I'm guessing the WACA want to use the WAFL as a new revenue stream but the surface is 4m shorter (149m) than the SCG when at it shortest (153m). I can't see that being hugely popular.
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I think they're planning on lengthening it again. Presumably back to how it was in the 90's when AFL matches were played there.I'm guessing the WACA want to use the WAFL as a new revenue stream but the surface is 4m shorter (149m) than the SCG when at it shortest (153m). I can't see that being hugely popular.
Aurora Stadium and Bellerive oval
It was going to cost serious money to redevelop and expand the ground, they are talking about $150-200 million for the new plan with reduced crowd capacity of 15,000. They just don't have the money to fund a proper redevelopment privately. They aren't going to get the money through partnerships with developers, the only alternative is to go cap in hand to the government. But they've just started building a new stadium just 2km away and won't fund a big redevelopment for what are essentially duplicate facilities. The WACA are left with getting the best deal they can. If that means no permanent pitch then that's what they get. They took on a commercial risk and it didn't work out for them, it is too late now to start pushing other parties around and demanding things.
What like 3/4 games? And playing TSL would be equivalent to WAFL that they plan on playing at the WACA anyway. Its documented on the vision 2030 WACA website that they will be playing WAFL games thereWhere Hawthorn and North Melbourne play? And I'm sure there are TFL or TSL or whatever their footy league is called now games there also.
The WACA can't be used for footy, it's purely a cricket oval now. And there will soon be a bigger, better one just across the pond.
Now that's simply just being to logical and practical!i don't understand why the cost would be $150m. You could build a new stadium of the same quality for that.
put up some shade cloths and keep doing, you'd get alot more people to the games and probably would have cost about $7m.
Surprised it isn't bigger from side to sideI'm guessing the WACA want to use the WAFL as a new revenue stream but the surface is 4m shorter (149m) than the SCG when at it shortest (153m). I can't see that being hugely popular.
Do the WACA just make it up as they go along?
And where is $150-200m going to come from? If they want to secure private funding that's their prerogative but it would be a complete waste of public funds.
WA needs to get to grips with the fact that we don't need Subiaco Oval, the WACA and the new stadium.
Subi should just be a suburban ground ala Fremantle Oval, Bassendean etc.
The WACA would be a good home for East Perth as well. You never know where the future will take us, so we might as well keep our existing infrastructure open-ended.
The WAFL functions fine now without Subi. It's an extravagance to add another suburban ground into the fold.
It makes sense to keep the WACA or Subi - not both. One should be demolished.
What purpose does it serve retaining the WACA and Subiaco Oval? We're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars of prime real estate.
They are quite good at that. The last redevelopment (when the AFL stopped playing there) somehow managed to reduce the size of the playing area AND reduce capacity from 30,000 to 20,000. I'm still not sure how they did it.$200M and it REDUCES capacity?
**** me. I need to go work for WA cricket. Clearly just throwing money around with absolutely no ******* clue.
I just don't understand how you can spend that sort of money and end up with a smaller stadium. It's mind boggling.They are quite good at that. The last redevelopment (when the AFL stopped playing there) somehow managed to reduce the size of the playing area AND reduce capacity from 30,000 to 20,000. I'm still not sure how they did it.
You could call it a mine of money.The state is investing $1b+ in a new stadium.
On top of that people are talking about redeveloping the WACA to be a world class boutique stadium, and redeveloping Subiaco Oval for the purpose of WAFL matches.
It's fanciful stuff. The govt doesn't have a bottomless pit of money to develop stadiums we don't need.
They are quite good at that. The last redevelopment (when the AFL stopped playing there) somehow managed to reduce the size of the playing area AND reduce capacity from 30,000 to 20,000. I'm still not sure how they did it.
i don't understand why the cost would be $150m. You could build a new stadium of the same quality for that.
put up some shade cloths and keep doing, you'd get alot more people to the games and probably would have cost about $7m.