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The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

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JamesRustle said:
Should have built it over Central station and return Moore Park to parklands.
www.dezeen.com

Bates Smart plans to suspend a stadium above Sydney's Central Station

Australian architecture firm Bates Smart has revealed a concept for a 45,000-seat stadium, which would be built above Central Station in Sydney.
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Would have been cool but imagine how costly that would have been.

That picture looks like a smaller version of one of the Olympic Stadium concepts. I really wish they went for this, you can tell that the view from all areas would have been much better for NRL post the Olympics.

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Vibing said:
they're kidding

Parramatta on Easter Monday at Leichardt in 2025 ?
imagine if they were 1st & 2nd on the ladder & got 18K to that instead of 50K at Accor , it'd be barely acceptable with 30K at Commbank
but Leichardt , no effing way
this is why this type of thinking doesn't belong in the modern NRL
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Parra get home game next year for Easter Monday and play it commbank.

I reckon in 2025 they will ask to transfer Magic Round home game to Homebush instead.
 
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SLRBRONCOS said:
Would have been cool but imagine how costly that would have been.

That picture looks like a smaller version of one of the Olympic Stadium concepts. I really wish they went for this, you can tell that the view from all areas would have been much better for NRL post the Olympics.

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This would have been a situation that could have bought a huge influx of people to exisitng transport, restuarants and pubs and some life to the city. One of the consultants would have done up one of those smoke and mirror reports showing the benefits needed to get public opinion heading in the right direction.

Could have canned the light rail extension to Moore Park.

One day the economics will stack up for building on top of open train lines. Stadium, entertainment and high density resi (make it "affordable accommodation" in the proposal). Can see it working in Sydney and Melbourne for sure.

Melbourne might not have a choice - swamp lands converted in Docklands, want to be most populated state in the next decade, f**k all land to develop within a reasonable radius... cover up this shit ploise.

Early works begin on Melbourne Airport rail link - International Railway Journal




The next Barangaroo': Dramatic makeover of Central to hide train lines
 
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Leichhardt is ten minutes west of the new $800m Sydney Football stadium and will be swamped with two metro west stations within three kms of it and a third just 200 metres away from their $84.6m CoE. A metro line that will take them to Olympic Park within ten minutes. The same metro line that has a capacity to have a station added to the doorstop of the Sydney Football Stadium.

A single cent spent on Leichhardt is an outrageous act of bourgeois decadence.
 
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JamesRustle said:
This would have been a situation that could have bought a huge influx of people to exisitng transport, restuarants and pubs and some life to the city. One of the consultants would have done up one of those smoke and mirror reports showing the benefits needed to get public opinion heading in the right direction.

Could have canned the light rail extension to Moore Park.

One day the economics will stack up for building on top of open train lines. Stadium, entertainment and high density resi (make it "affordable accommodation" in the proposal). Can see it working in Sydney and Melbourne for sure.

Melbourne might not have a choice - swamp lands converted in Docklands, want to be most populated state in the next decade, f**k all land to develop within a reasonable radius... cover up this shit ploise.

Early works begin on Melbourne Airport rail link - International Railway Journal




The next Barangaroo': Dramatic makeover of Central to hide train lines': Dramatic makeover of Central to hide train lines
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It's happening with Brisbane Live over Roma St, on a smaller scale though!
 
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Captain Apollo said:
It was never going to happen, and won't be. Good idea or not, its no use people keep flogging this dead horse of an idea.
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You're proabbly right, and in the future they will just build the new stadium where the train tracks used to be and you will teleport from home directly to your seat... so long as Ticketek hasn't f**ked your booking.
 
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Vibing said:
that was their first ever game there & they haven't got close to that type of crowd since , averaging about 10K otherwise

time to give up venues like Allianz for stupor wugby , time to save money to pay for Sualii LOL
Ballymore for the weds
Viking Park for the bwumbies
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Nah actually the average is sitting a bit over 15k unfortunately for your narrative. Near 16k I saw the other day.
 
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JamesRustle said:
Melbourne might not have a choice - swamp lands converted in Docklands, want to be most populated state in the next decade, f**k all land to develop within a reasonable radius... cover up this shit ploise.

Early works begin on Melbourne Airport rail link - International Railway Journal
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This came up a few years ago, never went ahead

www.google.com

Eddie McGuire proposes $1 billion new stadium near MCG

A $1 billion football stadium would be built next to the MCG under a proposal Collingwood President Eddie McGuire has put forward.
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But also If the port of Melbourne ever fully relocates to Geelong a whole bunch of prime cbd real estate will open up, there's already quite a bit of development around fisherman's bend
 
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Wests Tigers will go back to the future by axing its big-stadium strategy for a shock return to suburban ground football — and the club will seek private investors to save dilapidated Leichhardt Oval.

The Tigers plan to dump playing games at Accor Stadium and CommBank Stadium next season for a full-time return to Leichhardt and Campbelltown Stadium, the club’s traditional home grounds. The club is also desperate to secure funding to upgrade Leichhardt Oval, and is now looking to private equity after the previous state government reneged on a handshake funding agreement.

