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Timmah said:
Sports Minister Judy Spence shows off the extra seating space at Skilled Park.
27Oct07
Titans' ground gets extra seats
AN extra 2000 Gold Coast Titans fans will be able to squeeze into Skilled Park next year after it was revealed the stadium's capacity would be increased to 27,000.
Sports Minister Judy Spence yesterday toured the new stadium and announced the initial estimate of a 25,000 seat capacity was short of what the ground could hold.
It was also revealed a $1 million boardwalk along Mudgeeraba Creek would be built.
The extra seats are big news for the Titans who will almost certainly have a number of sell-out matches throughout the year.
Ms Spence said the calculation of seats was not an exact science and ground capacities often changed as construction went on.
"During construction it has become apparent there is sufficient space to increase capacity with no impact on the project budget or the comfort of patrons," she said.
The extra seats will be spread out across the stadium with the majority devoted to the northern and southern stands.
"I think future Titans games are going to be sold out, so to get an extra 2000 fans in here is going to be very good for that football club," said Ms Spence.
"The stadium is going to be used for other purposes -- concerts and other football matches -- so everyone is going to benefit."
Ms Spence ruled out increasing the capacity in the future.
"No, this stadium has been built for 27,000 capacity and the Government hasn't made any contingencies to make it any bigger."
The boardwalk will be jointly funded by the government and Gold Coast City Council.
It is expected to link the stadium with the Titans' planned multimillion-dollar administration, sports coaching and player development facility.
The newly appointed sports minister said she was pleased with the progress of the stadium.
Turf will be laid next month.
"Anyone who is going to come to this stadium is going to be very excited about the look and the feel of the place.
"It's also very functional, people are going to be able to get in and out."
The precinct was recently embroiled in controversy when design problems were blamed for a $1 million bungle in the pedestrian bridge to link the Robina train and bus station to the new ground.
The problem will cost builder Watpac about $1 million to fix.
The State Government said it would not cost taxpayers money.
The first match at the facility will be played on March 1 against the Wests Tigers.
I haven't heard anything but they'd be mad not to play both Broncos-Titans games at Suncorp.Timmah said:
Monk said:
They probably settled on that size stadium (at this stage) because they didnt want to make the same mistakes as last time,trying to get to big too quickly.Mr. Fahrenheit said:
gunning_for_panthers said:
