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[The Victorian]

Revealed: Location of new elite sport field as Carrara attracts national sporting team

This may well be the first step to us getting our own A-League franchise again. Looks like the new elite rectangular ground will be completed in November which matches up with the 2021-22 A-League season. It looks like the Brisbane Roar will start using our old demountable buildings as well.

Not sure what this means for our planned women's 5k stadium but I assume that will be built on the other side of the stadium.

Wait so is this just a rectangular stadium?

 

[Jen2310]

Wait so is this just a rectangular stadium?

Yes.

Looks like Brisbane is getting another NRL team.

 

[Mini GF]

Yes.

Looks like Brisbane is getting another NRL team.

I reckon the team will be the Redcliffe Dolphins so they will service outer northern Brisbane/Sunshine Coast.
Won’t have much impact here.

 

[brucetiki]

I reckon the team will be the Redcliffe Dolphins so they will service outer northern Brisbane/Sunshine Coast.
Won’t have much impact here.

Redcliffe hosting Roar matches will probably help their cause too

 

[robo_1]

Media day today for inverted festival on 1.5.21 @ Metricon

 

[The Victorian]

Just listening to the AOC President speaking about Brisbane 2032 becoming a preferred host, he was saying track and field would be planned for Carrara.

 

[kreglze]

Would need to greatly increase the capacity of the stadium as well as the transport options as well.

 

[Billy ray]

Hopefully the bid includes completing the heavy rail from varsity to elanora to currumbin and then airport

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Hopefully the bid includes completing the heavy rail from varsity to elanora to currumbin and then airport

A more useful thing for the Suns would be if the light rail gets extended to Carrara (and Nerang).

 

[The Victorian]

Would need to greatly increase the capacity of the stadium as well as the transport options as well.

And this is positive for us! Surely facilities get upgraded and transport is improved which will be beneficial for the club

 

[Billy ray]

A more useful thing for the Suns would be if the light rail gets extended to Carrara (and Nerang).

That will be 100% happening if bid gets up. Heavy rail would be 50-50 at best

 

[The Victorian]

Looked at the documents from the IOC. Whilst the Brisbane Bid proposed a new Olympic Stadium in Brisbane, the IOC have suggested that they use Metricon for the Track and Field instead.

https://stillmedab.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/News/2021/02/IOC-Feasibility-Assessment-Brisbane.pdf

 

[GC2015]

I was watching the Richmond v Port Adelaide game tonight and I couldn't believe how loud it sounded plus the commentators kept saying it was really loud and it got me wondering whether an atmosphere like that would ever be possible on the Gold Coast. For context, the crowd at Adelaide Oval tonight was 33k and we know Metricon currently holds 25k but we also have an open end that could potentially be closed to increase capacity.

I estimate each section in the second tier is approximately a little over 700 seats and you could probably fit 7 second tier sections between the two light posts if you wanted to retain the video board as is. So that's approximately 5000 extra seats added between the light posts. Then we also have the smaller open area between the light pole towards the bottom left of the pic below and the corporate area.

I know a very small part of this open section needs to be preserved for cricket broadcasting but I think it's entirely reasonable to suggest three more second tier sections could be added to that open area. That would equate to more than 2100 extra seats. So it's fair to suggest that closing that open section of the stadium would result in the capacity reaching about 32.5k which is essentially the crowd that showed up to Adelaide Oval tonight. Even though the Power-Tigers clash only pulled 33k tonight, it honestly sounded like a Grand Final! You could even argue 32k showing up to a 32.5k stadium is an even better atmosphere than 33k showing up to a 53.5k stadium.

 

[Iva Bigun]

I was watching the Richmond v Port Adelaide game tonight and I couldn't believe how loud it sounded plus the commentators kept saying it was really loud and it got me wondering whether an atmosphere like that would ever be possible on the Gold Coast. For context, the crowd at Adelaide Oval tonight was 33k and we know Metricon currently holds 25k but we also have an open end that could potentially be closed to increase capacity.

I estimate each section in the second tier is approximately a little over 700 seats and you could probably fit 7 second tier sections between the two light posts if you wanted to retain the video board as is. So that's approximately 5000 extra seats added between the light posts. Then we also have the smaller open area between the light pole towards the bottom left of the pic below and the corporate area.

