Marvel Stadium Revamp

[Triggering Tiger]

Was it really necessary to spend $250 million dollars on a facelift for Marvel Stadium just for the players new changerooms and new entrances for the public plus food and beverage facilities?

It seems like a bit waste of money to me if you don't go the whole hog and build some more seating for the genaral public if that's at all possible with it's current design.

 

[Percel]

Food and beverage facilities are the Bane of footy people's lives. I encourage the investment for fans to have greater access to better food and beverage facilities.

More options on food and beverage availability and access, will be a positive change for families and other attendees


BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, awful moderation

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

I am staggered if these figures are true. Shocklands has been a disaster for fans and the teams consigned to play there.

At best a few grand on some modern pie warmers for heating the free treats for members of a certain Club to attract them to home games would have sufficed.

Meanwhile the two Sydney teams play in poor stadiums, unfit for purpose. The Bloods are still owed ground development funds from 1980 and have barely had a zack of infrastructure support from the VFL/AFL..

 

[North park]

My understanding is that a lot of the revamp at Marvel Stadium is to make it more attractive and more economic as a non-match day venue - eg. restaurants, bars - in the Docklands precinct. So not all of the money is being spent on making the fan experience better at games.

Some of the plans include better public viewing areas from bars and restaurants inside the ground (similar to MCG) but I am not aware of any additional seating being added.

 

[Triggering Tiger]

My understanding is that a lot of the revamp at Marvel Stadium is to make it more attractive and more economic as a non-match day venue - eg. restaurants, bars - in the Docklands precinct. So not all of the money is being spent on making the fan experience better at games.

Some of the plans include better public viewing areas from bars and restaurants inside the ground (similar to MCG) but I am not aware of any additional seating being added.

All i'm questioning why not?, if you're going to do an upgrade lets get more bums on seats too.

 

[Woolly Mammoth]

Because Docklands got a terrible reputation when it first opened, and as usual in footy circles that reputation has stuck for 20 plus years, regardless of whether the person telling you "thats a pretty s**t stadium ay!" has actually been there for 15 years. You only have to look at the "favourite and worst ground to attend the footy and Marvel stadium" thread to see that one major complaint is still that it's 'sterile'. So a facelift might give the drab exterior a bit of a polish of pizazz, even if it ends up all shiny and fake glassy like a yank football stadium, at least it's something.

 

[Ezayyak]

It's far easier driving to and from from Docklands than the G.

 

[Triggering Tiger]

It's far easier driving to and from from Docklands than the G.

That's true but the prices for parking at dockland is horrendous, way too much!

 

[The 747]

Was it really necessary to spend $250 million dollars on a facelift for Marvel Stadium just for the players new changerooms and new entrances for the public plus food and beverage facilities?

It seems like a bit waste of money to me if you don't go the whole hog and build some more seating for the genaral public if that's at all possible with it's current design.

Yes, need a whole heap of fat in there for the AFL grifter train, ie relatives and mates of AFL executives.

 

[STPer18]

Gotta keep up with the all the upgrades that Victoria's finest in Kardinia Park has been receiving. MCG's turn soon you'd think.

 

[Triggering Tiger]

Gotta keep up with the all the upgrades that Victoria's finest in Kardinia Park has been receiving. MCG's turn soon you'd think.

What's the capacity at GMHBA Stadium now?

 

[Tiger Toffee]

Just bulldoze the joint and start again.

 

[deedog2]

There used to be a kick ass TAB bar down on ground level but they got rid of it! The only bar there now is that crappy pale ale joint

 

[Triggering Tiger]

Just bulldoze the joint and start again.

You think so?, I like the stadium myself I just think the ground capacity is way too small though.

 

[Triggering Tiger]

There used to be a kick ass TAB bar down on ground level but they got rid of it! The only bar there now is that crappy pale ale joint

They've suppose to have completed the revamp now so who knows what's there now.

 

[Strange Cat]

They've suppose to have completed the revamp now so who knows what's there now.

Hookers and blackjack

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

They've suppose to have completed the revamp now so who knows what's there now.

The only thing finished is the changerooms.
The food and beverage stuff isn't by any stretch. Gate 1/2/3 and Gate 5 are very much still a construction site

 

[Bunk Moreland]

All i'm questioning why not?, if you're going to do an upgrade lets get more bums on seats too.

Doesn't need it. It's never sold out.

Any game that threatens to be bigger is played at the G.

Just bulldoze the joint and start again.

They actually should but not because of the stadium itself - more because of the appalling position of it. Putting it where it is absolutely destroyed any prospect of the Docklands renewal ever working. The stadium is a giant roadblock that completely separates the city and Docklands and can never be overcome. It's the biggest city planning utensil-up in Melbourne's history.

 

[BIRDBRAIN]

You think so?, I like the stadium myself I just think the ground capacity is way too small though.

How many games are actually sold out at Marvel and people miss out?

 

[Underarm]

All i'm questioning why not?, if you're going to do an upgrade lets get more bums on seats too.

Capacity has never been an issue with Docklands.

 

[The 747]

Capacity has never been an issue with Docklands.

Capacity outside Docklands on the walkways is an issue though. Have been a few crowd squashes - in the bottleneck part back to Southern Cross - that really sucked.

 

[Lets Roar like '44]

Capacity outside Docklands on the walkways is an issue though. Have been a few crowd squashes - in the bottleneck part back to Southern Cross - that really sucked.

Yeh it’s bad enough when Bris play there and there’s no crowd, let alone 45+. Surely there’s a spare 3 metre diameter in that walkway to fit another office building and then just get everyone to walk the long way round to the station, the scenic route let’s call it.

 

[The 747]

Yeh it’s bad enough when Bris play there and there’s no crowd, let alone 45+. Surely there’s a spare 3 metre diameter in that walkway to fit another office building and then just get everyone to walk the long way round to the station, the scenic route let’s call it.

Yep. The main issue I have with the ground is the last 500 metres between getting there and getting to your seat. It's easy to get to, and it's OK when you are in your seat, but the walkways (exterior and interior) to get your seats suck.

 

[peetoo]

Yeh it’s bad enough when Bris play there and there’s no crowd, let alone 45+. Surely there’s a spare 3 metre diameter in that walkway to fit another office building and then just get everyone to walk the long way round to the station, the scenic route let’s call it.

The Adele concert.

 

[Triggering Tiger]

How many games are actually sold out at Marvel and people miss out?

It's always been undersized so it's actually not a good design for the football loving public of Melbourne.