The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

[Timmah]

Proposed private bid for an 50,000 Auckland Stadium

Does that mean the stadium could flood at King Tide?

 

[Timbo]

Cricket has already announced it’s leaving Eden Park and rugby has indicated that it’s not it’s preferred venue. The Auckland proposal has a fair chance of getting up if this is the case.

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

I see today A-League have narrowed their expansion options down to 6.

Best case scenario for Rugby League?

It seems Woolongong & Ipswich were ruled out, and it appears the other Brisbane team was already gone, not the best news. Of those remaining:

• Canberra - Could only help Raiders get a new stadium across the line.
• Southern Expansion (Sydney/Woolongong) - If they build their new stadium it may give Dragons & Sharks a closer option for a home final if rent prices aren't extortionate. If they play in Woolongong in may help WIN get a bit of a touch up.
• Macarthur South West Sydney (Campbelltown) - Gives Campbelltown Stadium another tenant, probably won't help or hinder the Tigers much really.
• Team 11 (Dandenong) - Might give Storm a stadium to play a trial at, very little help.
• Western Melbourne (Geelong) - Same as above.
  
• South Melbourne - No help.

Not overly confident that any will be a success but if they can do their part in getting upgrades across the line then it'd be good for NRL, they won't rip a new stadium down if the A-League team folds.

Barr has repeatedly said that CBR wont get a new stadium without an a league tenant.

so fingers crossed.

Southern Expansion plan to play at loftus.
if they get up, their plan is to build a 30,000 seater there funded by their Chinese backers.
if that gets built, theres no way the league don't make sharks and dragons both play there. which I would be fine with provided the rental deals are fine.
we own our own ground sure but if theres a flash new venue down the road, we should knock down shark park and build more apartments or something

IMO theres limited scope for shark park to be improved greatly.

 

[macavity]

A stadium on the water below the water line

what could possibly go wrong

 

[t-ba]

Do what the Poms do and drag a load of Irish blokes in. If they start taking the piss replace them with Polish blokes, if they take the piss in come the Rumanians.

Yeah but who will do it come April?

the Cornish?

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Barr has repeatedly said that CBR wont get a new stadium without an a league tenant.

so fingers crossed.

Southern Expansion plan to play at loftus.
if they get up, their plan is to build a 30,000 seater there funded by their Chinese backers.
if that gets built, theres no way the league don't make sharks and dragons both play there. which I would be fine with provided the rental deals are fine.
we own our own ground sure but if theres a flash new venue down the road, we should knock down shark park and build more apartments or something

IMO theres limited scope for shark park to be improved greatly.

Not that its likely with Spineless wonder Gallop in charge, but it would be brilliant if they said the ALeague team is Canberra's IF, and only if, they build this stadium

 

[jim_57]

Does that mean the stadium could flood at King Tide?

Judging by those pictures, a drunk (or overly enthusiastic) punter could go for a quick swim at half time?

Looks like a pretty idiotic design just to be "fancy". I'd have no issue with building over the water if that's where they want the stadium but having direct access to the water from the stadium in a recipe for several kinds of disasters.

 

[Te Kaha]

Cricket has already announced it’s leaving Eden Park and rugby has indicated that it’s not it’s preferred venue. The Auckland proposal has a fair chance of getting up if this is the case.

Not likely now. Ports of Auckland have already indicated they are against it.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/in...d-replacing-port-with-stadium-ignores-reality

 

[siv]

Now how will it handle any small tidal waves or earthquakes ?

I guess it will make a good Sea World during the off season

 

[Lambretta]

Yeah but who will do it come April?

the Cornish?

Retirees don't build things any more
They just whinge about how things used to be better when we had owt

 

[t-ba]

Retirees don't build things any more
They just whinge about how things used to be better when we had owt

Those are people who live in Cornwall. The Cornish can't afford to live in Cornwall.

 

[magpie_man]

Barr has repeatedly said that CBR wont get a new stadium without an a league tenant.

If that is the case, surely it'd be at least worth consideration for the Raiders -with all of their financial clout - to bankroll a Canberra A-League franchise?
I know Gallop was dead-against the Panthers owning the Wanderers but the ACT is a completely different animal to Western Sydney.

 

[Perth Red]

If that is the case, surely it'd be at least worth consideration for the Raiders -with all of their financial clout - to bankroll a Canberra A-League franchise?
I know Gallop was dead-against the Panthers owning the Wanderers but the ACT is a completely different animal to Western Sydney.

Wouldn't it be better to invest that expenditure in a stadium they co-owned with the NRL? $50mill spent on a soccer club could be better used on owning their own home I'd have thought. Not sure how the European sports clubs can afford to build their own but here we rely exclusively on Govt?

 

[Timbo]

Wouldn't it be better to invest that expenditure in a stadium they co-owned with the NRL? $50mill spent on a soccer club could be better used on owning their own home I'd have thought. Not sure how the European sports clubs can afford to build their own but here we rely exclusively on Govt?

It would be significantly cheaper to invest as a partner in an A-League side than self fund a stadium.

And you don't understand why professional soccer teams in Europe have more money than Australian NRL teams? I'll just add that to the list of blindingly obvious things that fly over your head then.

 

[Perth Red]

It would be significantly cheaper to invest as a partner in an A-League side than self fund a stadium.

And you don't understand why professional soccer teams in Europe have more money than Australian NRL teams? I'll just add that to the list of blindingly obvious things that fly over your head then.

Not talking about your Man Utd's or Chelsea's, more your Brentfords and York's of the world. They use a combination of private investment, property development and a bit of hard cash thrown in. There's plenty of sub 30k stadiums in Europe built by NRL size sports clubs. Maybe if Govt became more tolerant of this approach they wouldn't have to keep dipping into tax payers money for sports venues. When you consider that somewhere like Canberra you could also build a massive pokie den as part of the development it shouldn't be hard to finance a $250mill stadium, especially with tenants in Union and possible other opportunities in the future like Aleague.

 

[The Great Dane]

Barr has repeatedly said that CBR wont get a new stadium without an a league tenant.

so fingers crossed.

There's almost no chance that Canberra gets one of the A-league licenses (it'll almost certainly be another Sydney club and Melbourne club), but even if we did Barr would just move the goalposts again, so I wouldn't let myself get excited if I was you.

 

[El Diablo]

Barr won't do anything without approval from the AFL

 

[taipan]

Barr won't do anything without approval from the AFL

And needing the tacit approval of GWS ,who play a couple of games in Canberra.
Poor old Harry's girl ,mhad to fist a Sherrin,that's the influence of these gimps in society.

 

[Lambretta]

Those are people who live in Cornwall. The Cornish can't afford to live in Cornwall.

Oh those Cornish
Their welcome to do the job if they bring their own pasties

 

[herbert henry1908]

Cricket has already announced it’s leaving Eden Park and rugby has indicated that it’s not it’s preferred venue. The Auckland proposal has a fair chance of getting up if this is the case.

Good news about the cricket, absolutely farcical ground to play it on.