New Melbourne Stadium

[kkingston]

Is there an artist impression of what the stadium will look like when completed

 

[Timbo]

All from austadiums.com

 

[magpie_man]

the weather looks pretty crappy in those pics.

 

[VictoryFC]

 

[NK Arsenal]

I reckon the storm can easily get a 20k+ average in that stadium.

 

[gong_eagle]

I reckon the storm can easily get a 20k+ average in that stadium.

but will they ?

last weekend they could only draw 11,000 to a Sunday arvo game with no other AFL or major sports on

 

[VictoryFC]

Yeah they will, trust me world class facilities in the heart of Melbourne will draw crowds.

I dont suspect they will average near Victory, but its certainly possible to average 20,000.

 

[The Tank]

but will they ?

last weekend they could only draw 11,000 to a Sunday arvo game with no other AFL or major sports on

at Olympic Park

 

[Ice777]

at Olympic Park

and it was against Canberra. No offence to the Raiders but they're one of our lowest drawing teams for whatever reason. That being said the crowd on Sunday was well above the average of our past 5 or so meetings so it was actually a pretty good result in the end.

Here's the pic i think others were trying to post but for whatever reason won't show.

 

[ozbash]

wish we had a set up like that here..

will they play AFL on the new park ?

who owns it ?

 

[taipan]

but will they ?

last weekend they could only draw 11,000 to a Sunday arvo game with no other AFL or major sports on

Last weekend the eels and panthers played a local derby in a purpose built stadium, in sydney's rl heartland and got around 14,000.B... all opposition
that day in Sydney.
Then the Storm playing in a sh*t stadium should get around 20,000 provided they are top 5 in a brand new stadium.

 

[Alan Shore]

For those who wanted to know the name, at this stage it will be 'Melbourne Rectangular Field'.

 

[icewind]

wish we had a set up like that here..

will they play AFL on the new park ?

who owns it ?

Looks pretty rectangular to me. Would be pretty sh*t stadium for AFL. Then again, the only stadium that would be good for AFL would be one based in antarctica.

 

[alexc]

Yeah this will be awesome for melb. Hurry the f**k up sydney heh.

 

[mightybears]

its not designed for afl, a league-union-soccer "rectangular" ground, and state government owned.

 

[steaming stormer]

No AFL - is very much a rectangular stadium... finally! There was talk about Melbourne AFL side using the venue for training, but I think that's changed too... Going to be awesome when it opens, although Olympic Park will always hold a special place... been home for a while now!

 

[alexc]

Olympic Park will always hold a special place...

The bin? No wait... the bin?

After watching games at ANZ Stadium (QE2 brisbane) for so long and going to Suncorp... it makes such a difference. Such a positive atmosphere at the ground encourages the crowd numbers.

 

[Lockyer4President!]

It's going to be a great stadium for the Storm. Large enough to accommodate bumper crowds for big games but not big enough to make them feel like it has no atmosphere.

Pity they were forced to play out of 3rd world facilities for over a decade.

 

[eastsrule]

can see the storm averaging 20,000 in that ground.

when you consider what a dump the storm play in and to get 13/14,000 its not bad at all.

:lol::lol::lol:

f**k you are a classic.

The storm will not average 20 000 for at least not another decade.

 

[Billythekid]

:lol::lol::lol:

f**k you are a classic.

The storm will not average 20 000 for at least not another decade.

I will be stunned if the storm can't average 20,000 for a season before 2020.