Parramatta Stadium Rebuild and other stuff

[Gronk]

 

[Suitman]

Quite amazing how many underground pedestrian links are being built or are going to be built with the new metro lines going in.

 

[Twizzle]

150 metres of tunnel, the first things that comes to mind is will they have security in there ?

sounds like a good place for an ambush

 

[Suitman]

Umm, ok.

 

[the phantom menace]

 

[Gronk]

If Penrith is already the 3rd best Stadium, then why spend any cash on it ?

Rating Sydney’s NRL stadiums from worst to best

From lifeless and loveless, to lush and luxurious, the Herald ranks your club’s Sydney stadium and gives you a chance to have your say.

www.smh.com.au

 

[King-Gutho94]

Says a lot about the dire state of our current stadia in Sydney if Shitvale oval is ranked 4th.

 

[84 Baby]

Yeah I was about to say who the f**k ranks Penrith 3rd best then looked at who it beat out and fair enough.
Although everyone loves a Homebush bash. There’s no chance it’s the worst

 

[bazza]

If Penrith is already the 3rd best Stadium, then why spend any cash on it ?

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Rating Sydney’s NRL stadiums from worst to best

From lifeless and loveless, to lush and luxurious, the Herald ranks your club’s Sydney stadium and gives you a chance to have your say.

www.smh.com.au

big gap between 2 and 3 - and agree that is harsh on Homebush

For penrith - they are they only other suburban ground where most of the seating is not a hill

 

[King-Gutho94]

Yeah I was about to say who the f**k ranks Penrith 3rd best then looked at who it beat out and fair enough.
Although everyone loves a Homebush bash. There’s no chance it’s the worst

Yeah i when i looked at the list and who it beat you cant really argue except Homebush.

The rest are garbage.

It would be nice to have boutique home grounds for every club in Sydney like a lot of the smaller London clubs in the premier league & championship that have redeveloped and turned there grounds into 20-25k seat stadiums with updated facilities.

Fulham, Crystal Palace, Brenford, QPR, Charlton Athletic are those type of clubs.

But we simply dont have the money to do that.

 

[the phantom menace]

I had to look up what Pointsbet Stadium was - Cronulla's home ground, ok. And I assume Allianz is the new SFS.

Wish we'd f**k off these corporate names, or at least make them leave the suburb name in when giving away the naming rights... e.g. CommBank Parramatta Stadium.

Can't disagree with the top 3 rankings, though you'd have to have Homebush (I assume "Accor" Stadium?) at fourth, above anything else left on the list.

 

[84 Baby]

Yeah i when i looked at the list and who it beat you cant really argue except Homebush.

The rest are garbage.

It would be nice to have boutique home grounds for every club in Sydney like a lot of the smaller London clubs in the premier league & championship that have redeveloped and turned there grounds into 20-25k seat stadiums with updated facilities.

Fulham, Crystal Palace, Brenford, QPR, Charlton Athletic are those type of clubs.

But we simply dont have the money to do that.

The real cost is upkeep. Small venue tenants have continually shown here they have zero interest in adequately maintaining them beyond what they were in the 80s. Especially now because they just go on the whinge to get a rebuild. Including us

 

[Suitman]

That article was nothing but click bait.

 

[Gronk]

Fake harbour bridge hit by a cargo ship just now.

Unsure if anyone hurt. Went down hard.

 

[King-Gutho94]

That looks terrible and there looked like cars were on the bridge when it just crumbled into the water.

 

[emjaycee]

Just read that the traffic had been stopped and the cars on the bridge were likely empty. 6 maintenance workers on the bridge are missing, presumed drowned.

Horrible news.

Source: https://apnews.com/article/baltimore-bridge-collapse-53169b379820032f832de4016c655d1b

 

[Gronk]

I’m no engineer, but compare those footings to say our railway bridge at Brooklyn.

 

[Suitman]

Revamp Planned for ‘Eyesore’ Parramatta Leagues Club

CLARE BURNETT WED 27 MAR 24



Plans have been filed to modify the historic but much-maligned Parramatta Leagues Club.

In addition to an already approved 156-seat restaurant, the club is asking to add an internal gaming area and another alfresco games room as well as amenities on the lower ground floor.

External alterations include a new facade feature wall “to improve the vibrancy of the building” and a roof over the internal alfresco gaming area.

Accoding to the club, this will allow it to use underutilised space within the existing footprint of the building.

It will also establish a new entry foyer to the VIP gaming area.

The proposal also seeks to install 69 new gaming machines, bringing its total to 492 machines of a permitted 520 entitlement.

Gaming machines in clubs have faced increased scrutiny in recent years and NSW has been pressured to follow Victoria in tightening regulations.

From July 1, Responsible Gambling Officers (RGOs) will be introduced to licensed venues as part of a suite of gaming reforms being implemented to “promote proactive gambling harm minimisation”, according to the NSW Government.

Founded in 1959, the Parramatta Leagues Club was dubbed “the house that Jack built” after its two founding partners, Jack Argent and Jack Boyle, launched it to support the Eels rugby league club.

This would be the latest in a series of major upgrades to the club with first floor alterations and additions carried out in in 2021 after major storm damage in 2019.

After its new look was unveiled in 2022, however, locals criticised it as “the ugliest building in the Greater Sydney region” and an “eyesore”.

The site is also subject to a State Significant Development Application seeking to redevelop the at-grade carpark to build a 17-storey hotel with a cafe, pool, fitness centre and function room.

The $140-million plans have faced opposition from some quarters, including Venues NSW, which runs the neighbouring Bankwest Stadium.

The long assessment time and other difficulties the plans are facing reflect the same struggles other clubs have faced in recent years.

Revamp Planned for ‘Eyesore’ Parramatta Leagues Club

Gaming rooms and a new facade are planned for the Parramatta Leagues Club, currently embattled over a 17-storey hotel…

www.theurbandeveloper.com

 

[bazza]

Why are Venues NSW against this? Do they want to keep the car park for games at the stadium?

 

[Suitman]

Why are Venues NSW against this? Do they want to keep the car park for games at the stadium?

The car park is on Leagues Club land, not Venues NSW land.
To answer your question, I have no idea why Venues NSW would be opposing the hotel development.
If anything, you'd think they would strongly support it because it benefits the Stadium that they run.