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The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

Jetka100

Jetka100

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Jamberoo said:
This is my Brisbane solution:-
1. 50k Olympic oval stadium @ Victoria Park
2. The day after the Olympics, the Gabba is demolished and a new 70k rectangular stadium is built there (the Gabba site is slightly larger than Suncorp)
3. When that is ready, Suncorp is downsized to 20k - 25k for soccer, RU, trials, NRLW, etc.

Concerts to be held at any of those three, depending on the popularity of the act.
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I would make the new oval stadium at least 60k in VIC Park. Build the Brisbane Live Arena near the Gabba. Knock down the Gabba and develop apartments/shops/green space. Eventually knock down Suncorp and rebuild it into a modern 70k stadium. Might need to use new oval stadium for a couple of years.
 
Iamback

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AlwaysGreen said:
Nothing wrong with the stadium as built for the Olympics: A large capacity round stadium was required. Although not perfect it increased capacity for for major rectangular sporting events by 40000 (compared to the SFS 40000). At one point over 100000 could fit there.

As stated before, if you are going to bid for the Olympics you must have the required facilities: Sydney didn't and so built them.

Post Olympics decisions were made, influenced by your sport, that did not take into account the needs of the major users.

To say it needs demolishing in this financial environment is absolutely stupid. The fact is this: no NSW government is going to knock down a perfectly serviceable stadium and build a new one because 'rakes' and 'seating configurations' aren't perfect.

The biggest miracle of course is how you can judge all this from your position in the swans members!
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The roof on it is all that is mentioned.

Maybe it gets squared off at the ends IF it is cost affective but it works for what it is
 
Jamberoo

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Vlad59 said:
The WACA holds 20000. I’m not sure why cricket wa would want to return there when the scorchers average crowd is 75% over the WACAS capacity
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WACA has is being renovated and downsized to 10k seats plus maybe 1,000 spots standing or on the hill. Right now it holds even less.
www.austadiums.com

WA Cricket approves $155m WACA Ground redevelopment

The $154.7 million redevelopment of the WACA Ground has been given the green light by the Board of WA Cricket.
www.austadiums.com www.austadiums.com
 
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Jonno

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Anyone got access to the article?
 
Jetka100

Jetka100

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Jonno said:
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Anyone got access to the article?
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I actually don’t mind that as a location. Would depend on costs and issues with land resumption. I say that as someone who prefers VIC Park over a redeveloped Gabba.
 
yakstorm

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Gabba West proposed as main venue for 2032 Brisbane Olympics​

Source: https://www.couriermail.com.au/news...s/news-story/f9264670d30ddf45ce25a945d2e68793

With the stadium race heating up ahead of the 2032 Olympics, the latest entrant claims building a ‘Gabba West’ is the “obvious solution” to the ongoing conundrum.

A tunnel under Vulture St and a second Gabba is the “obvious solution” to solve Brisbane’s Olympic stadium problems, a new submission insists.

Kirk Architects is proposing ‘Gabba West’ be built above the Woolloongabba Cross River Rail site to sit alongside the current, smaller, Gabba.

In a joint proposal, Kirk director Rickard Kirk and principal Andrew Magub say the near-empty site is the “most accessible site in the city”.

Gabba West would be a new 60,000-seat stadium built above Vulture St after minor land acquisition, while the current Gabba would be retained to provide warm-up, support and ancillary functions during the 2032 Olympic Games.

“Importantly the Gabba West site already has the major transport infrastructure in place – unlike all the other speculative siting options proposed,” Kirk said.

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“It is not circumstantial the city built its primary sporting facility here in 1890 and it is not by chance that the Cross River Rail Station is located here as well.”

Mr Kirk and Dr Magub say their proposal to effectively duplicate the Gabba avoids the emotional issues of vacating East Brisbane State School and the displacement for cricket and the AFL.

They said Victoria Park had “a number of fatal issues” including isolation from existing major transport networks and noise next to one of Brisbane’s major hospitals.

They argue Suncorp Stadium was too small and QSAC was “almost totally void of any major transport networks and amenity”.

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Dr Magub noted the Woolloongabba Cross River Rail site was owned by the state government, needed minor resumption of land and could keep the Gabba operational until 2032.

He said the current Gabba could be downsized and the space around the field repurposed or sold for housing.

It is the latest proposal put forward by architects as the state government’s 100-day review of Games infrastructure continues.
 
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