Perth Stadium (Optus Stadium)

[W.C. Fry]

Countdown of games left at Subiaco.
Dockers - 11
Eagles - 14

 

[The Unforgiven]

The new stadium looks good, what I find amusing is how the old grounds such as Subi and Football park get bad mouthed at every opportunity. They've been brilliant grounds have s**t loads of history and with a bit of love and attention would've coped with AFL action for years, but when the latest shiny new thing comes in the propaganda starts.

I've never been to Perth so I can't comment on the situation there, but I've been to both Football Park and Adelaide Oval on many occasions as I lived in Adelaide for a number of years.

Football Park was in a dog of a location. The ground itself and its amenities weren't that bad, but at the end of the day it would have been a poor decision long-term to persevere with it.

Since Adelaide Oval has been redeveloped, the whole riverbank area on the Torrens has been receiving an ongoing revitalisation. There's a bigger picture at play here, at least for the city of Adelaide.

The Perth stadium looks fantastic in the rendered images I've seen. I'm hoping to go to Perth in the next couple of years for a holiday, so I'll definitely incorporate a footy game within the trip.

 

[WestCoast05]

Screen Testing

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[BartBart]

 

[Admiral Byng]

Is there a special locker for Eddie's ego?

 

[Kappa]

Screen Testing

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Blue screen of death

 

[Chicken Parma]

Screen Testing

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Very Gabba-esque

 

[Seethus]

Very Gabba-esque

Without the cricket meddling part hopefully.

 

[Beutbrute]

Screen Testing

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Running windows by the looks of things


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[WestCoast05]

 

[Kappa]

Is that an artists impression or what it actually looks like now?

That's stunning !

 

[WestCoast05]

Is that an artists impression or what it actually looks like now?

That's stunning !

It's what it looks like now, lighting testing is going on.

 

[Killer Kowalski]

Is that an artists impression or what it actually looks like now?

That's stunning !

It's what Ben Cousins sees from prison on speed

 

[Kwality]

From Channel 9:
The budget on the Swan River footbridge has blown out by a staggering $16 million as the new West Australian government comes to grips with a one-year delay on the project.

The reported cost has soared from $54 million to $70 million and construction won't be completed until the end of 2017, which puts the new venue hosting an Ashes Test in jeopardy.


Read more at http://www.9news.com.au/national/20...-in-16-million-black-hole#Z0BovCgbxXc4KWQ5.99

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

From Channel 9:
The budget on the Swan River footbridge has blown out by a staggering $16 million as the new West Australian government comes to grips with a one-year delay on the project.

The reported cost has soared from $54 million to $70 million and construction won't be completed until the end of 2017, which puts the new venue hosting an Ashes Test in jeopardy.


Read more at http://www.9news.com.au/national/20...-in-16-million-black-hole#Z0BovCgbxXc4KWQ5.99

If it's that important for the cricket get the US Army engineers to bring in their fold up bridge system which can be built up to half a mile long and you can drive several tanks over it at the same time not just one at a time. They then can fold up part of it and leave the majority of it sitting on the water so boats can get thru for part of the day.

 

[Kwality]

If it's that important for the cricket get the US Army engineers to bring in their fold up bridge system which can be built up to half a mile long and you can drive several tanks over it at the same time not just one at a time. They then can fold up part of it and leave the majority of it sitting on the water so boats can get thru for part of the day.

Just politics at play IMHO.

 

[brucetiki]

Screen Testing

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Doesn't look much bigger than Domain's current screen

 

[swansfan51]

Doesn't look much bigger than Domain's current screen

They're triple the size. A very quick search tells you that Domain has 115 square metre screens and the new ones are 340 square metres

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...-be-biggest-in-australia-20160731-gqhj4u.html

 

[WestCoast05]

Doesn't look much bigger than Domain's current screen

Looks can be deceiving, I read they will be the biggest screens in the southern hemisphere

 

[brucetiki]

Looks can be deceiving, I read they will be the biggest screens in the southern hemisphere

Oh for sure. I'd be stunned if they actually were the same size as Domain's.

 

[BartBart]

Photos from yesterday

Stadium station

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Pedestrian bridge

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[BartBart]

Stadium pics - starting south-east and walking anti-clockwise

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[Milang_Panthers]

Stadium pics - starting south-east and walking anti-clockwise

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Cheers mate. Great photos

 

[Commando]

Looks a bit like Etihad from the inside

Will definitely have to get over and check out

 

[HavUEvaSeenTheRain]

That's a hell of a Photo