Canberra Stadium's

[Mags]

Manuka Oval And Bruce Stadium, The 2 main stadiums in the ACT which have both been host too Football now.

With the Kangaroos possibly moving too Canberra permantly soon I honsetly beleive the roos will need a stadium that will hold more then 15,000. Which is about the Capacity now a days of Arden St.

Manuka I dont think will be able too add more seating too the ground its self, maybe just another 7000 and thats it.

Which Brings me too the point of Bruce Stadium being reshaped too accomate the bigger drawing matches the Kangaroos play in Canberra. There is still plenty off room too add extra seating at Bruce Stadium and possibly bring its capacity too 35,000 and maybe up too 40,000 if the ACT Brumbies were interested.

But I dont think this will happen as the ACT government have already done the ground up for the one time event of the "Olympic Games".

Mags

 

[Still Crowing]

Yeah, Bruce is not going to have any work done on it for a long time. Kate Carnell (ACT Chief Min) lost her job in a scandal over the tendering process for the Olympics referbishment, and the cost blow out. It'll be a LONG time before anymore money goes towards Bruce.

Manuka is a great little ground, holds about 15k. Could be expanded to 25-30 k but this would cost a pretty penny. Perhaps the AFL could help out as an inducement to them moving.
Manuka is now the home of ACT AFL. The have sold their old home (the imaginatively named Footy Park @ Phillip ) to help fund the new grandstand at Manuka. (also imaginatively named : the Sir Donald Bradman stand) If the 'roos moved to the ACT, they'd have to build a new HQ/grandstand. That would probably add 5k seats. They would definately fill the place (20k) if they made the move permanent. A lot of people are holding off throwing their support behind the 'roos, as they might just up and leave. Also, a lot of people move to the ACT from other cities and obviously still support their original team. It would take time for the support to grow (like Sydneys did) The next generation would not have this stigma and would grow up seeing the 'roos as their team. The AFL and the 'roos would have to be prepared to stick it out for the long term.

 

[the game]

If a club's going to move to Canberra they (ACT and Federal government, AFL, etc) should just go ahead a build a new stadium over there for around $40 million. No roofs please.