The major development comes after Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis last year said that “by the end of 2023 there will be no further elite sports played” at Leichhardt Oval unless funding is provided. It will be wonderful news for Wests Tigers fans, coming after they crammed the famous old ground to cheer on a 66-18 win over North Queensland on Saturday night.

LOCKING UP THE HOME FRONT

A plan, expected to be ratified by the club’s board, would see five games each played at Leichhardt and Campbelltown from next season. A Magic Round home match would be contested in Brisbane next year with another to be played at the club’s rural partner, Tamworth.

Wests Tigers’ move comes amid an ongoing push for major sporting franchises to ditch suburban grounds for high-capacity arenas. Tigers officials know the move would cost the club financially.

“Leichhardt and Campbelltown stadiums are woven into the fabric of Wests Tigers. We figure, moving forward, they will be our predominant, if not dominant home grounds,” Hagipantelis said. “We would be looking at playing almost all of our home games at Campbelltown and Leichhardt, perhaps from next year. That would (mean) moving away from CommBank and Accor."

“We take one game to Tamworth and have a home game next year at Magic Round so we could be looking at a five-five (game) split (between Leichhardt and Campbelltown). The club may even cost itself money by avoiding these larger stadiums but our focus is on what is in the best interests of the club and we believe that is a local stadium policy."

“I anticipate that next year this will be the programming and it will be resolved by the board in the not-too-distant future. CommBank Stadium is an incredible facility but it is not a home ground for Wests Tigers and never will be. Accor Stadium has also proven to be incredibly useful and valuable to us from an economic perspective.

“But we need to consider what’s best interests for the club, our team, NRLW and pathways programs and we truly believe those interests are best served by returning to our traditional home grounds. Our strength is in our supporter base and that stretches from the inner-west all the way to the southwest.”

PRIVATE INVESTMENT PUSH

There is a general agreement that Leichhardt and Campbelltown require a refurbishment in line with other NRL grounds – and that could mean private investment.

“We all readily acknowledge that Leichhardt needs work and it’s not of NRL standard as far as change rooms and corporate facilities,” Hagipantelis said. "There was, of course, a promise of $50m which the Government reneged on and, unfortunately, there isn’t an election – state or Federal – for quite some time so it will be difficult for us to bring any pressure to bear on government to fund any upgrade to Leichhardt Oval."

“But we are in earnest discussions with council – Campbelltown, Liverpool and the Inner-West – about what can be done to raise funding and we are prepared to explore all options, including private equity into the stadiums, if available, to help fund refurbishments of those stadiums.

“We would even be open, and in fact encourage, private equity. We’re exploring those opportunities; investors who are prepared to invest in the redevelopment of a stadium for a return on that investment whereby they would have an equitable holding in those facilities, an ownership share."

“There would be some arrangement made where they receive a return on their investment as a joint venture with council, who are open to discuss the opportunity but there would be a detailed and lengthy process to get through from a council perspective."

“I can’t envisage any scenario where Wests Tigers will not play at Leichhardt Oval in the future. Leichhardt Oval is an institution and it will always figure largely in the Wests Tigers calendar so the suggestion we will never play another game there has got no basis or merit whatsoever.”

MAN BEHIND LEICHHARDT SCOREBOARD

He was the busiest man in Sydney on Saturday night but Big Baz wouldn’t have had it any other way.

Barry Maguire, 59, is the much-loved scoreboard attendant at his treasured Leichhardt Oval.
Given Leichhardt’s famous old scoreboard is manual, Maguire was flat out on Saturday evening as his Wests Tigers posted 11 exhilarating tries, and 11 goals, in a historic 66-18 rout of North Queensland.

Maguire — nicknamed Big Baz — has been working inside the dark and cramped Leichhardt Oval scoreboard — located behind the Wayne Pearce Hill — for 23 years. He is a Leichhardt institution.

“Saturday was the best night I have ever been involved with at Leichhardt Oval,” Maguire said. “The crowd there was absolutely unbelievable. Each time I went to put up a score they started roaring (in anticipation). We want 40, we want 50, we want 60 – it just kept going and going. Normally I’m copping it from the opposition fans because we’re getting flogged."

“The scoreboard inside is tiny and dark but, mate, I wouldn’t want to be in any other place. It couldn’t have been a better night. It was sensational. Everyone always says to me that I have the best seat in the house and truly it is, especially at night, all the people in front of the hill, unbelievable, mate. You can feel the atmosphere.”

Maguire was born and bred in Balmain but now lives in Warwick Farm and works for Doors Depot in Smithfield.

His good mate, Tigers legend Steve ‘Blocker’ Roach, added: “Baz’s fingernails would have nearly fallen off putting the scores up. He is a champion, salt of the earth. He’s a mad Tigers supporter. He has been around the club as long as I can remember.”

Last week, Maguire was given life membership of the Balmain Tigers. Sadly for Maguire, Wests Tigers won’t play another game at Leichhardt Oval this season.
 
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