The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

[Bukowski]

I still think Labor are just waiting until they have enough ammunition to be comfortable saying this is a bad idea we can't afford and we're going to walk back our promise because it's the right thing to do.

Also like others in this thread my wife and I would benefit greatly from these tax cuts but I don't want to live in a society where we head down a route like the US where it starts impacting us elsewhere (healthcare, education, social services, infrastructure etc).

It's staggering how different the response has been. The stadiums in NSW were constantly complained about all across the media to the point where even at work you would hear people discussing/complaining about the stadiums. This deal seems to just by flying under the radar for the most part.

Are you based in Sydney? I'm not sure it was a big issue outside of NSW.

 

[Billythekid]

Are you based in Sydney? I'm not sure it was a big issue outside of NSW.

That's fair. Though a huge chunk of this funding is coming from the Federal government.

 

[Bukowski]

That's fair. Though a huge chunk of this funding is coming from the Federal government.

True. I think most people are more concerned or interested in their own states finances . Fitzsimmons won't give a crap as he's a Sydney boy.

 

[Diesel]

Fitzsimmons is a hypocrite. He’s on the afl payroll so will stay quiet

 

[blue bags]

My question is - where will AFL team 20 be? They won't keep it at 19 teams for long, broadcasters hate odd numbers.

Canberra maybe? That wouldn't be ideal.

AFL plan Perth 3

 

[taipan]

With Albo tipping in 240m to build an AFL stadium in Tasmania is Peter Fitzsimmons going to campaign to have that stopped ??

Has FitzSimons ever complained when a stadium designated for the hunters, gatherers and now (stadium) collectors involving lots of Govt loot, ever protested in public?
The answer, it's called AFL grand final day invitation best seats in the house, AFL game day breakfast thrown in.In return for "best experience I've had etc etc" in the Herald and part time salary.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

True. I think most people are more concerned or interested in their own states finances . Fitzsimmons won't give a crap as he's a Sydney boy.

But if Fed money is being used then he should be concerned cos it’s a, ‘all our money’ kinda situation

 

[Jamberoo]

With Albo tipping in 240m to build an AFL stadium in Tasmania is Peter Fitzsimmons going to campaign to have that stopped ??

No one south of the Murray knows who that is. He writes in the Sydney papers, why would he write about Tasmania? And why would anybody care? He has no influence outside of Sydney.

 

[Pneuma]

No one south of the Murray knows who that is. He writes in the Sydney papers, why would he write about Tasmania? And why would anybody care? He has no influence outside of Sydney.

Agreed. Nobody has any idea who he is outside of Sydney. By the way, despite all of the announcements I’d be very surprised if they even get the planning approvals and environmental approvals completed in the next 5 years. Costs will also blow out and getting tradesman will be a hoot. Apart from that, the Tasmanian state public service is regarded by many as incompetent. Locally people are referring to to the stadium as ‘Albos ulcer’. Interesting days ahead.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

No one south of the Murray knows who that is. He writes in the Sydney papers, why would he write about Tasmania? And why would anybody care? He has no influence outside of Sydney.

No one is saying he is well known or popular outside of Sydney but if he’s genuinely a man of his conviction, then spending his, yours and mine tax dollars on a stadium when schools and hospitals and shit all over the country are crying for more funding yada, yada then we can legitimately call out his hypocrisy and faux outrage.

 

[Captain Apollo]

No one south of the Murray knows who that is. He writes in the Sydney papers, why would he write about Tasmania? And why would anybody care? He has no influence outside of Sydney.

I'd say it is highly questionable that he has any influence in Sydney

 

[Timbo]

So I was reading today that if the Vegas game goes ahead due to a multitude of issues that the NFL stadium would not be the likely venue. At first, a few articles listed Sam Boyd Stadium, the old college football stadium on campus of the University of Nevada as the likely venue. Sam Boyd Stadium is fifty years old, in the outer boonies of Vegas and hasn’t been used in four years. It’d be like coming to Sydney to play a game and using Campbelltown Stadium.

However I have since read on Twitter that Sam Boyd Stadium has had no maintenance conducted on it in three years and is basically condemned. So where does that leave us?

Well, I looked up where the XFL (lower tier American football) team plays in Vegas and I discovered the beauty that is Cashman Field. It’s an old minor-league baseball stadium. It holds 9,000 people and only has seats on one sideline and behind one goal line. The XFL team has had to spray paint the grass green before games because it’s in such bad knick they can’t keep it alive. In fact, apparently the baseball team moved out of it in the first place because the toilets kept overflowing due to incorrect sewerage pipes which were too expensive to fix.

This game seems like a great idea.

 

[Canard]

So I was reading today that if the Vegas game goes ahead due to a multitude of issues that the NFL stadium would not be the likely venue. At first, a few articles listed Sam Boyd Stadium, the old college football stadium on campus of the University of Nevada as the likely venue. Sam Boyd Stadium is fifty years old, in the outer boonies of Vegas and hasn’t been used in four years. It’d be like coming to Sydney to play a game and using Campbelltown Stadium.

