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The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

Desert Qlder

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That’s just further proof that cricket in Australia is dying and not a strong argument for infrastructure upgrades.

They are living on legacy political clout. Their most recent international was destroyed by Rugby League.
 
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That’s just further proof that cricket in Australia is dying and not a strong argument for infrastructure upgrades.

They are living on legacy political clout. Their most recent international was destroyed by Rugby League.
I reckon if Cricket Australia replaced the stumps with garbage bins, play in Hang Ten Tees, Stubbies and thongs and replaced the ball with a tennis ball it would save the game here.
 

Wb1234

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That’s just further proof that cricket in Australia is dying and not a strong argument for infrastructure upgrades.

They are living on legacy political clout. Their most recent international was destroyed by Rugby League.
30k Gabba rebuild / patch up is the perfect solution for them
 

Desert Qlder

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I reckon if Cricket Australia replaced the stumps with garbage bins, play in Hang Ten Tees, Stubbies and thongs and replaced the ball with a tennis ball it would save the game here.
I thought their next step was further miniaturising the game to one hundred ball innings.

I love cricket, but all indicators show there is a diminishing demand for the game. The Ashes is like union’s Lions tour - the only high demand event.
 

Jamberoo

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I thought their next step was further miniaturising the game to one hundred ball innings.

I love cricket, but all indicators show there is a diminishing demand for the game. The Ashes is like union’s Lions tour - the only high demand event.
Any Indian tour is now just as big as the Ashes. Indians here are keeping cricket alive. In my son’s last two cricket matches, 21 or his 22 opponents were from the sub-continent.
 

SirPies&Beers

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Only confirming the pitifully weak case for a $3 billion stadium.
Big subcontinent background population in Australia. Only growing. They'll keep cricket alive. Their overall population is mammoth. Aussie cricket team will have more and more players of similar backgrounds as years go past.

$3bil stadium is nuts, you're on the cash there but the rhetoric of cricket is dying etc is far fetched. Queensland should get a crown jewel stadium + adjoining recreational and hospitality facilities tied into a precinct. Maybe something close to $1.5b to $2b is more realistic. But is it really? If there's major upgrades of infrastructure, roads and the like than maybe $3b for all of it isn't as nuts as it seems.
 

SpaceMonkey

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Indian/Pakistani/Bangadeshi/Afghan Australians will do to cricket in Australia what Polynesians have done to rugby league in the next decade. It won't be a majority white sport any more. (not a good or a bad thing, just the changing face of the game)
 

Perth Red

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Earlier this week, the Crisafulli government revealed there had been a cost blow out for three smaller Olympic venues.
The bill for the new Chandler Indoor Sports Centre, the Sunshine Coast Indoor Sports Centre and to upgrade the Sunshine Coast outdoor stadium is more than $180 million above original estimates.
Cost savings will be looked at and scopes may have to be revised to fit within the $7.1 billion funding agreement struck between the Queensland and federal governments for the Games.
If the smaller venues are revised, the Crisafulli government may face backlash from local mayors.

Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli made it clear she was unhappy at the prospect of venues being scaled back.
"It is incredibly disappointing that we will be held up again for a 100 day review," she said on Thursday.
"Our community has been promised these facilities … These projects have been validated, they have been designed, they are ready to go."

 

Perth Red

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Some interesting imagery in this proposal being pushed. Doesn't look a cheap option and seems a fair ways out of the city?

 

SirPies&Beers

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Some interesting imagery in this proposal being pushed. Doesn't look a cheap option and seems a fair ways out of the city?

Victoria Park in Herston is right next to Brisbane city. 10 mins, if that on a good run.

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Hamilton is equally as close. Literally next suburb after Newstead (which is after Fortitude Valley, which is after Brisbane CBD).
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I don't think these photos do it justice with how close it all is.

Guessing you never been to Brisbane to think it was fair ways out of the city?
 

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