The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

[titoelcolombiano]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/allan-border-wants-the-gabba-knocked-down-amid-sad-reality/news-story/bab0e3d5d7eb4e7188b8b21c3747204c

As if Cricket Australia is in a position to turn their back on the country's third biggest city, they are bluffing, the Gabba is perfectly fine.

 

[Vlad59]

As if Cricket Australia is in a position to turn their back on the country's third biggest city, they are bluffing, the Gabba is perfectly fine.

Not according to the ninnies on here

 

[titoelcolombiano]

The IOC don't want extravagant stadiums built that have no economically justifiable legacy post games. They are fine with expensive extravagant stadiums being built for Olympic Games use if they are justifiable to the host cities long term needs.
That is why they were fine with a complete Gabba rebuild. There's far more long term justification in building the *$3.4 billion 50000 seat Victoria Park Stadium and associated infrastructure, than building a *$1.6 billion single use 14000 seat athletics stadium. Brisbane needs a world class test cricket ground / Australian Football stadium to compete with the other 4 major state capitals. No Australian city needs a $1.6 billion 14000 seat athletics stadium. No League, Rugby, or Soccer club would want to cohabit there.

The IOC doesn't want anymore expensive white elephants, which in Brisbane's case is the latter, not the former.

In no world is what is being proposed at QSAC going to cost 1.6b. Maybe if you include transport links, but that is a transport spend, not a stadium spend and will be left as a legacy

 

[titoelcolombiano]

I'm not alone. will be the worse stadium in over a century!
Nothing like presenting your best face to the world.

The Olympic stadium at Suncorp will be world class. The athletic stadium will be great come games time.

 

[Foreign Legion]

As if Cricket Australia is in a position to turn their back on the country's third biggest city, they are bluffing, the Gabba is perfectly fine.

Cash for comments by the AFL

 

[Foreign Legion]

They can always use the Gabba for the break dancing.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Cash for comments by the AFL

It definitely sounded that way. He mentioned at 60k stadium being perfect for AFL, Cricket and Rugby (really??). That is incoherent for a number of reasons.

 

[Wb1234]

I'm not alone. will be the worse stadium in over a century!
Nothing like presenting your best face to the world.

Athletics is a part of the Olympics

the most watched is the opening and closing ceremonies which will be held at Suncorp

the ioc doesn’t want any more white elephants post games

a new Gabba will provide zero extra tourists for Brisbane but a new Suncorp will

purely from an economic point of
View the government would make the greatest return spending its stadium money on Suncorp

 

[i0Nic]

LA will hold its opening ceremony (and swimming) in its shiny new rectangular football stadium Sofi, while the athletics will be held in the 100 year old Coliseum stadium which is decidedly less flash looking. I don’t see why Brisbane can’t have its opening ceremony in a fully upgraded or even rebuilt Lang Park and a gussied up QSAC for athletics. 40,000 is enough for athletics. Heck even follow LA’s lead and run the swimming in the second week at Lang Par in front of 60,000.