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Which is why wa has to spend money on a new rectangular ground when a small state like tasmania can get it done with 2 stadiums
I'm responding in kind to PR ,who is comparing the way the Tasmanian bidders/govt did it .
The NRL's job is the final piece of the cake. The bid has to be sustainable and having a brand new stadium on offer in the bid ,no AFL or NRL would refuse that in a singular bid.
Until you see our fool of a premier constantly walking around in his green tank top carrying his sherrin it doesn’t make sense. The guy is a complete wanker
Not saying we should get a new stadium, what I’m saying is the nrl had an obligation to be asking for it and using this amazing opportunity that has been presented to it to set up the game in WA. That’s it’s charter and mandate after all.
Yet when I told you hbf park was rundown and Perth should get an new stadium you disagreed
Now you’re being disengenuous. Hbf park isn’t run down, hbf park could do with a new west stand and roof on south stand,
It’s only a sunk cost fallacy if the current stadium can’t be brought up to standard. If spending another 100M on HBF brings it up to a good modern standard then it’s a better option than dropping 4x that into a new stadium.
Thing with hbf is it’s not owned by state govt, it’s owned by local council, back when it got refurbed in 2011 the govt signed a 25 year lease for $20mill cost. It might be that the govt would prefer not to be at the mercy of the local council and build anew stadium to maximise the investment in infrastructure at Burswood. Or it may be having spent $150mill it’s better to spend another $150mill finishing hbf than spending $300-400mill on a new stadium. Either way unless the nrl is actually demanding something stadium wise the govt isnt just going to offer it up.
I can't imagine that's a huge impediment though- local council is just a lower tier of state government after all.
Good, I've been waiting for the NRL to speak up about this. There is no way that the AFL stadium in Brisbane should be bigger than the NRL stadium. Suncorp arguably should have been 60k when redeveloped 20 years ago but that's done now.
Problem with Suncorp is it's squashed by streets on mainly the Western Side which prevents any expansion without a likely controversial land acquisition program. At least it's better integrated to the rest of the stadium compared to the Northern Stand at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff which is the remains of it's predecessor stadium.
Problem with Suncorp is it's squashed by streets on mainly the Western Side which prevents any expansion without a likely controversial land acquisition program. At least it's better integrated to the rest of the stadium compared to the Northern Stand at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff which is the remains of it's predecessor stadium.
have you seen how squashed in the Gabba is? it literally hangs over the top of Stanley street.Problem with Suncorp is it's squashed by streets on mainly the Western Side which prevents any expansion without a likely controversial land acquisition program. At least it's better integrated to the rest of the stadium compared to the Northern Stand at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff which is the remains of it's predecessor stadium.
