The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

[Pjf04b]

The metro going to St Mary's with no direct link to the 'riff is why I reckon a new stadium is a waste of time.

The North side of Penrith rail is quicker to Parra from Richmond and the redeveloped South will be about ten minutes longer to get to Parra than Penrith

A new stadium is nice and all but build some actual transport to it.

And those that live west of St Mary's, the majority, travel an hour to use somebody else's home ground.
Sounds fair .......... not!!
Get real. Penrith needs its own new 30k stadium.

 

[Munky]

And those that live west of St Mary's, the majority, travel an hour to use somebody else's home ground.
Sounds fair .......... not!!
Get real. Penrith needs its own new 30k stadium.

I live in the Blue Mountains.

There's a 20k, 30k and 80k stadium all in my train line.

An hour is f**k all to travel to an event.

 

[Perth Red]

I live in the Blue Mountains.

There's a 20k, 30k and 80k stadium all in my train line.

An hour is f**k all to travel to an event.

Big part of the problem is the scheduling. Alas no one wants to be taking an hour to go home on a Thurs night at 10.15pm. Or trying to get to a stadium an hour away on a Friday at 5pm. Other than those two though yeh, its not unreasonable to travel 30-60min to get to an event every couple of weeks.

 

[Pjf04b]

It is not the point. Every team has the right to a home ground in their area that is safe and adequate especially when it is around 40k to the next

 

[Canard]

It is not the point. Every team has the right to a home ground in their area that is safe and adequate especially when it is around 40k to the next

It most certainly isn't a "right" to have expensive taxpayer funded infrastructure delivered for your convenience.

 

[Timbo]

And those that live west of St Mary's, the majority, travel an hour to use somebody else's home ground.
Sounds fair .......... not!!
Get real. Penrith needs its own new 30k stadium.

OK, well if Penrith has such issues with it, the Panthers can pay for the f**king thing then,

 

[Chins get the wins]

OK, well if Penrith has such issues with it, the Panthers can pay for the f**king thing then,

We provide the comp with half its players so the least the NRL can do is pay 50%

 

[Perth Red]

It is not the point. Every team has the right to a home ground in their area that is safe and adequate especially when it is around 40k to the next

Every team has the right to build one if they want. NSW taxpayers have the right not to see their hard earned being frittered on such things when there are far more important issues needing funding.

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

build it and pay for it yourselves?
imagine

problem is theres now what..a few clubs that have brand new tax payer palaces
maybe all the sydney clubs should play at 3 venues
wh's to say. not me

 

[Iamback]

OK, well if Penrith has such issues with it, the Panthers can pay for the f**king thing then,

We paid for our own CoE unlike every other team

 

[Iamback]

I live in the Blue Mountains.

There's a 20k, 30k and 80k stadium all in my train line.

An hour is f**k all to travel to an event.

But what classes as an event though?

That is why we need more event venues around the city

 

[Omott91]

There’s still the deal to keep the grand final which Penrith I’ll get 309 and the rest if rumours are true Newcastle and the gong

state budgets are stretched due to covid and inflation but five years the situation could be totally different eg liberals in power or labor on an infrastructure spend to keep up with booming population

and Penrith can be classed as regional it’s hardly part of Sydney

What are the rumours around Newcastle?

 

[Wb1234]

What are the rumours around Newcastle?

Someone on here posted earlier Newcastle will be receiving funding

no mention of plans but you would guess if it’s true it would be either end

 

[The Great Dane]

It is not the point. Every team has the right to a home ground in their area that is safe and adequate especially when it is around 40k to the next

I don't remember when taxpayer funded stadiums became a 'right' lol.

 

[The Great Dane]

But what classes as an event though?

That is why we need more event venues around the city

Any suggestion that a new stadium would attract new events to Penrith is wishful thinking at best. There isn't a single international touring event or act that would choose to play out of Penrith over the other options in Sydney.

 

[MugaB]

Any suggestion that a new stadium would attract new events to Penrith is wishful thinking at best. There isn't a single international touring event or act that would choose to play out of Penrith over the other options in Sydney.

The point is to stretch out the events, from only 2 nights at the sfs and accor to 3 nights, can be a elton johns or foo fighters concert, whatever the events maybe. Maybe not of the calibre of stars as that but the point is, when we had women world cup a few weeks back penrith could have held some of the group games, had it been a new stadium

 

[Desert Qlder]

There has been way too many politicians inflate the importance of Penrith, it has sent the residents stupid.

The place is a longdrop.

 

[Timbo]

The point is to stretch out the events, from only 2 nights at the sfs and accor to 3 nights, can be a elton johns or foo fighters concert, whatever the events maybe. Maybe not of the calibre of stars as that but the point is, when we had women world cup a few weeks back penrith could have held some of the group games, had it been a new stadium

‘Hey Foo Fighters, listen, we know you’ve just sold 50,000 tickets at the Sydney Football Stadium but we were wondering if you could do another gig at a much smaller venue to justify our ridiculous overspending on a suburban football ground? Sorry what was that? f**k who? Oh, f**k me. Right, that’s what I thought you said.’

 

[The Great Dane]

The point is to stretch out the events, from only 2 nights at the sfs and accor to 3 nights, can be a elton johns or foo fighters concert, whatever the events maybe. Maybe not of the calibre of stars as that but the point is, when we had women world cup a few weeks back penrith could have held some of the group games, had it been a new stadium

No major touring act is going to deconstruct their stage and relocate across the city for an extra show when it'd be significantly cheaper and easier to simply rent the first venue out for another night. It's simply not how the industry works.

FIFA has rules about how many stadiums in each city can host during their events, but maybe they do pick Penrith over Parra or Allianz, but A. that's not attracting a new event it's splitting it over more venues which impacts the commercial viability of all of them, and B. those sorts of events aren't regular and Penrith would need multiple major events yearly to make the stadium viable, which simply isn't realistic considering the other options in the city.

A major upgrade of Penrith would be a white elephant and a massive waste of public resources.

 

[Munky]

The reason multiple shows on a tour are done at the same venue is that it absorbs the ridiculous cost of setting, tearing down and transporting the stage.

You don't pay that cost to go 50km down the road. It's not Mick and Gazza throwing the JCM 800 and drum kit in the 1995 Hi Ace to play Penrith RSL after the Bridge Hotel the night before.