Parra said:The only thing that stops me from going to the Olympic stadium is the stadium.
Seats are simply too far away, and despite the sprawl of the play, the seats are also too close together. There is no upside, from a spectator point of view.
It costs more, you are uncomfortable and you can't see the game properly.
Parra stadium is the best place in Sydney to watch the footy.
Suitman said:If we want to get into an "Us vs Them" scenario, how about we talk about the positives of Homebush?
- Catering is fantasitic - queues move quickly, service is generally friendly.
- Bars are well managed - serve drinks, pay at checkout point.
- Toilets kept clean and queues are rare.
- Access and ticket purchasing are well organised and move quickly.
- Security people are not gorillas.
- Views are generally alright - EVERYONE IN THE STADIUM CAN SEE A SCREEN.
These are issues that Parra Stadium falls well short of - particularly the catering and toilet issues. Parra Stadium is appalling in these aspects.
I'd go to Homebush for the facilites ANYDAY, over Parra Stadium.
Parra would be my choice for access and convenience otherwise.
Suity
Parra said:ANZ is easy to drive to - costs around $15 to park though.
fish eel said:I think the decision to shift to ANZ was made prior to the election, wasnt it?
In any case, neither federal party made a committment on the stadium, whoever won, had no real obligation to come up with the funding.
In any case, my recollection of it is that it was three way funding proposal, wasn't it? And the upgrade's are much more than the grandstands as we know.
Why aren't we pressuring the state to come up with their money now to atleast start? As I said, we missed an opportunity to leaver the statue issue to pressure the state, and we were mute during the federal campaign when we should have been publicly banging on both parties doors to give us some money.
Stagger eel said:but is that the job of the club or the trust?? if the trust aren't keen enough to treat us like the valued tenant we are than they have evey right not to waste their energy in lobbying the feds for a grant.
suitman said:- Catering is fantasitic - queues move quickly, service is generally friendly.
- Bars are well managed - serve drinks, pay at checkout point.
- Toilets kept clean and queues are rare.
- Access and ticket purchasing are well organised and move quickly.
- Security people are not gorillas.
- Views are generally alright - EVERYONE IN THE STADIUM CAN SEE A SCREEN.
Timmah said:They're going to remove thousands of dollars worth of signage? :lol: That'll be the day.