Certified Legendary Thread Roos lodge plans for massive Arden St upgrade

[Contra Mundum]

Hopefully the COVID outbreak at Fitzroy Community School puts a few of these out of commission for a while.

also try to get Bandt or Ellen Sandel to come to a junior footy presentation - Not interested.

 

[The Warlord]

also try to get Bandt or Ellen Sandel to come to a junior footy presentation - Not interested.

Ellen Birkenstock is an awful person.

Bandt is OK on this stuff in general (like he doesn't hate footy etc).

 

[Contra Mundum]

Ellen Birkenstock is an awful person.

Bandt is OK on this stuff in general (like he doesn't hate footy etc).

I reckon Sandel might be in trouble if Labor put up a good candidate (a BIG IF) - Bandt has got it until he retires.

 

[The Warlord]

I reckon Sandel might be in trouble if Labor put up a good candidate (a BIG IF) - Bandt has got it until he retires.

Agree on both. The Torification of inner city Greens in Melbourne is quite interesting.

They've taken a distinct turn right of late, born from their base now being very white and upper middle class. Real "progressive libertarian" bullshit

 

[Contra Mundum]

Agree on both. The Torification of inner city Greens in Melbourne is quite interesting.

They've taken a distinct turn right of late, born from their base now being very white and upper middle class. Real "progressive libertarian" bullshit

the other thing is they move into this area to get their kids into Uni High because "I would never send my kids to a private school" - they are the exact same demographic and live in an area where the median house price is 2M!

 

[Tas]

 

[The Warlord]

the other thing is they move into this area to get their kids into Uni High because "I would never send my kids to a private school" - they are the exact same demographic and live in an area where the median house price is 2M!

Yep. The Greens of DiNatale and Bandt's era in Victoria are the old ALP Socialist Left that broke with the party when it turned hard right.

Much of the current inner city Greens base is people who are culturally and economically Libs but broke with that party when it went hardcore culture war right, especially on refugees and marriage equality.

They have high paying jobs and benefit from the property market conditions as you say.

Exactly the type who would scream blue murder about the "privatisation of public space" by an evil football club, despite having paid $1.9m for an old workers cottage lol.

 

[Rooboys Rool]

That's a pretty big leap. There is zero indication that we will be able to use that oval. Fair enough if it was connected but it is separated by a road. It will be a community oval. It's needed so we can use our own and the locals can use the new one to do as they please.

We'd be a hit with the local community if we have a "do not use this oval" and then occupy the new one during certain times of the week. That'd go down well with those that don't like football or North Melbourne

I would think the public will still have some access to our main oval, as they do now. And with the second oval, we would utilise it for training (mostly VFL, AFLW & VFLW) during the week and will be just like any other part of the community needing to share the facilities. There would still be plenty of time for community activities and most people would understand a shared use arrangement.

I actually don't see it as a bad thing anyway. We are a small club and need to carve out our own niche. This makes us seem like we are part of the community and could be a good thing for community engagement.

 

[giantroo]

Foxfooty.com.au can reveal a new multipurpose oval, a sports medicine innovation & research centre, a high performance training centre and a functioning and conferencing centre form part of the expansive multimillion-dollar project, which now has a skeleton framework.

A community indoor sports centre is also part of the proposal, strengthening the club’s presence in the area and reaffirming its commitment to remain in traditional heartland.

Sources said North Melbourne’s facilities will be upgraded in line with the best football clubs in the AFL, making the Roos a more attractive destination for prospective players and coaches.

The secondary oval will be used for more than the club’s men’s football program and likely other community sports too.

 

[Mav]

I have nightmares from that dog park because a huge dog chased me

Saved by a DILF?

Okey dokey, you can go back on ignore.

Come on mate, now you're sounding like Tef.

If the second oval is for use in dry times, does that mean we're getting a cricket club?

 

[Swallow_Wood]

Foxfooty.com.au can reveal a new multipurpose oval, a sports medicine innovation & research centre, a high performance training centre and a functioning and conferencing centre form part of the expansive multimillion-dollar project, which now has a skeleton framework.

A community indoor sports centre is also part of the proposal, strengthening the club’s presence in the area and reaffirming its commitment to remain in traditional heartland.

Sources said North Melbourne’s facilities will be upgraded in line with the best football clubs in the AFL, making the Roos a more attractive destination for prospective players and coaches.

