No worries. You're probably well aware of the fact that I enjoy debates, as long as they are respectful. I try to stay respectful but I'm not obnoxious enough to keep going when I know I'm wrong. I'll concede if I'm wrong. You're completely entitled to your views so don't feel like you can't respond to anything I've said.
I don't know that there is any "wrong" in politics, there are many different views and lines of thinking, its one of the things that make this country great. I don't want to bore people with politics on a football forum, happy to debate it further via PM if you like
I didn't necessarily use the word wrong to exclusively describe views on politics but rather views on anything. Fair call about not boring people with talk of politics. Back on topic, I'd really like to know what the plans actually are for Metricon and its surroundings. Surely the club can't be training out of tin sheds for too much longer...
Agree, if the state government wont pay for the entire development then the AFL should kick in, I understand they did for the Giants spanking new training facility.
Do you think the AFL would though? My understanding is that the AFL knew how desperately the Giants needed a new facility in an attempt to give new recruits less reasons to leave. There are quite a few perks to living and playing footy on the Gold Coast compared to western Sydney...
In a smaller market I think the players have to feel that their best chance of ongoing success is with us or they will look elsewhere at the Big clubs. Having state of the art facilities would have to be part of culture breeding ongoing success.
Would you consider west Sydney a big market? We all know the potential of that area but I have no doubt in my mind that there are considerably more AFL fans on the GC than there are in west Sydney, despite the Gold Coast having a quarter of its population.
My understanding is that the new Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre will be transformed into the club's training facilities post-Commonwealth Games. HOWEVER, I did notice on the Channel 7 pre-game coverage that a new building had popped up just north of Metricon Stadium at the river end. Did anyone else see that? I've got a feeling that may actually be the building that will be used for the Comm Games and eventually turned into the club's first class training and admin facility.
no i didn't see that...wasn't there word of knocking down the indoor sports centre next to the stadium and turning that into something that the suns will eventually inherit?
There was but more recent reports I have read suggest that the indoor stadium will stay and be upgraded. Official plans aren't even finalised so who knows...
I'd really like to see that article if you ever find it. Not sure if the big screen will be able to fit in those areas so perhaps two smaller screens is the idea.
I see. I guess the biggest stumbling block at the moment is the tight budget the state gov is running on at the moment. The new facilities built for GWS was a joint venture between the AFL and the governments at the state and federal levels. I've suggested this before but the next state election may have some long term effects on the Suns facilities.
There was but more recent reports I have read suggest that the indoor stadium will stay and be upgraded. Official plans aren't even finalised so who knows...
I found this on what looked like an official plan from the Commonwealth Games Federation. Two interesting things to note. The big screen up the river end will be moved to the open section on the eastern side and a second screen will be installed on the south-west end. Hopefully they plan on keeping two screen after the Comm games. It also appears that more seats will be installed on the northern most part of the broadcast area in the top tier. My guess would be that they are planning on removing 'The Deck' and replacing it with a stand to fit more people in the stadium.
The plans I have seen look kinda opposite to this, which is interesting. Where S2 is at the River end, remains the scoreboard and a gap, with NFL style winged stands on either side of it.
Such a pity that the temporary seating (on the left above) will be removed post the games, If they built it correctly you could easily see the admin and training facility's built in under it, river views for Travis Aulds office as well. Seems such a waste not to make the most of the opportunity.
You should post the plans you have seen too. No official documentation has been released to the best of my knowledge so what you saw may very well be what is going to happen.
That is exactly where I got that picture from. I couldn't find a date on the document (to be fair I didn't look very hard) so I'm unsure how current it is. It's a good insight though.
