The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

[Perth Red]

Most of the time that a city declines to bid for hosting rights, particularly of the Women's World Cup, is because of FIFA's minimum standards to be eligible to host matches, and not because they don't want to support the event over all.

FIFA requires host cities to meet minimum standards to be eligible to host matches, and those minimum standards are different depending on what stage of the tournament you want to host.

I'm not an expert on this so I might get some facts wrong on what the minimum standards are, but they don't only pertain to the stadium, that has to have x amount of seats, facilities, etc, but the cities themselves have to meet minimum standards as well.
For example the city has to have x amount of 5 star and/or 4 star hotels with x amount of rooms available, x amount of training facilities that meet certain standards, a minimum standard of public transport, etc, etc.

More often than not what's happened when a city passes on hosting a WC game is that the city, not the stadium, doesn't meet the minimum standards, and they can't or won't make the changes, often very expensive changes mind you, necessary to be eligible.

Can't say I really blame them either, I mean is spending potentially hundreds of millions not only on the stadium, but hundreds of millions on top of that on things like public transport and hotels that you won't need after the event, really worth it to most cities just for a couple pool matches in the Women's World Cup? Probably not right.

On top of that, the bid is a joint bid with NZ, and there're probably requirements on how many games need to be held in each country.

I suspect the govt may have wanted a spread as well to boost economies otherwise why would you choose tassie over GC?

 

[Suitman]

I suspect the govt may have wanted a spread as well to boost economies otherwise why would you choose tassie over GC?

I explained that.

 

[Perth Tiger]

Thanks mate, absolutely baffling to me they'd decline/not bid.

Admittedly I'm no Womens' Football expert but outside The Olympics and Men's Football world cup, (and possibly the Mens Cricket World Cup) - there would be no other world sporting tournament/event with more eyeballs on it than this...

Yet rather than the likes of the Gold Coast showcasing games with blue skies and mild weather in winter, we've got a game in the arctic blustery winter tasmanian weather, which isn't even rectangular.

Anyone know if the games are a mix of day/night games? York park on a rainy winters' night - absolutely no thank you!

Qld are still bidding for the Olympics aren't they, or they were when the chance to bid on games happened so they probably prioritized the spend on the Olympic bid instead.

 

[TheRam]

I predict that we will win the bid for the Women's WC, because we are the safest bet in the world to be COVID-19 free in the event that it drags on for years.

 

[beave]

 

[Panfas]

Some Nearmap updates on SFS

23 Dec 2018

03 Mar 2019

12 May 2019

1 Jul 2019

22 Oct 2019

 

[Panfas]

28 Feb 2020

01 Jun 2020

 

[big hit!]

concept of one management body is correct.

that management body being an archaic institution with a woeful history of facilities and project management, and frankly, run by a bunch of old fools who should be put out to pasture, is not.

 

[Perth Red]

concept of one management body is correct.

that management body being an archaic institution with a woeful history of facilities and project management, and frankly, run by a bunch of old fools who should be put out to pasture, is not.

Think most had hoped that NSW Govt would merge SCGT INTO the Stadium management company, not the other way round! Some good strings pulled there!

 

[The Great Dane]

Be interesting to see if FIFA will set the minimum standards bar a little lower in a post Covid world and economies doing it tough everywhere. This shit could go on for years.

It's my understanding that neither the Aus and NZ bid or the Colombian bid come even close to meeting all of FIFA's minimum standards, hence why everybody thought that Japan had it in the bag once Brazil pulled out.

So they've already been forced to lower their standards because of COVID.

 

[The Great Dane]

I suspect the govt may have wanted a spread as well to boost economies otherwise why would you choose tassie over GC?

The Qld government didn't put the GC forward as a potential venue, and the federal government didn't control the bid, so I doubt it.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Now AFL GF being floated for ANZ

Why is this thing still oval??

 

[Suitman]

Now AFL GF being floated for ANZ

Why is this thing still oval??

Ask Stuart Ayres and all his love buddies on the SCG Trust.
That's why.

 

[Suitman]

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1095579/afc-president-supports-world-cup-bid

 

[Jamberoo]

Now AFL GF being floated for ANZ

Why is this thing still oval??

Unlikely unless they are prepared to let in 80k, as Adelaide and Perth hold 55k and 60k. And if CV19 still prevents the MCG filling up (likely), having 60k Victorians at ANZ kinda defeats the purpose. They would need to close the borders and let fans fly in from the other states for it to be possible.
Don’t worry ANZ AFL GF won’t happen. Haven’t heard it mentioned down here. Will be in Perth or Adelaide if not MCG which are allowing 100% of capacity from next month.

 

[Brutus]

Looks like this AFL-loving idiot Tony Sheppard will be running the merged NSW stadiums mob.

It has all worked out exactly how I thought it would. The ANZ Stadium re-development would be canned and the SFS would go ahead.

As soon as they went with the SFS knockdown first, it was over.

That fat Stuart Ayres prick and his SCG Trust mates won the day.

It's criminal that the 80k biggest stadium in Sydney remains oval.

The AFL wins again.

 

[Vee]

Looks like this AFL-loving idiot Tony Sheppard will be running the merged NSW stadiums mob.

It has all worked out exactly how I thought it would. The ANZ Stadium re-development would be canned and the SFS would go ahead.

As soon as they went with the SFS knockdown first, it was over.

That fat Stuart Ayres prick and his SCG Trust mates won the day.

It's criminal that the 80k biggest stadium in Sydney remains oval.

The AFL wins again.

My only surprise is that anyone doubted it would

 

[taipan]

Yep.AFL gets to play semis in an oval ANZ.A ground they always wanted to remain in that configuration. Shepherd is like a fifth columnist, pretending to be friends to all, but as Giant's Chairman subversively pushing the AFL barrow.
He made his point some time ago, when he was in full praise of AFL as a sport compared to the others, and how his club was doing better with X numbers of members.
Never trusted the guy then, and my view remains unchanged.
V'Landys has got to continue to take it up to these guys, they've been getting their own way at taxpayers' expense for far too long.

 

[Perth Tiger]

Surely there must be a conflict of interest for a chairman of 1 particularly club, which very specific oval requirements, being in charge of the body overseeing development and management of sporting infrastructure for the state. I cant believe they would let somebody hold both positions.

 

[hrundi99]

These AFL types are insidious. At our local grounds we have our rectangular field which is for juniors/seniors. We also had access to the ground next to it and shared with soccer. Now we've lost access to that field and it has AFL posts on it. On a rectangular field. I'm sure soccer aren't happy about it. On the other side is a brand new fake grass oval complex for AFL and cricket.

I noticed on Tuesday night they were also setting up to do training on the asphalt netball courts, that are currently used by 2 separate local netball clubs.