that is why they have a cricket ground...
NRL wants ANZ Stadium to be made rectangular
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This is the best thing for all three sports.
A rectangular ANZ will certainly bring more people to the precinct for RL.
Big Bash @ ANZ has never drawn above Spotless capacity except for Sixers derby.
Spotless will do GWS for the next 30 years except for Prelim finals and Swans matches once they become a decnt team. They can play finals @ SCG if a big crowd expected.
So not worth keeping ANZ for one match per year that is not selling out at the moment.
A rectangular ANZ will certainly bring more people to the precinct for RL.
Big Bash @ ANZ has never drawn above Spotless capacity except for Sixers derby.
Spotless will do GWS for the next 30 years except for Prelim finals and Swans matches once they become a decnt team. They can play finals @ SCG if a big crowd expected.
So not worth keeping ANZ for one match per year that is not selling out at the moment.
That expensive proposal is simply never going to happen.
Making permanent rectangle is cheaper to build and much cheaper to operate.
With Swans leaving ANZ is finished as a AFL venue.
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Paul Roos would have liked this if he was still coaching - imagine how much he could clog the game up if it were a rectangle!
ringleader
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It was an Oval from the beginning or did you miss the Olympics?
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Why? Melbourne and Sydney derbies work just fine with one smaller venue in A-League. GWS are yet to sell out the Showgrounds.
Victory - Docklands 47k (seats in capicity), City - Swan St 30k
Sydney FC - SFS 45k, Wanderers - Parramatta 21k
Turns these games into events. The mad dash for tickets instead of we'll see on game day makes its a must see event like what both A-League derbies have become.
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About time that ground ****ed off for good. GWS one day possibly outgrowing the Showgrounds Stadium isn't an argument. That ground has plenty of room for further construction if needed. Swans at the SCG, Giants at the Showgrounds and Manuka. Easy.
I don't mind ANZ, I have been there for SOO NRL and AFL.
That said for rugby league and any other rectangle based game you are too far away (same issue with the occasional game at the SCG).
They need the seats closer, but they also need to get more of an angle on the seats so you are over the action more. Fair dinkum, most Sydney surbuban hills have more angle then the first level of ANZ.
That said for rugby league and any other rectangle based game you are too far away (same issue with the occasional game at the SCG).
They need the seats closer, but they also need to get more of an angle on the seats so you are over the action more. Fair dinkum, most Sydney surbuban hills have more angle then the first level of ANZ.
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A refund would be nice...
It was oval-ish, but not wide enough for cricket or Aussie rules. The 2001-2003 reconfiguration removed the original seating on the wings, replacing it with the movable sections that are there today.
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No I didnt - not that it technically was an oval with a bloody great big running track around it, but then neither did I miss the AFLs funding to convert it fully into an Oval after the Olympics, nor did I miss the loans guaranteed by the AFL for ANZ Stadium since.
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So much this it must be quoted.
And every other sport has been paying for it since, just so the AFL could have a handful of games each year.
The future of ANZ Stadium has zero to do with the AFL.
It's horrid for Aussie rules, they should cut their losses and just let them have the joint.
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Take that up with the Government and subsequent management who werent particularly interested in making it a stadium restricted to rectangular sports when you could play AFL and cricket on it too.
They certainly aren't blameless, the NRL being weak didn't help either, can only hope lessons are learnt and they find a way to fix it.
ringleader
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It's the same size as it was built for the Olympics. The AFL only gave them money so they wouldn't turn it into a rectangular stadium.
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It most certainly isnt the same size it was during the Olympics. The lower seating bowl had to be reconfigured to make it into an oval shape, and movable seating had to be introduced.
ref: http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums.php?id=121
telsor
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It was built for the Olympics and the only thought that went into what happened after was "how do we defray/reduce the cost". (with the AFL eager to chip in both to be seen as a 'big player' in Sydney and because of the ownership arrangements...)
Suitability (etc) really just didn't come into it, so now, 10 years after it should have been converted into a ~60K rectangular stadium, it remains a dogs breakfast.
Suitability (etc) really just didn't come into it, so now, 10 years after it should have been converted into a ~60K rectangular stadium, it remains a dogs breakfast.
Crankyhawk
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Government should allocate tax dollars smarter than this. Eg public housing.
telsor
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How much is the WA government spending on their new stadium?
Or the SA government on revamping Adelaide oval?
Mind you, in terms of numbers who will use it, they're still probably more cost effective than a lot of arts bodies and museums...
Crankyhawk
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Yep, although the numbers going to Subiaco or Adelaide oval are probably stronger (certainly per capita if not outright) compared to the anemic crowds for ANZ.
telsor
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Who is to say that after an upgrade/refit/etc, the numbers wont rise due to the better viewing, etc?
