Bulldogs to play 2 games in Ballarat

[BallaratBoy1987]

DETAILS: http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/...-guns-to-make-announcement-in-ballarat/?cs=62

 

[Tommycash]

Being a Westerner, I am pretty ignorant but seems like a pretty interesting idea. Considering the ground is a 10,000 seater I doubt we'd see games for premeirship points played there any time soon. I like it though. It is a good initiative.

 

[farstrider]

I've got family in Ballarat, it's where my mum was born and grew up, and I used to spend a part of every summer there with my grandparents. So I like this. If it doesn't involve a regular season game being played there, what form will it being a "second home" take? I also like that this cements us more in Victoria, if a little out of Melbourne, so it makes it less likely we'll ever be relocated.

 

[VitalDread]

How i feel towards norf fans about this

 

[ivan rassmussen]

It's no big deal really. As I now reside in the Ballarat area, they offered me the coaching position as a compromise candidate. I duly accepted, on the condition that all announcements concerning my appointment occur in Ballarat. Sadly, I am currently ensconced in my Docklands office, wo will not be able to attend. I have delegated to Mr Murphy to make all statements and pronouncements on my behalf...

I thank you all for your congratulations, in advance...

 

[threenewpadlocks]

 

[farstrider]

2 or 3 season games? Jesus, that's huge isn't it? That's a massive attempt to spread beyond Melbourne into Western Victoria. How many does Eureka hold? I suppose with the crap deal we get at Etihad the fewer games we play there the better.

 

[MJ_Dogs]

2 or 3 season games? Jesus, that's huge isn't it? That's a massive attempt to spread beyond Melbourne into Western Victoria. How many does Eureka hold?

is that premiership season games though....?

 

[farstrider]

is that premiership season games though....?

That's what I want to know.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

lol @ Norf board.

 

[Ant_]

Meh, though does that mean we don't go interstate for home games?

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Looks like it's bigger than we first thought, and all thanks to the Vic State Election.

 

[ivan rassmussen]

2 or 3 season games? Jesus, that's huge isn't it? That's a massive attempt to spread beyond Melbourne into Western Victoria. How many does Eureka hold? I suppose with the crap deal we get at Etihad the fewer games we play there the better.

At the moment, not that many. I've been to VFL games there, so hard to judge capacity, as the crowd would have been 2-3k. Maybe 5-6k at the moment, but cars currently park along the boundary fence around the outer and goals. How soon are games planned, because not sure how many people would stand in an open outer area in adverse weather?

 

[VitalDread]

Likely VFl Games up there and a few pre-season games i reckon till Ballarat becomes a AFL Ground

 

[cammo78]

I hope we've had the presence of mind to seek bipartisan support, unlike Amateur Hour Brayshaw in 2010.

 

[fargy]

Ground expected to be ready to play AFL regular season games in 2017, with a capacity of up to 20,000.

 

[farstrider]

I hope we've had the presence of mind to seek bipartisan support, unlike Amateur Hour Brayshaw in 2010.

 

[ivan rassmussen]

Ground expected to be ready to play AFL regular season games in 2017, with a capacity of up to 20,000.

Excellent, well for me at least!

 

[cammo78]

Well played.

Your call, Denis.

 

[ivan rassmussen]

I'm a democratic socialist, and I defintely support AFL football in Ballarat!!!

 

[Super Hans]

Ground expected to be ready to play AFL regular season games in 2017, with a capacity of up to 20,000.

They're gonna need a fair bit of work to get it to AFL standard. The amount of wind it gets is ridiculous.


But anything to get some footy up here I'll get around.

 

[Tommycash]

Ground expected to be ready to play AFL regular season games in 2017, with a capacity of up to 20,000.

Far out, that's excellent! I am really pleased about this. Definitely a great move to entrench ourselves out there as well.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

They're gonna need a fair bit of work to get it to AFL standard. The amount of wind it gets is ridiculous..

So it's like WO's brother. All we need is mud in the centre.

 

[ManOfClay]

I'm a staunch liberal, but I'm also a staunch Dogs man.

Dogs win out here. If I lived 20km to the east I'd be voting Labor.

 

[VitalDread]

Allows us to play games there and gives us profit for afl games till Whitten Oval is AFL ready.