The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

[titoelcolombiano]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/allan-border-wants-the-gabba-knocked-down-amid-sad-reality/news-story/bab0e3d5d7eb4e7188b8b21c3747204c

As if Cricket Australia is in a position to turn their back on the country's third biggest city, they are bluffing, the Gabba is perfectly fine.

 

[Vlad59]

As if Cricket Australia is in a position to turn their back on the country's third biggest city, they are bluffing, the Gabba is perfectly fine.

Not according to the ninnies on here

 

[titoelcolombiano]

The IOC don't want extravagant stadiums built that have no economically justifiable legacy post games. They are fine with expensive extravagant stadiums being built for Olympic Games use if they are justifiable to the host cities long term needs.
That is why they were fine with a complete Gabba rebuild. There's far more long term justification in building the *$3.4 billion 50000 seat Victoria Park Stadium and associated infrastructure, than building a *$1.6 billion single use 14000 seat athletics stadium. Brisbane needs a world class test cricket ground / Australian Football stadium to compete with the other 4 major state capitals. No Australian city needs a $1.6 billion 14000 seat athletics stadium. No League, Rugby, or Soccer club would want to cohabit there.

The IOC doesn't want anymore expensive white elephants, which in Brisbane's case is the latter, not the former.

In no world is what is being proposed at QSAC going to cost 1.6b. Maybe if you include transport links, but that is a transport spend, not a stadium spend and will be left as a legacy

 

[titoelcolombiano]

I'm not alone. will be the worse stadium in over a century!
Nothing like presenting your best face to the world.

The Olympic stadium at Suncorp will be world class. The athletic stadium will be great come games time.

 

[Foreign Legion]

As if Cricket Australia is in a position to turn their back on the country's third biggest city, they are bluffing, the Gabba is perfectly fine.

Cash for comments by the AFL

 

[Foreign Legion]

They can always use the Gabba for the break dancing.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Cash for comments by the AFL

It definitely sounded that way. He mentioned at 60k stadium being perfect for AFL, Cricket and Rugby (really??). That is incoherent for a number of reasons.