The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

[Steel Saints]

The Gabba has been described as "ageing". The redevelopment stages of the current Gabba were from 1993-2005. Why don't they replace some of the grandstands that were built in the 90's?

Spending $1.6 billion on QE II is a waste. That money could be distributed towards the Gabba, Suncorp, Arena and other Olympic facilities. And the $3.4 billion stadium at Victoria Park is beyond ridiculous. The oval sports do not have much content in Brisbane.

Compare it to Penrith, it only has a few extra sporting events.
* Penrith- 11 Panthers games (one game to Bathurst)
* Gabba- 11 Lions games, one cricket test, ODI or T/20 and 5 BBL games.

 

[morley101]

The transport links will need to improve for QE11 . 1 single busway

 

[Wb1234]

That’s pretty damn cool. You’d have to be a bit salty at Vegas by now if you were an Oakland/Bay Area resident though, they’ve now lost both their NFL and MLB teams to them.

No more moneyball

 

[Diesel]

Nothing is set until the LNP announce their preferred option as they’re likely to go against the Labor model. $1.6b for QSAC is excessive but regardless of the outcome, Suncorp needs at power 1/2 of that $1b to get its upgrade

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Me too. I'd have thought that they can skip that and put all the money into Suncorp, The Gabba, and the Arena, and just have the athletics at the Gabba.

They’d have to spend a fair bit to reconfigure the Gabba for athletics then change it back to AFL/Cricket mode. It’s not long enough for an athletics track and too wide. The Gabba pitch is around 170x150m and you need something like 180x95m for an athletics track.

 

[Perth Red]

The austerity games lol.
Be interesting to see how they turn this into an Olympic stadium with decent access and facilities. The big shame is the area around the Gabba linking it to South bank wont get done, that could have been a big plus for long term tourism. Good news for Suncorp though I feel the Qlnd govt has missed an opportunity to finally wrestle the Gf away from Sydney by not linking the funding to an agreement with NRL.

 

[westerntiger]

The austerity games lol.
Be interesting to see how they turn this into an Olympic stadium. The big shame is the area around the Gabba linking it to South bank wont get done, that could have been a big plus for long term tourism.

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Looks like stadium from 90s computer game

 

[AlwaysGreen]

The austerity games lol.
Be interesting to see how they turn this into an Olympic stadium. The big shame is the area around the Gabba linking it to South bank wont get done, that could have been a big plus for long term tourism.

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You're not getting a new fumbleball ground. Get over it.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

They’d have to spend a fair bit to reconfigure the Gabba for athletics then change it back to AFL/Cricket mode. It’s not long enough for an athletics track and too wide. The Gabba pitch is around 170x150m and you need something like 180x95m for an athletics track.

Yeah it's going to be rough as guts but better use of coin than QE2. Will be an interesting few months/years ahead.

I'm just so glad that Suncorp doesn't have the space to be ruined.

 

[Munky]

Qld government should do the smart thing.

Ship the athletics off to Accor.

 

[Iamback]

You're not getting a new fumbleball ground. Get over it.

Tears were running down his face as he posted that

 

[Iamback]

Yeah it's going to be rough as guts but better use of coin than QE2. Will be an interesting few months/years ahead.

I'm just so glad that Suncorp doesn't have the space to be ruined.

Does Suncorp have the room for the track anyway? Very tight which is why it is great for rectangle sports

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Does Suncorp have the room for the track anyway? Very tight which is why it is great for rectangle sports

Nah no chance. It's so tightly packed and they could only really build over Castlemaine Street to the west. The South has a heritage listed church so there is nowhere to go really, so the stadium being rectangular is safe IMO

 

[Canard]

It should be the austerity games, we are in the midst of the worst COL crisis in our lifetime's.

 

[Colk]

It should be the austerity games, we are in the midst of the worst COL crisis in our lifetime's.

It was also one of the reasons why they got the Olympics in the first case.

In all seriousness though, Brisbane hosting the Olympics cheapens the prestige of the games.

 

[Perth Red]

It should be the austerity games, we are in the midst of the worst COL crisis in our lifetime's.

Its 8 years away lol

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Does Suncorp have the room for the track anyway? Very tight which is why it is great for rectangle sports

No f**king way. It’d be 30-40m too small in both directions.

 

[Iamback]

No f**king way. It’d be 30-40m too small in both directions.

That why I thought the farce about upgrading the Gabba had some merit

 

[Jamberoo]

No f**king way. It’d be 30-40m too small in both directions.

They could run around the outside of Suncorp. That would be about 400. Sharp turns though.

 

[Canard]

Its 8 years away lol

I suspect we may have to start awarding contracts and tenders a smidge before that.

Why are you are so confident about an economic turnaround? Do you have know of some big financial news?