The secondary oval will be used for more than the club’s men’s football program and likely other community sports too.

BANG!!!

 

[Kanga Glory]

Foxfooty.com.au can reveal a new multipurpose oval, a sports medicine innovation & research centre, a high performance training centre and a functioning and conferencing centre form part of the expansive multimillion-dollar project, which now has a skeleton framework.

A community indoor sports centre is also part of the proposal, strengthening the club’s presence in the area and reaffirming its commitment to remain in traditional heartland.

Sources said North Melbourne’s facilities will be upgraded in line with the best football clubs in the AFL, making the Roos a more attractive destination for prospective players and coaches.

The secondary oval will be used for more than the club’s men’s football program and likely other community sports too.

Now that sounds like a great win for the club

 

[Contra Mundum]

I would think the public will still have some access to our main oval, as they do now. And with the second oval, we would utilise it for training (mostly VFL, AFLW & VFLW) during the week and will be just like any other part of the community needing to share the facilities. There would still be plenty of time for community activities and most people would understand a shared use arrangement.

I actually don't see it as a bad thing anyway. We are a small club and need to carve out our own niche. This makes us seem like we are part of the community and could be a good thing for community engagement.

the model that Scanlon established with the Hub should keep going - we are part of our community

 

[The Warlord]

Are we allowed to celebrate yet?

 

[Kanga Glory]

North Melbourne Football Club is going nowhere anytime soon.

The Kangaroos are set to cement themselves in Victoria for decades to come after state of the art plans for an Arden Street redevelopment moved a large step closer to reality.

Foxfooty.com.au can reveal a new multipurpose oval, a sports medicine innovation & research centre, a high performance training centre and a functioning and conferencing centre form part of the expansive multimillion-dollar project, which now has a skeleton framework.



A community indoor sports centre is also part of the proposal, strengthening the club’s presence in the area and reaffirming its commitment to remain in traditional heartland.

Sources said North Melbourne’s facilities will be upgraded in line with the best football clubs in the AFL, making the Roos a more attractive destination for prospective players and coaches.

The secondary oval will be used for more than the club’s men’s football program and likely other community sports too.


While formal sign-off may not occur until midway through next year, the process has accelerated in recent weeks, filling North Melbourne with optimism.

On Monday the Victorian Planning Authority released the Arden Structure Plan and draft amendment to the Mebourne Planning Scheme, with a map of the 46-hectare precinct.

North Melbourne will feature in the highlighted section of the Arden precinct.
North Melbourne will feature in the highlighted section of the Arden precinct.
Source: FOX SPORTS
Engage Victoria posted structure plans to its website on Monday morning, including three PDF documents with more details descriptions.

The new infrastructure follows the commencement of construction of Arden Railway Station in 2018 and state government plans to build 40-storey high rises along the rail line and multiple other buildings between 20 and 35 storeys next to the footy club.

In August, final designs for a 15,000-resident inner city precinct next to Arden Station and the football club were approved by the Andrews government.

But the latest plans, which have been confirmed to North Melbourne, will give a huge boost to the Kangaroos across all elements of the club.

The bold initiative solidifies the club’s base and is part of a long-term plan to keep North Melbourne in Victoria, just 3km from Melbourne’s CBD. It also reaffirms CEO Ben Amarfo’s pledge to reject a relocation to Tasmania.

A look at where construction would take place under the plan.
A look at where construction would take place under the plan.
Source: Supplied
Speaking to the Sunday Herald Sun on the broad project rather than the specifics of the football club expansion, Amarfio said the Roos had spent 15 months working closely with various stakeholders to ensure voices were heard.

“North Melbourne Football Club is Arden and Arden is North Melbourne Football Club,” Amarfio said to News Corp.

“One does not exist without the other. So we are committed to keep working alongside the community and the state government to bring the Arden Precinct Structure Plan to life for the next 150 years and more.


In 2017 the club submitted a proposal to the state government to build “the best inner city training complex in Melbourne.”

Under the original framework, the club’s Arden Street headquarters footprint would grow from 4.5ha to 11.2ha, according to North’s website.

This proposal was submitted in response to a $7 billion redevelopment of the industrial pocket, which will be known as ‘Arden’ once its completed.

