The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

[Perth Red]

You are so transparent you sad little man

a predictable response, boring but predictable.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

So, the outcome is that the NRL stadium and AFL stadium are both getting $500m each for upgrades. Putting aside what might have been, I am not sure that it is really a massive win for RL or massive loss for AFL. Yes, a few regional stadiums are getting minor upgrades but those are mainly temporary.

At the end of the day NRL and AFL in Brisbane get the same spend. I reckon if the initial announcement was that the Gabba was getting a half billion upgrade most on here would have been furious.

Athletics (courtesy of John Coates) is the big winner. A sport that nobody watches is getting the most dollars. Then again, neither NRL nor AFL is an Olympic sport so that is probably fair enough.

That’s basically the Olympics in a nutshell.

 

[Vlad59]

a predictable response, boring but predicte

650000000 posts later

 

[Captain Apollo]

We need to build a tunnel from Tasmania to Melbourne to connect the Viktards and Taztards for a car "kick to kick" fest

Actually wouldn't it make more sense to tunnel under the Murray River and cut Victoria adrift from the rest of the mainland instead?

 

[Vlad59]

What I reckon we’ll see now is cricket and the fumbletards go off the shelf with pressure to get the stadium they want in QLD. It’s clear they are a cabal now and are as thick as thieves. We’d do well to remind the Labor and liberal party of the power of our game and align ourselves with football and union to get what we want and deserve.

 

[johnny plath]

Surely phins move their kayo staidum games there now

How bout duck off... sunshine coast is not Redcliffe... we don't want them..

 

[Colk]

a predictable response, boring but predictable.

Well he is right. Why are you so sad that the government isn’t spending money that directly benefits fumbleball?

I know and you know that if they went with the stupid Victoria Park stadium then that would have benefited only fumbleball. The fumblers have got plenty of good stadiums around the country

It’s sad that no other country has to put up with this cancer but it is what it is.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

This is the $1/2mill review the Govt have chosen to ignore:

https://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/87581/sport-venue-review-23.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0RNlXfRQkTuOE3dj5uX_aXL0ue-X7Clj0ioGExHFivI3ICYZ2lms-LhQk

Waaa Waaa they ignored a new Fumble stadium .
your AFL agenda shines through again .

 

[Canard]

So, the outcome is that the NRL stadium and AFL stadium are both getting $500m each for upgrades. Putting aside what might have been, I am not sure that it is really a massive win for RL or massive loss for AFL. Yes, a few regional stadiums are getting minor upgrades but those are mainly temporary.

At the end of the day NRL and AFL in Brisbane get the same spend. I reckon if the initial announcement was that the Gabba was getting a half billion upgrade most on here would have been furious.

Athletics (courtesy of John Coates) is the big winner. A sport that nobody watches is getting the most dollars. Then again, neither NRL nor AFL is an Olympic sport so that is probably fair enough.

AFL was going to get a 2.5B stadium and RL nothing.

And yes RL people like us, where pissy about that, why wouldn't we be????

 

[Iamback]

Well he is right. Why are you so sad that the government isn’t spending money that directly benefits fumbleball?

I know and you know that if they went with the stupid Victoria Park stadium then that would have benefited only fumbleball. The fumblers have got plenty of good stadiums around the country

It’s sad that no other country has to put up with this cancer but it is what it is.

Correct. Rectangle sports are king up there

 

[Vlad59]

Its short sighted knee jerk for votes by a qlnd govt under pressure.
Suncorp will need much more than that to get it to 70k+ and fit for the next 40-50 years.
Gabba needs the $500mill plus another $1bill in ten years according to the report just to keep it going. And it will still be behind Melbourne and Perth.
And they are spending $1.6bill on a 14k athletics stadium that will be pretty sht for the Olympics.

Taking the RL rose tinted glasses off its a pretty poor outcome for $3billion stadium spend all round and for the Olympics which was the point of it all.

AFL red strikes again!

 

[Iamback]

AFL was going to get a 2.5B stadium and RL nothing.

And yes RL people like us, where pissy about that, why wouldn't we be????

It isn't just RL, More events are at Suncorp so therefore they should get most

 

[Vlad59]

Well he is right. Why are you so sad that the government isn’t spending money that directly benefits fumbleball?

I know and you know that if they went with the stupid Victoria Park stadium then that would have benefited only fumbleball. The fumblers have got plenty of good stadiums around the country

It’s sad that no other country has to put up with this cancer but it is what it is.

If the afl is the cancer of sport, afl red is the cancer of this forum

 

[Wb1234]

If the afl is the cancer of sport, afl red is the cancer of this forum

But cancers can be cured

 

[Canard]

It isn't just RL, More events are at Suncorp so therefore they should get most

Old mate was suggesting that it was the situation was reversed League fans would be upset. As if it was some sort of gotcha moment.

And I pointed out, that the situation was reversed, and yes we were upset.

Not sure why @Jamberoo would think otherwise.

 

[Colk]

Correct. Rectangle sports are king up there

It is not even just that. We could have had a world class rectangular stadium as a legacy from the Sydney Olympics and the fumblers completely screwed that.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Qe2 costs are bs

won’t be more than 500 million tops

Yeah one nice big stand along one straight, embankments round the rest, and probably new lighting and a a new track surface.
then temporary seating on the embankments. If the current temporary stands are still structurally sound they can probably be partially re-used by giving them a lick of paint and new seats.

 

[Iamback]

It is not even just that. We could have had a world class rectangular stadium as a legacy from the Sydney Olympics and the fumblers completely screwed that.

Well cricket was stupidly played there too but exact same, No reason to have a weird shaped stadium up there

 

[Iamback]

Yeah one nice big stand along one straight, embankments round the rest, and probably new lighting and a a new track surface.
then temporary seating on the embankments. If the current temporary stands are still structurally sound they can probably be partially re-used by giving them a lock of paint and news seats.

No doubt counts improvement in public transport too, which shouldn't be included in a sport figure

 

[Iamback]

Old mate was suggesting that it was the situation was reversed League fans would be upset. As if it was some sort of gotcha moment.

And I pointed out, that the situation was reversed, and yes we were upset.

Not sure why @Jamberoo would think otherwise.

Everytime there is a game at Accor we are reminded of the fact