The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

[Perth Red]

What the f**k are you talking about?

Both Paris and LA are using all existing stadiums with barely any upgrades. The only new stadiums will be temporary for small events like BMX, beach volleyball, archery etc.

Spending Billions on a stadium the city doesn't want or need is exactly what the IOC doesn't want.

They already had large stadiums fit for purpose (with a few hundred mill being spent on them). Clearly Brisbane doesn’t and didn't when it bid. The austerity games is going to be a little bit embarrassing with scaffold stands and portaloos.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

They already had large stadiums fit for purpose (with a few hundred mill being spent on them). Clearly Brisbane doesn’t and didn't when it bid. The austerity games is going to be a little bit embarrassing with scaffold stands and portaloos.

Not this again. You're not getting a fumbleball stadium so get the f**k over it. You're the only embarrassment.

 

[Vlad59]

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Sydney had the chance to build a great stadium back in the 90s. Instead it built that toilet at homebush. How it made it past the planning stage I'll never know.

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You’d know a lot about toilets so I’d back your judgement on this one.

 

[Canard]

They already had large stadiums fit for purpose (with a few hundred mill being spent on them). Clearly Brisbane doesn’t and didn't when it bid. The austerity games is going to be a little bit embarrassing with scaffold stands and portaloos.

The reality is that no other country is stupid enough to want to host it anymore, the IOC have completely ruined the legacy of the games and its hosts by being the most corrupt sporting organisation this side of FIFA.

And the Winter Olympics, forget about it, despite it being an old Roy and HG joke, Smiggins Hole might end up hosting in the next decade.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

They already had large stadiums fit for purpose (with a few hundred mill being spent on them). Clearly Brisbane doesn’t and didn't when it bid. The austerity games is going to be a little bit embarrassing with scaffold stands and portaloos.

It won’t be a repeat of Athens and even that event was decent in the end

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

They already had large stadiums fit for purpose (with a few hundred mill being spent on them). Clearly Brisbane doesn’t and didn't when it bid. The austerity games is going to be a little bit embarrassing with scaffold stands and portaloos.

At least Brisbane gets to host the Olympics.

Perth cannot afford to host the Commonwealth Games.

 

[Captain Apollo]

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Sydney had the chance to build a great stadium back in the 90s. Instead it built that toilet at homebush. How it made it past the planning stage I'll never know.

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Had they followed the original plan it would not have been a "toilet" at all. The original plan was to make it into a permanent rectangual field after the Olympics.

The problem was the NSW Government listening to the pitch of, and taking the money from, the AFL to keep it as a multi-configurational ground that stuffed it all up. The same AFL who about 5-10 years later abandoned playing any games at the aforementioned venue

 

[beave]

Had they followed the original plan it would not have been a "toilet" at all. The original plan was to make it into a permanent rectangual field after the Olympics.

The problem was the NSW Government listening to the pitch of, and taking the money from, the AFL to keep it as a multi-configurational ground that stuffed it all up.

The same AFL who about 5-10 years later abandoned playing any games at the aforementioned venue

The design was floored from the beginning though.

Yes the AFL gave the NSW gov money to keep it "oval", but the E and West sides were built too far away from the get go, they should have been built closer but have the lower bowl end where it did in 1999 but the front row be 2.5-3m above ground level. Once the olympics was over, the lower bowl then extended down towards ground level. The E/W upper tiers are simply f**king horrid at Homebush.

The ends should have been brought 30m towards the dead ball line and a 2nd tier added to make up for the lost seating but the new big screen at the south end has probably put an end to the end stands ever being demolished and brought closer.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

The design was floored from the beginning though.

Yes the AFL gave the NSW gov money to keep it "oval", but the E and West sides were built too far away from the get go, they should have been built closer but have the lower bowl end where it did in 1999 but the front row be 2.5-3m above ground level. Once the olympics was over, the lower bowl then extended down towards ground level. The E/W upper tiers are simply f**king horrid at Homebush.

The ends should have been brought 30m towards the dead ball line and a 2nd tier added to make up for the lost seating but the new big screen at the south end has probably put an end to the end stands ever being demolished and brought closer.