I know a very small part of this open section needs to be preserved for cricket broadcasting but I think it's entirely reasonable to suggest three more second tier sections could be added to that open area. That would equate to more than 2100 extra seats. So it's fair to suggest that closing that open section of the stadium would result in the capacity reaching about 32.5k which is essentially the crowd that showed up to Adelaide Oval tonight. Even though the Power-Tigers clash only pulled 33k tonight, it honestly sounded like a Grand Final! You could even argue 32k showing up to a 32.5k stadium is an even better atmosphere than 33k showing up to a 53.5k stadium.

I hope I live long enough to see something like that at Metricon, it would be fantastic , sadly at the age of 52 and the Suns history I’m not sure it will happen in my life time

 

[GC2015]

I hope I live long enough to see something like that at Metricon, it would be fantastic , sadly at the age of 52 and the Suns history I’m not sure it will happen in my life time

If we can time our run up the ladder/premiership window with the bid for the 2032 Olympics (which looks entirely possible right now) then I think it's very reasonable to suggest a permanent upgrade to 32.5k seats at Metricon is possible within the next 10 years. Los Angeles was awarded the 2028 Olympics in September 2017 so you'd expect an announcement regarding the 2032 host to come in the next 18 months and then the planning for stadium upgrades will come in the following few years. A permanent upgrade to Metricon would look something like this when completed:

It's also very likely that a successful Olympic bid will involve the creation of an east-west light rail spur from Broadbeach to Nerang with a stop right outside Metricon. This would essentially guarantee 70-80% of the Gold Coast population has easy access to Metricon via public transport and current predictions suggest our city will be nearing 1 million people by then.

Essentially I'm saying the next 10 years could be massive for us so hopefully you're around to see us reach our potential.

 

[The Victorian]

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If we can time our run up the ladder/premiership window with the bid for the 2032 Olympics (which looks entirely possible right now) then I think it's very reasonable to suggest a permanent upgrade to 32.5k seats at Metricon is possible within the next 10 years. Los Angeles was awarded the 2028 Olympics in September 2017 so you'd expect an announcement regarding the 2032 host to come in the next 18 months and then the planning for stadium upgrades will come in the following few years. A permanent upgrade to Metricon would look something like this when completed:

It's also very likely that a successful Olympic bid will involve the creation of an east-west light rail spur from Broadbeach to Nerang with a stop right outside Metricon. This would essentially guarantee 70-80% of the Gold Coast population has easy access to Metricon via public transport and current predictions suggest our city will be nearing 1 million people by then.

Essentially I'm saying the next 10 years could be massive for us so hopefully you're around to see us reach our potential.

i agree. They also need to utilise the river. A ferry service would be ideal

 

[Iva Bigun]

How after more than a decade can getting into the blue car park at Metricon still be a ******* joke

edit: and why in gods name do they change the entry, ******* useless

 

[Billy ray]

How after more than a decade can getting into the blue car park at Metricon still be a ******* joke

edit: and why in gods name do they change the entry, ******* useless

Its a *en joke. Put signs up every 250m for 3 km
Left lane drop off
Middle lane blue carpark
Right lane thru traffic to M1

 

[Iva Bigun]

Its a fu**en joke. Put signs up every 250m for 3 km
Left lane drop off
Middle lane blue carpark
Right lane thru traffic to M1

Exactly, run by morons and just like our team is still a joke 11 years on

 

[Billy ray]

Exactly, run by morons and just like our team is still a joke 11 years on

Its like they think there willbe 2000 peeople attending not 10k plus

 

[Sunny_]

Luko playing forward flank? dont like that

 

[Iva Bigun]

Gets better and better canteen has already run out of food

 

[GC2015]

How after more than a decade can getting into the blue car park at Metricon still be a ******* joke

edit: and why in gods name do they change the entry, ******* useless

This is why we desperately need a light rail stop outside of Metricon that heads west to the Nerang train station and east to Broadbeach/Star Casino/Pacific Fair. Add in a ferry service as well so not everyone exits the stadium to the west. Amazing that only 11k people caused the chaos we saw tonight. Clearly they're managing it pretty poorly because you would have thought there was at least 30k with how much they struggled to disperse people after the game.

Go to a big game at the MCG with 80k+ people and you'll be amazed at how few issues they have. The stadium is well serviced by train and tram stops so they never really have any issues like we saw tonight.

 

[SunnerSS]

How after more than a decade can getting into the blue car park at Metricon still be a ******* joke

edit: and why in gods name do they change the entry, ******* useless

your doing it wrong.
seriously save the money and just park at nerang station. plenty of parks. 5 min shuttle bus to and from the game. No traffic in or out of station.

 

[The Victorian]

Looks like Metricon won't be used for the Olympics with the announcement of the Gabba's redevelopment to become a 50,000 seat stadium for the games