The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

[Iamback]

This has been explained to PR on numerous occasions over quite a number of years now. He won’t budge on this particular hobbyhorse of his.

Any excuse for him to whinge

 

[bad boy bubby]

Except Greeks aren’t mafia

You didn't like my attempt at Greekifying the word????
Besides, our Dino has Italian heritage, he's obviously blooded the others in!
Haha.

 

[Colk]

Lots of metal & concrete because developers charge more for it.

You obviously didn’t understand my post otherwise you would have addressed the actual point, rather than make an extraneous point about developer costs’

These stadiums are built because that is precisely what people want or expect when watching professional sport or other events.

Think of it this way: if the majority of customers, on the other hand, wanted to sit on hills then you would see such stadiums used around the world, in the majority. Outside of international cricket grounds (in the vast minority notwithstanding) you just don’t see them in a professional sporting context.

Now that doesn’t mean NS Oval, Leichhardt Oval and the like don’t have their place, but that place is purely on a local level. People watching local sporting competitions, paying entry fees of $10, buying a pie or a sausage roll and sitting on a hill on a picnic blanket for example.,

 

[Valheru]

With the south’s roosters game then some union game the next day it will have two sellouts consecutively

obviously not just a rugby league stadium

And the Matildas mid week followed by 2 huge crowds for Bruno Mars in October and the Sydney FC opener also in October expected to get 35k. Additionally, we are looking at 1, if not 2 NRL finals there as well this season.

At no stage was this ever meant to be just a rugby league stadium which makes some of the whinges about it laughable.

 

[Colk]

And the Matildas mid week followed by 2 huge crowds for Bruno Mars in October and the Sydney FC opener also in October expected to get 35k. Additionally, we are looking at 1, if not 2 NRL finals there as well this season.

At no stage was this ever meant to be just a rugby league stadium which makes some of the whinges about it laughable.

Exactly. Do you think that the government were seriously going to put in that much money if it were going to be used by only one code or one tenant?

 

[myrrh ken]

With the south’s roosters game then some union game the next day it will have two sellouts consecutively

obviously not just a rugby league stadium

Sellouts?

 

[horrie hastings]

Are the colours of the seats meant to represent the Waratahs and Sydney FC?

No, they are an indigenous design.

 

[Pippen94]

You obviously didn’t understand my post otherwise you would have addressed the actual point, rather than make an extraneous point about developer costs’

These stadiums are built because that is precisely what people want or expect when watching professional sport or other events.

Think of it this way: if the majority of customers, on the other hand, wanted to sit on hills then you would see such stadiums used around the world, in the majority. Outside of international cricket grounds (in the vast minority notwithstanding) you just don’t see them in a professional sporting context.

Now that doesn’t mean NS Oval, Leichhardt Oval and the like don’t have their place, but that place is purely on a local level. People watching local sporting competitions, paying entry fees of $10, buying a pie or a sausage roll and sitting on a hill on a picnic blanket for example.,

Great, how did tigers draw at parra this weekend?!

 

[Wb1234]

And the Matildas mid week followed by 2 huge crowds for Bruno Mars in October and the Sydney FC opener also in October expected to get 35k. Additionally, we are looking at 1, if not 2 NRL finals there as well this season.

At no stage was this ever meant to be just a rugby league stadium which makes some of the whinges about it laughable.

Can’t wait for a photo of fitzstupid head cheering on the union

 

[Iamback]

And the Matildas mid week followed by 2 huge crowds for Bruno Mars in October and the Sydney FC opener also in October expected to get 35k. Additionally, we are looking at 1, if not 2 NRL finals there as well this season.

At no stage was this ever meant to be just a rugby league stadium which makes some of the whinges about it laughable.

The NRL made it about them with things like the BS about moving the GF

 

[Captain Apollo]

Are the colours of the seats meant to represent the Waratahs and Sydney FC?

Nope. The following is taken from this document (source; https://www.infrastructure.nsw.gov....all-stadium-project-update-september-2021.pdf) -

The design from award-winning Indigenous artist Tony Albert, is based upon ‘Two Worlds Colliding – Water and Land’. Each end of the stadium is separated and distinguished by two different designs symbolising land and water – the land through geometric diamond designs taken from nature, and the bubble of concentric circles for water.

The design was chosen for the story it tells about place and country, providing a nod to the contest of two competing teams while offering broad appeal as a strong contemporary work.

 

[Colk]

Great, how did tigers draw at parra this weekend?!

Is that the best you can come up with? Even I expected a better retort.

So we are using an example of one dead game in one sport late in the season, overpriced in respects to the quality of entertainment one would likely receive (remember in a previous post I mentioned that there were other factors responsible for low attendances) to argue against the examples of pretty much other sport in the world.

There is a thing called correlation and causation.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

You didn't like my attempt at Greekifying the word????
Besides, our Dino has Italian heritage, he's obviously blooded the others in!
Haha.

Calabrian too, bud - not that I’m implying anything lol

 

[bad boy bubby]

Calabrian too, bud - not that I’m implying anything lol

I knew out of anyone you'd be the one to catch on mate haha.
Dino has just put out a proposal to taker the game world wide for one round a season, he's a thinker!!
Have a read, I posted it on the Sharks forum, it's from your old local rag The Leader ))

 

[Perth Red]

Apia putting up 6k seat stand for $30 including entire facility underground. Dolphins entire ground would've been less.

This is what $100mill bought in 2012, 2 stands. 16k, 13kin the main stand Under a roof, 3k end stand unroofed. Food and toilet facilities under main stand. No corporate facilities. On top of that has been another $60mill spent on hbf park so far, and still needs another $100mill plus for a new west stand and roof over that south stand.

LO would need a sht more than $50mill to be anything like what an nrl stadium should be in the the 21st century.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Tigers drew 5k at parra..but, but...

They've drawn less at Campbelltown and Leichhardt.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

There’s a middle ground between every club having its own stadium and complete centralisation. I think in Sydney the sweet spot would be 3-4 stadia located around the city with 2-3 clubs using each. Keeps them playing fairly close the their traditional fan bases but also addresses the fact that in the modern era the cost of building and maintains a modern stadium is prohibitive for one club.
Someone like Manly may end up being an exception if they’re in an area that doesn’t have overlap with other clubs.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

No, they are an indigenous design.

Nope. The following is taken from this document (source; https://www.infrastructure.nsw.gov....all-stadium-project-update-september-2021.pdf) -

If definitely differentiates the SFS from the rest of Australia's stadia.

 

[siv]

Will SFS2 handle the load before a Finals match?

 

[herbert henry1908]

And the Matildas mid week followed by 2 huge crowds for Bruno Mars in October and the Sydney FC opener also in October expected to get 35k. Additionally, we are looking at 1, if not 2 NRL finals there as well this season.

At no stage was this ever meant to be just a rugby league stadium which makes some of the whinges about it laughable.

It was never going to be just a rugby league stadium, but it still is mostly a club football ground. I still think there was a strong case for reducing the capacity in recognition of that. But It needed to be done in conjunction with making Accor stadium rectangular.