And last November it was announced the club had been granted more than $7 million by the state government to complete State 2 of its Arden St redevelopment.



AFLW/VFLW female friendly changerooms, umpires change rooms, multipurpose meeting spaces, a commercial kitchen and multimedia facilities were included in the plans.

But the larger plans have been in the works for several years and began well before Amarfio was appointed in November 2019. The Arden Structure Plan will see the train station completed just metres from the club’s headquarters and an estimated 50,000 people living or working in the suburb in the coming years.

Arden train station is one element of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel project, which will untangle the city loop so more trains can run across the city.

North’s initial proposal in early 2017 contended a large-scale redevelopment would be a win-win for the club and the local community.

It’s unclear how the finances of the project are set to be divided up or when it will be completed. The Herald Sun reported the entire project – which will include a new primary school – will cost around $350 million.

 

[Mav]

You can go on ignore too.

Time for tolerance of dipshits is over.

settle mate, mine was a joke!

 

[Ligma]

Saved by a DILF?

How did you know? Unless it was you

 

[Mav]

How did you know? Unless it was you

na, I let my dog enjoy his play things.

 

[Ligma]

na, I let my dog enjoy his play things.

Okay now I’m searching for the dilf that saved me

 

[The Warlord]

settle mate, mine was a joke!

OK - unignored!

But seriously, people/posters have attacked and bagged and smeared a good friend of mine who, along with many others, has worked their guts out for this club to deliver this today. They've done it for years, bagging her qualifications, her intentions, everything. Nasty awful personal crap.

Even today we saw sniping naysayers and doom merchants talking this down. There's even worse happening on other social media platforms.

No more tolerance for these losers. They're wrong. They're always wrong. They were wrong about little things like the VFL side being canned for the W team and they're wrong about huge things like this.

I can't be stuffed with their bullshit for another second.

The club is heading to great places, on and off field. This work - if followed through - means that we're free forever of relocation bullshit.

If people don't want to be part of that for whatever reason, that's their call, but I'm not going to listen to their s**t for another second.

They were wrong. They can either cop it sweet and come on board, or they can * off.

 

[Swallow_Wood]

Jesus.

• New multipurpose oval
• Sports medicine innovation & research centre
• High performance training centre
• Function and conferencing centre

 

[Sillygit]

OK - unignored!

But seriously, people/posters have attacked and bagged and smeared a good friend of mine who, along with many others, has worked their guts out for this club to deliver this today. They've done it for years, bagging her qualifications, her intentions, everything. Nasty awful personal crap.

Even today we saw sniping naysayers and doom merchants talking this down. There's even worse happening on other social media platforms.

No more tolerance for these losers. They're wrong. They're always wrong. They were wrong about little things like the VFL side being canned for the W team and they're wrong about huge things like this.

I can't be stuffed with their bullshit for another second.

The club is heading to great places, on and off field. This work - if followed through - means that we're free forever of relocation bullshit.

If people don't want to be part of that for whatever reason, that's their call, but I'm not going to listen to their sh*t for another second.

They were wrong. They can either cop it sweet and come on board, or they can fu** off.

 

[Kanga Glory]

OK - unignored!

But seriously, people/posters have attacked and bagged and smeared a good friend of mine who, along with many others, has worked their guts out for this club to deliver this today. They've done it for years, bagging her qualifications, her intentions, everything. Nasty awful personal crap.

Even today we saw sniping naysayers and doom merchants talking this down. There's even worse happening on other social media platforms.

No more tolerance for these losers. They're wrong. They're always wrong. They were wrong about little things like the VFL side being canned for the W team and they're wrong about huge things like this.

I can't be stuffed with their bullshit for another second.

The club is heading to great places, on and off field. This work - if followed through - means that we're free forever of relocation bullshit.

If people don't want to be part of that for whatever reason, that's their call, but I'm not going to listen to their sh*t for another second.

They were wrong. They can either cop it sweet and come on board, or they can fu** off.

Surely you know there are posters on here who if they won a million dollars in Tatts they would complain it wasn’t two million.

 

[The Warlord]

Surely you know there are posters on here who if they won a million dollars in Tatts they would complain it wasn’t two million.

Yep. Just sooks and whingers.

 

[the big lebowski]

Is this good news a further notch on the belt for FactNotFiction?