The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

[bazza]

No reason every seat shouldn't be covered with only building 2 stands. Be very silly to leave people in the rain

will that be hard to do without covered stands at the end?
I image someone would be getting wet depending on how the wind blows with open stands

 

[Suitman]

Could you build a stand there with an upper tier that cantilevered over the road? Would only require enough space for the lower tier if you did that, and only need temporary road closures/diversions during construction.

Yes, it could be done.

 

[Suitman]

will that be hard to do without covered stands at the end?
I image someone would be getting wet depending on how the wind blows with open stands

All stadiums get blow in rain at some point regardless of roof coverage. Except those that have fully enclosed roofs.
CommBank has great roof coverage but some fans still get wet on rainy, windy nights.
No different to many English and European stadiums that have well covered seating but are not fully enclosed.
Shit happens.

 

[Perth Red]

Cant help it with wind but why so many Australian stadiums have drip lines 20 rows back is beyond me, paid a fortune to get soaked on row 5 at AAMI once! Same at Suncorp. even at Optus we got soaked during Origin sitting near the fence. What is it with Australian stadium architects?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

You're a drip

 

[TheEroticGamer]

All redundant. When Penrith’s annual report is released showing a 30 million dollar profit in football operations and 20 in leagues club, we will purchase the stadium for $1 afl style and build a retractable roof. This is Penrith’s world, we’re just living in it.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Where’s the drip line at the shitty Perth stadium?

 

[Iamback]

Where’s the drip line at the shitty Perth stadium?

Wherever AFL Red is lined up, There is your drip line

 

[Perth Red]

Where’s the drip line at the shitty Perth stadium?

In east stand same as all in Australia, about row 15. Why oh why? Its not an issue I've encountered in European stadiums.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

In east stand same as all in Australia, about row 15. Why oh why? Its not an issue I've encountered in European stadiums.

Is there no wind in Europe?

 

[Perth Red]

Is there no wind in Europe?

Im not talking windy days

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Is there no wind in Europe?

PR does have a point. Most stadiums there have drip lines that overhang all the seating, not 15 rows back. Sure the side facing into the wind still cops a bit of rain but the coverage is still much better.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

PR does have a point. Most stadiums there have drip lines that overhang all the seating, not 15 rows back. Sure the side facing into the wind still cops a bit of rain but the coverage is still much better.

I’ve seen umbrellas on both sides of Allianz, though. Think the wind/breeze swirls around in a stadium. I think budgets get the better of us here and the roof is where they cut back, I guess. On the bright side, we do half-arsed better than anyone else, especially NSW.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

I’ve seen umbrellas on both sides of Allianz, though. Think the wind/breeze swirls around in a stadium. I think budgets get the better of us here and the roof is where they cut back, I guess. On the bright side, we do half-arsed better than anyone else, especially NSW.

That’s PRs point, even new stadia like Allianz have pretty ordinary drip lines here.
Wind swirls around in stadiums but rain not quite so much because gravity still affects it.
Agree we tend to cut corners on that aspect here, I suspect largely because of the perception that it rains relatively little in Aus (which really is only true for some locations)

 

[AlwaysGreen]

The guy doesn't watch rugby league anyway.

 

[Canard]

It's just simple economics, a bigger span roof cost more, exponentially more.

It's also costs a lot more to pay for rain that only falls exactly perpendicular to the ground too make such an roof design worth it.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I'm sure AFL Red knows more about stadium and grandstand design then trained architects and engineers.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

It's just simple economics, a bigger span roof cost more, exponentially more.

It's also costs a lot more to pay for rain that only falls exactly perpendicular to the ground too make such a roof design worth it.

Prevailing weather needs to be taken into account when you decide where to spend stadium roof budgets too. A stand that faces into the direction that weather usually arrives from is always going to cop the rain no matter how good the drip line.
Auckland is a good example - for a long time the only large covered stand at Mt Smart was on the western side because that’s the direction all the weather usually arrives from.
North Harbour made the mistake of building its eastern grandstand first, and was never properly completed, and cops criticism because as a result the good seats are all exposed to the weather.

 

[Captain Apollo]

I’ve seen umbrellas on both sides of Allianz, though. Think the wind/breeze swirls around in a stadium. I think budgets get the better of us here and the roof is where they cut back, I guess. On the bright side, we do half-arsed better than anyone else, especially NSW.

The drip line is badly positioned. Opening night of Allianz I got wet, as did a lot of people. I know people who were season ti8ketholders with Sydney FC who cancelled their season tickets after they got soaked at a Sydney FC home game in seats that were supposedly undercover.

The irony is that the company that designed the current Allianz Stadium? Well they designed the original SFS too

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

All new stadia should be fully enclosed and have air conditioning.