Sorry, it is just the way I feel. You build this great facility and then aesthetically you dress it down, why? To not offend any one particular group.
No, it has been dressed down because it has been built on a tight budget. I took my son and a mate of his last Sunday to the open day. The first thing they said when we arrived (and they are no stadium experts), is that it looks really cheap on the outside with all that exposed structural steel framing. We did a lap of the stadium before we entered, and once we got to the western corporate side with all it flash cladding, they again raised the issue and said they wished the stadium had looked like that all around. It was then that I explained that to provide such a magnificent stadium , some design cost cutting measures needed to be made in other parts of the stadium, hence no external cladding on the north, east and southern sides.
By the time we had left 2 hours later, they didn't really care about what it looked like outside because it is so magnificent inside.
Sorry I think the Stadium is the best thing to happen to both Parra and to RL in general,
It is also the best thing to happen to the Wanderers, and rugby if they choose to use it more often, and it is a great venue for concerts and every other hirer that chooses to use it.
but that doesn't mean I can't also think the colour scheme chosen isn't ugly. It doesn't mean that I am not grateful,
That's fair enough and you've made your point.
I also have paid my taxes that have made this a possibility, so I can have an opinion. Right?
Of course you can. It's why I'm replying to you and expressing mine.
Parra will always be the premier tenant, no matter who else plays there.
That's an emotional and historical statement for the reasons I explained the other day. I've also always thought that Parramatta stadium was for the Eels, and the Eels only. But times have changed. This is a public facility for the use of anyone who wants to hire the venue. As for the Premier tenant, yes, during winter, the Eels probably will be. During the summer, the Wanderers will be the premier tenant and their fans will also see it that way. In fact, they will play more games there than the Eels will during the respective seasons.
So like I said, this only happened because governments have turned into these politically correct cancers. We can't offend anyone, so lets bend over backwards for any and all minorities, to the determent of the majority, even if it wouldn't have mattered one iota in regards to other teams playing there or not. No other tenant would of pulled the pin if the seating was blue.
Again, you are assuming this is the "EELS" ground. It is not. It is a stadium for western Sydney and anyone who wants to use it.
One last thing, I've never seen a stadium that has empty seats on a game day that aren't visible, regardless of what colour they are. The only one that comes close is The Gabba, and that seating colour choice is deplorable. Thank goodness we didn't go down that path. AAMI Park in Melbourne is even worse with the green seats.
That's my opinion and I'm happy to for you to have yours. I just disagree with it, that's all.
