold Coasts (I'd even think about switching alliances) and it would definitely be possible given the right circumstances but a well established Ipswich Jets would just be a bit too hard to go past in every aspect outside of the classiness factor.
That's just my opinion anyway.
At the moment they're trying to force the population inland and away from the overcrowded coastal areas so there's massive expansion of the Ipswich corridoor with satellite town/cities going up all over the place. It's getting to the point where Ipswich is asking for its own top shelf CBD, something which would send a lot more coorporate jobs out west and, with them, more white collar industry, followed by the service industry jobs to service them, etc, etc. With that sort of infrastructure going up Ipswich will soon be a new inland Gold Coast with the corporate backing to match which would help their cause a great deal.
Not only that but Ipswich will be a centralised population from a semi-rural background- always a better demographic for football. If you're in Ipswich you're gonna have nothing else to do so you may as well go to the footy
sarcasm: anyone from Ipswich gonna bite?).They also have the perk of being on the railline straight to the gate of Lang Park. It's a fair way from the end of the line but it's still possible to play home games out of the world's greatest League stadium without too much difficulty. I cant see the government releasing too much money in the future for new football stadiums so that will be a big boost to their chances.
The Sunny Coast, as 'glamarous' as it is, is spread out over several population centres without the transport infrastructure. From what I can gather they're looking at Caloundra for the QLD Cup team which places it on the southern end of Noosa/Maroochydore/Caloundra which isn't the best scenario for transporting 10,000 odd footy fans back to M'dore or Noosa via public transport.
Remember, Skilled Park, the last stadium funded by the government, has no carparking. They did that on purpose and I cant see them being more car friendly with the next one. And getting the money for a brand new stadium will start the mother of all biyatch fights with the aerial ping pong set on the Goldie which have already been knocked back. The Titans may have sucked up all the political capital for footy infrastructure for a while.
Finally, the Coast is the coast which makes it triathelete/surf country. I may be demographic sterotyping here but with surfing etc coastal areas are a lot more diversified when it comes to entertainment. That means a smaller population, that is a harder sell, without an established football ground. Can you see the Hasting Street set from Noosa travelling to the footy?
I'd love to see a battle of the beaches between the Sunshine and Gold Coasts (I'd even think about switching alliances) and it would definitely be possible given the right circumstances but a well established Ipswich Jets would just be a bit too hard to go past in every aspect outside of the classiness factor.
That's just my opinion anyway.
