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The infrastructure in Greater Brisbane isn't built to support 2.4 million people. Ch7 news spoke about how bad it is in one of their segments. The average commute in Brisbane has increased by by something like 45% over the last 5 years, whereas in Sydney it's only been 17% and in Melbourne it's only increased by 12%.
Sydney 71 minutes
Brisbane 67 minutes
Melbourne 65 minutes
People would make the effort to travel from the outskirts to Lang Park for derby matches that mean something, but for all other games they would prefer to be travelling around their neck of the woods.
Adelaide and Perth don't have the traffic congestion issues that plague Brisbane.
problem is as soon as you start moving outwards you by nature reduce your catchment, need massive more spending to create decent outer stadiums and end up limiting your appeal. Yes it makes it easier for the 12-15k to go but no suburban based team in this country is drawing 20k plus crowds in any code. If Brisbane2 wants the resources to compete it will need a big attending fanbase. That means a city wide appeal playing at Suncorp
that’s my big concern about the dolphins bid. It would be like the afl calling a wa team mandurah or peel and them playing at Optus.