In hindsight, yes but it was built according to contemporary thinking (similar stand rake to SCG/SFS) plus there was an Olympics first - footy second, construction mentality. The pressure was on to deliver the best Games and prove Australia could host modern first-class, international events. We do love a good ol’ pat on the back from our overseas peers.

Judging by the pic below, don’t see how much closer they could move the stands given there’s a smaller straight line track on the western side which is something I totally forgot about and the rest wraps around pretty closely to the track as you can see. The screens you mention can always be disassembled and put back into a new build but would probably be obsolete by then.

As @Captain Apollo already mentioned, it was all supposed to convert to a rectangular stadium post Games but not for the AFL. I also apportion blame to the non sports loving Bob Carr for taking the AFL bait. Sucks deeply.

 

[kurt faulk]

Had they followed the original plan it would not have been a "toilet" at all. The original plan was to make it into a permanent rectangual field after the Olympics.

The problem was the NSW Government listening to the pitch of, and taking the money from, the AFL to keep it as a multi-configurational ground that stuffed it all up. The same AFL who about 5-10 years later abandoned playing any games at the aforementioned venue

I still can't wrap my head around the fact that if you sit higher up in the stands you see more of the roof than you do of the field. As in you can see the whole field but the roof takes up more of your view than the field does. You're totally disconnected from the action. There wasn't one person who could say this design doesn't seem right. Hopeless.

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[Vlad59]

I still can't wrap my head around the fact that if you sit higher up in the stands you see more of the roof than you do of the field. As in you can see the whole field but the roof takes up more of your view than the field does. You're totally disconnected from the action. There wasn't one person who could say this design doesn't seem right. Hopeless.

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Try looking down at the field instead of up at the roof. I hope that helps.

 

[Diesel]

The requests include:

• Eora Round: Indigenous round concept featuring the Roosters v Bulldogs, Rabbitohs v
  Eels and Tigers v Dragons played over three consecutive days at Allianz Stadium
• Panthers v Bulldogs on a long weekend at CommBank Stadium
• Anzac Day: Knights v Cowboys alternating years to celebrate the military presence in
  both cities
• Anzac Day eve match at Allianz Stadum between Rabbitohs and Manly
• Dragons v Raiders on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon at WIN Stadium
• Eels v Bulldogs annually round one at CommBank Stadium
• Bulldogs v Dragons during multicultural round on a Sunday at Accor Stadium

So it this now 4 Anzac Day games each year?

 

[Perth Red]

Intersesting use of a rectangular stadium for the swimming. Could they do something similar at Suncorp or gold coast?

 

[Jamberoo]

Intersesting use of a rectangular stadium for the swimming. Could they do something similar at Suncorp or gold coast?

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This has already been discussed. They would need to build up one end, across the pitch, with temp stand on the middle side. It can be built in a week, but you would imagine all that weight might render Suncorp unusable for the remained of the NRL season. Video here:

'Largest swim meet ever': How an Olympic swimming pool was built inside Lucas Oil Stadium

Think of a "big Lego set for a pool" and 2 million gallons of water being pumped in from a fire hydrant on S. Capitol Avenue.

www.indystar.com

 

[Timbo]

This has already been discussed. They would need to build up one end, across the pitch, with temp stand on the middle side. It can be built in a week, but you would imagine all that weight might render Suncorp unusable for the remained of the NRL season. Video here:

'Largest swim meet ever': How an Olympic swimming pool was built inside Lucas Oil Stadium

Think of a "big Lego set for a pool" and 2 million gallons of water being pumped in from a fire hydrant on S. Capitol Avenue.

www.indystar.com

They do it in Miami for the tennis as well:

 

[Jamberoo]

They do it in Miami for the tennis as well:

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Sure, but a tennis court doesn’t weigh 2500 tonnes.

 

[Munky]

When was the last time an Olympics had an outdoor pool?

 

[Captain Apollo]

When was the last time an Olympics had an outdoor pool?

Paris is trying to do one on the Seine. Problem is it is so polluted, despite the Government trying to clean it up.

Otherwise, I can't recall one in my lifetime.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

When was the last time an Olympics had an outdoor pool?

I reckon LA 84

 

[Suitman]

I reckon LA 84

Barcelona had one in 1992.