Its not just AFL, but been able to host the Big Bash games and or one day internationals it needs to stay an Oval.
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NRL wants ANZ Stadium to be made rectangular
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In the middle of nowhere
Hard to get to
Cost of parking is astronomical
Surface stinks
Shape of 'oval' stinks
Takes forever to get to your seat
Nothing around it
Full of Sydney people
Sydney is always one of the teams playing
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Hard to get to? Im all for bagging it for the no pubs. But for the transport side of things its the best in Sydney
Hawkers
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Being the best in Sydney doesn't make it easy to get to
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So a train station, a bus station, cab ranks and numerous car parks within a 2min walk is not easy? Ooook
Obviously missing a tram link....
Then just catch the Ferry.
We are spoilt in melbourne
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Let the no-necks have it, it's a s**t of a place...
Blackas87
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They are not trying to make the stadium a permanent rectangle stadium, the proposal has retractable stand to change it from an oval to a rectangle.
I think that's what this thread is saying. Why bother?
To convert it in to a perfect retractable stadium with upper decks and lower decks moving plus a roof? That's going to cost millions and millions. And it wont be as good as that animation, nor will the turf be perfect. Or it will be perfect but they'll only use it twice a year because it will be massively costly to retract those huge stands and change the configuration.
Instead they can convert it to a rectangle and leave it as one. With the cash savings in time they can upgrade Spotless.
With the Swans farewelling the joint the biggest down sides will be Sydney derbies (AFL and BBL, which happen once a year at the Western Sydney teams home ground) and (big) Giants finals. No matter who's playing no one wants a 25k prelim final. It's certainly not the end of the world either. But the hope would be the Giants time their run at regular big finals at the same time as when there is funding and capability to upgrade Spotless maybe to 35 would be solid enough for a final.
Blackas87
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The proposal is $350m, the stadium wants the NSW government to fund the majority of it. Apparently NSW has $2billion to spend on a whole range of things, they have said they are going to spend on sports entertainment but Sydney football stadium and Parramatta Stadium are also wanting major upgrades and it's unlikely the government will have enough for all 3
Sounds easy, but not if you have to take another bus, train, ferry, cab etc to get to a changeover. And not if the train or cab takes a long time even if it's just one trip. Not really hard, but not as convenient as Melbourne.
Pretty much wherever you are in Melbourne you can take a train or tram straight to the MCG or Etihad. Because they are centralised. Now besides from poor planning Sydney does suffer from having that giant harbour in the middle of the city that skews the population base to the North and South as well as that pacific ocean stopping growth to the East. Hence why you have Western Sydney and GWS in the first place! So you're not going to have a centralised stadium. We get that, but we will still complain!
Anyway, not having the swans at ANZ and just having the Giants at spotless might make people see things differently. I've already had friends go up for a Giants game and they had a great time at the stadium and obviously made it back to Sydney (I don't think they spent the weekend in Parramatta). A nice boutique stadium and no swans fans, I think it could become quite popular. Depending on the quality of the local pub of course!
Yeah but you can spend 200mil (complete estimate) just making it a rectangle. It will save massively on the roof cost, plus the turf cost, plus the engineering of the stands and so on.
Then you can pocket 150mil and within 10 years you could spend that upgrading Spotless with another 5-10k of just simple open seating and some basic upgrades.
3 rugby league clubs would be happy. Soccer and origin representatives would be happy, they'd have the best 80k rectangular stadium in the country for huge games, a truly world class rectangular field instead of a compromise. Rugby union finals would be happy. And whilst AFL or cricket couldn't host any big games (which might never happen) they do have a 30-35k stadium all to themselves that fits them perfectly for most games.
Blackas87
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I agree, I said earlier in the thread it'll be a waste of money. But that's up to them what they want and what they want to spend.
International cricket in NSW should never be played anywhere other than the SCG.
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Blackas87
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Yes if it was organised by the WA government, luckily i wont be.
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just perhaps they saw the Asian Cup final with a full house on 'that cow paddock' and thought well this is brilliant - put on a good game and people will come .
It is in the geographic center of population for Sydney
doesn't really need to be mentioned, its like stating rain is wet.
because government has a purse string of half a billion dollars set aside for stadia. a conversion to rectangle design would be less then the whiz bang state of the art rearranging design.
you understand they are lobbying the NSW government for $250 million dollars yes? as such they need to "wow" them.
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It's easy enough to get to via public transport, as the crowd dribbles in
It's a sh*t fight to get out of via public transport, especially straight after a game, whether it be by train or bus as everyone is trying to leave at once
You don't have much choice other than to leave straight away after a game, as there's nowhere else to go
Unlike the MCG or SCG where you are walking distance from bars or other types of establishments, if that's your choice
That's why if I am ever there I tend to drive (luckily I know a good parking spot), and getting out for me to head home isn't terrible
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No, I’m just disappointed
You're not comparing apples with apples. The final of a major international tournament featuring the national team is not relevant to the Giants' needs.
They should be looking at the Wanderers. Crammed into Parramatta Stadium.
The NSW Government has committed $600m to stadium infrastructure, the fight is over the share between SFS (backed by the NRL), ANZ & Parramatta.
