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A southern stand at the panthers can be added a decade down the line when future funding becomes available while money for Newcastle or Wollongong should be used now.
Why Wollongong?
Just to complete WIN stadium.
Wouldn’t be about to upgrade Stadiums Queensland offices which is inside Suncorp Stadium if they were planning to upgrade the stadium. Seems like a wasted $15m.
I think heritage laws might’ve gotten in the way for that to happen plus there’s bugger all parking and no rail near by so those issues combined might have prevented anyone from seriously considering any development - modest or otherwise, sadly.
Eyes on the great Auckland main-stadium debate.
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I don’t get the point of leaving Eden Park oval, they don’t even play cricket there any more. Bizarre.Eyes on the great Auckland main-stadium debate.
It's down to two options - big upgrade to Eden Park OR a new stadium in the CBD by the waterfront.
Both proposals have been given till 4 Feb to get their final business case submitted to Auckland Council.
Stadium wars: Battle continues between Eden Park and waterfront proposals
Both stadium options face big hurdles – especially over who will foot the bill.
Cause they are retaining most of the existing grand stands and a lot of the cost will be in the roof whilst the other stadium isn’t roofed (still has an expensive outside fascade)
Stick to Eden park for the simple reason that it offers a bigger capacity of 60k which could easily accommodate an NRL grandfinal, state of origin game and even the magic round.Eyes on the great Auckland main-stadium debate.
It's down to two options - big upgrade to Eden Park OR a new stadium in the CBD by the waterfront.
Both proposals have been given till 4 Feb to get their final business case submitted to Auckland Council.
Stadium wars: Battle continues between Eden Park and waterfront proposals
Both stadium options face big hurdles – especially over who will foot the bill.
I’ve never been there.
Eyes on the great Auckland main-stadium debate.
It's down to two options - big upgrade to Eden Park OR a new stadium in the CBD by the waterfront.
Both proposals have been given till 4 Feb to get their final business case submitted to Auckland Council.
Stadium wars: Battle continues between Eden Park and waterfront proposals
Both stadium options face big hurdles – especially over who will foot the bill.
Kind of in between Stadium Australia and Suncorp from my expierence there in 2019. The seats on the sides have a nice gradient in between the two grounds as well. Not shallow but not steep
It'll be insane if they don't build a Suncorp like Stadium by the CBD in Auckland after seeing the success Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth have had this century from new or rebuilt stadia by their respective CBDs as well as making Eden Park into a boutique cricket ground which I'm sure Cricket New Zealand wants
No doubt wil become a financial decision. If they can flog off the land to help cover costs of new stadium I suspect it’d be knocked down and cricket found a new home? Problem now is stadium construction costs have gone insane so a 50k $700 mill stadium a few years ago is now $1billion plus plus! Going to make new stadium needs in places like canberra, Auckland etc hard sells. Look at the severely compromised Penrith outcome for an example of how spiralling costs are causing short term sub standard thinking or Perth continuing to throw $350mill + at hbf rather than building new 30k at Burswood which is what ideally they should be doing.
unless its in Sydney...