However I have since read on Twitter that Sam Boyd Stadium has had no maintenance conducted on it in three years and is basically condemned. So where does that leave us?

Well, I looked up where the XFL (lower tier American football) team plays in Vegas and I discovered the beauty that is Cashman Field. It’s an old minor-league baseball stadium. It holds 9,000 people and only has seats on one sideline and behind one goal line. The XFL team has had to spray paint the grass green before games because it’s in such bad knick they can’t keep it alive. In fact, apparently the baseball team moved out of it in the first place because the toilets kept overflowing due to incorrect sewerage pipes which were too expensive to fix.

This game seems like a great idea.

Yet another brainfart by PVL.

He seems to engage the mouth without putting any thought into what he is saying.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

I'd say it is highly questionable that he has any influence in Sydney

Dunno mate, pretty sure the anti stadium agenda began with him or he at least planted the kernel

 

[Perth Red]

Yet another brainfart by PVL.

He seems to engage the mouth without putting any thought into what he is saying.

How can I get an anll expenses paid trip to Vegas to further my nsw racing companies connections?
I know I’ll talk about an nrl game there, they can pay for it.

 

[Iamback]

So I was reading today that if the Vegas game goes ahead due to a multitude of issues that the NFL stadium would not be the likely venue. At first, a few articles listed Sam Boyd Stadium, the old college football stadium on campus of the University of Nevada as the likely venue. Sam Boyd Stadium is fifty years old, in the outer boonies of Vegas and hasn’t been used in four years. It’d be like coming to Sydney to play a game and using Campbelltown Stadium.

However I have since read on Twitter that Sam Boyd Stadium has had no maintenance conducted on it in three years and is basically condemned. So where does that leave us?

Well, I looked up where the XFL (lower tier American football) team plays in Vegas and I discovered the beauty that is Cashman Field. It’s an old minor-league baseball stadium. It holds 9,000 people and only has seats on one sideline and behind one goal line. The XFL team has had to spray paint the grass green before games because it’s in such bad knick they can’t keep it alive. In fact, apparently the baseball team moved out of it in the first place because the toilets kept overflowing due to incorrect sewerage pipes which were too expensive to fix.

This game seems like a great idea.

Nothing wrong with ambition, I perfer them to try and fail then have no ambition

Also has the NRL said a venue yet? Journos likely just googled venues in Vegas

 

[Vee]

So I was reading today that if the Vegas game goes ahead due to a multitude of issues that the NFL stadium would not be the likely venue.

Link?

 

[Timbo]

Nothing wrong with ambition, I perfer them to try and fail then have no ambition

Also has the NRL said a venue yet? Journos likely just googled venues in Vegas

Well if the rental fees for Allegiant Stadium are massive and can be only offset by a sellout crowd - which won’t happen - it’s not hard to Google ‘stadiums in Las Vegas’ and see what’s left.

 

[Perth Red]

Link?

Others are casting doubts over the validity of the plan on the back of reports the games – if they were to go ahead – were unlikely to be staged at Las Vegas's new Allegiant Stadium, the climate-controlled 65,000-seat home of NFL franchise, the Raiders.

Instead, it's been suggested the NRL would be forced to use the comparatively rundown Sam Boyd Stadium on the outskirts of the city. Officially closed in 2019, the 52-year-old arena is owned by the University of Las Vegas (UNLV) and has been left padlocked for the best part of four years.
The UNLV entered into a non-compete arrangement with Allegiant Stadium, allowing it use of the new stadium and financial compensation in return for not staging sporting or music events at SBS. UNLV officials have spent the last four years undecided whether to sell or demolish the site.

The 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium is basically on death row as a venue. "The cost of maintaining it and firing it up would make no sense, especially if the events you are doing are smaller attended events," Las Vegas Events president, Pat Christenson, said.
One reviewer wrote of SBS: "It is located in perhaps the worst place in the entire Vegas Valley - the southeast corner. It's low elevation compared to the rest of the valley, so that much hotter and it's sometimes swampy and buggy.

"The result is that Boyd Stadium is very isolated and inconvenient to get to."

The NRL risks devaluing its bold venture if unable to secure Allegiant Stadium. V'landys hopes to make a final call on the Las Vegas proposal within a month.

'Fun police': Andrew Johns weighs in on NRL's Las Vegas plan

League great Andrew Johns has poured cold water on the NRL's bold new proposal. Details here.

au.sports.yahoo.com

 

[Perth Red]

Nothing wrong with ambition, I perfer them to try and fail then have no ambition

Also has the NRL said a venue yet? Journos likely just googled venues in Vegas

Wasn't it NY last time they were all gung ho about a game in US?