And that will lead to problems like what St George Illawarra and the Wests Tigers got with attendances until last year in the case of the latter with favoring one of the two bases or even a third stadium (in Wests case, CommBank Stadium from 2019 until last year, previously it was what is now...
Doesn't help that they scrapped the Bourke St - Collins St link that was meant to be built with the redeveloped Southern Cross Station to spread the crowds out a bit more
Should also note that the Gardiner Stand appears to be closed to the public right now, during a few recent AFLW games I noticed fences in front of the entrances to the undercover seating area that were not there when I last went there in 2019
I remember Hawthorn advertising on Facebook about a cancer awareness charity as today's Match Day Partner but still it is strange to close 6 random seating bays even though the attendance was over 60k
Now it looks like they're replacing the seats on the top deck of both the Warne and Olympic Stand. Q56 and Q57 as well as Q1 to Q4 look a bit different and those bays appear to be closed to spectators
The Swans moved into their new facility at the old Pavilion and Hall of Industries this week so I expect that there will be a refurbishment to the Brewongle/Churchill Stands soon now that there's more space in the stands available
There's no way any major money will be pumped into the SCG after the huge political football that was New Allianz Stadium anytime soon, plus half of Sydney's underwater whenever there's any sort of cricket on
Replacing the O'Reilly Stand should push capacity above 50k for the first time since the late 80s whereas there should be no change in the Brewongle-Churchill Stand, just improved facilities and more room for corporates and functions with the freed up space
That got delayed and shelved by building New Allianz and the subsequent media controversy surrounding it. The back of Bay 11 of the Trumper Stand has a hilariously bad view because of the O'Reilly Stand (this however, doesn't affect Rugby League, Union or Soccer games as much as AFL or Cricket...
A couple of photos of the Southern Entrance from publicly accessible areas outside the ground on Sunday (photos below from West to East)
The current temporary location for the membership offices takes up a couple of former shops directly opposite the stadium
Only Buses serve the venue as well as the new Nissan Arena which is right next to it. The nearest railway station according to Google Maps is Altandi, 3km away though I am not sure of the terrain of the area. Theoretically it could be modified for for AFL (the Lions have used it in the past for...
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