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Nothing outside of the heritage listed gates, the buildings you can see in the background are a new high school being built on the site. Where the Subiaco playing surface was will become the schools oval.

And that’s all she wrote for the former home of football in WA. Mixed emotions for me, I’m happy we’ve moved on to a stadium where I can actually sit in comfort (in the 2017 season I actually started avoiding going to Eagles games because I was so uncomfortable with my knees in the back of the...

There’s no carpark under the surface. The carpark runs in a ring road under the grandstands, there’s nothing under the surface except the drainage system.

Optus has been like an ice rink this season - to the point where the turf was sprayed with something prior to the WCE v COL game a few weeks ago. It’s a mystery as to why it’s so slippery.

If you had actually been to Subiaco Oval and West Leederville station, you might understand building a new stadium there was a terrible idea. It's a heavily populated suburban area serviced by 2 platform train station on a single train line. It couldn't even handle 35,000 people, let alone...

It’s happens with both clubs. Don’t act like Fremantle fans are somehow above West Coast fans. Both supporter bases are just as bad as each other with bandwagons and leaving dead games early. On iPad using BigFooty.com mobile app

Why increase the capacity of a ground that only gets sold out 5 times a year? Just like people saying Optus Stadium should be expanded, it hasn't even been filled to capacity once.

A packed Eagles game at Optus is pretty hard to beat. Even with 30,000 people there for Scorchers games it is noisy at hell in there, noise just bounces around inside the place.

I've heard they will only use the drop in seats if ticket sales reach over 55,000. Makes sense, why install the extra seats if they're not required?

Subiaco and ANZ by a long way, been to Subacio, Optus, MCG, Docklands, ANZ and Showgrounds and Subiaco was the worst from a spectator's point of view, ANZ from a players point of view. Anyone over 6ft would know how horrid the bench seating at Subiaco was, got to the point where I actively...

Apparently if the ticket sales reach 55,000 they will put the stadium into rectangular configuration and open up the extra 5,000 seats On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

They already do that, that isn’t the issue. The issue is that people couldn’t see over the LED boards that run along the touchline of the rectangular pitch On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Yeah there’s temporary seating basically extends level one another 5 rows down to ground level. If you’re not aware, in oval configuration the first row of seating is about 1.5m off the ground, not at ground level. The LED signage that’s currently on the boundary gets moved and replaced at the...

42,000 tickets sold already. Also interesting that apparently the stadium will not be in its rectangular configuration due to issues with the LED signage On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

The facilities aren’t good enough, that’d be why they don’t play there anymore. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Probably $30-40 for the cheapest Doubt it’ll sell out On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Pretty sure someone from the WACA told me the original plan to only move big matches to Optus has been canned, and Optus will now host all mens international games. The WACA Ground just isn't up to standard.

Hang on, I thought the firm No was directed at ANZ not Showgrounds. Never mind me. On iPad using BigFooty.com mobile app

I wouldn’t say ANZ is up to AFL standards either, that’s why the Swans don’t play there anymore. The safety issues the AFL have had there made the relationship untenable. On iPad using BigFooty.com mobile app

I think everyone involved would prefer it at Showgrounds. The AFL and Stadium Australia aren’t on speaking terms. On iPad using BigFooty.com mobile app

Neither should. CA are the sole tennants of the ground, they should be fronting up the cost. The Federal Government wouldn't give us a dime for our brand new super stadium, what chance do you reckon there is of them funding a facelift for a ground that will host nothing but state level cricket...

In it's current form the WACA is hardly up to scratch for state level cricket let alone test cricket. Test players deserve proper facilities, the WACA can't offer that. Forcing the majority of the crowd to endure the sun with no shade for most of the day in 2019 isn't acceptable either. If...

I’ve been wondering for some time what the actual capacity of Optus is for a while (the actual number, not the ‘more than 60,000’ line they throw out when asked). The There’s nowhere to verify it, but an article by Braiden Quartermaine I found claims that VenuesLive list Optus Stadiums...

I would love to see cricket back at the WACA, its the spiritual home of cricket in WA and Optus feels incredibly soulless for cricket. Unfortunately the WACA as a facility is so incredibly dated and rundown that it makes no sense to host cricket there anymore. Optus is better for the fans...

Level 5 will be open exclusively to WACA members based on the email I just got Sick, gonna have a whole stand to myself On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Yeah they lost the digital rights to Foxtel, who are 50% owned by Telstra On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

There's only one camera in use for this shield game (seems odd for the most technologically advanced stadium in the country) so putting replays and live coverage on screen for the 1000 people there wouldn't achieve much, especially considering they're all going to be sitting behind the bowler...

The ‘Optus Stadium’ signage on the wings wasn’t there yet - that got installed around round 6 from memory. But they did have Optus Stadium advertising on the ad boards all around the ground and on all 5 tiers - this wasn’t there this year, most of it was replaced by Alinta Energy. On iPhone...

New addition for the cricket season. Also seems like the Optus Stadium signs that we’re on the light fixtures above each wing have been removed for the cricket season. Makes sense as all official CA advertising has referred to the stadium as ‘Perth Stadium’ not ‘Optus Stadium’ On iPhone...

Sorry to bump such an old post but my understanding is for the first part of the year the WA Government was holding seats in the nosebleeds for tourism packages, but they weren't getting sold. That's why against both Sydney in round 1 and Geelong in round 2 there was over 5,000 seats sitting...