Should Punt Rd Proposal be scrapped right now?

[BEEG]

Keep Etihad and upgrade Punt Road is a better idea then McGuire's

 

[telsor]

Teams get paid to play at those venues, they only do it like 1 or 2 times a year

Referring as Punt Rd as perminant home venue

They play 3 actually.

and it wouldn't be their full time home...It'd be where they could play a few of the smaller drawing matches.

Don't tell me, you think they should do up PP instead, right?

 

[telsor]

Keep Etihad and upgrade Punt Road is a better idea then McGuire's

True...although I'd stop at 'keep Etihad'.

A dozen games a year just isn't worth a new stadium.

 

[Pessimistic]

Is it even serious in the first place?

 

[Severe]

How does that make me a troll though?
If I was a Tigers fan id rather play at MCG than Punt Rd

If I was gay I'd be sexually interested in men. It's irrelevant because you are not.

 

[gillo94]

They play 3 actually.

and it wouldn't be their full time home...It'd be where they could play a few of the smaller drawing matches.

Don't tell me, you think they should do up PP instead, right?

Blues in 2000 onwards suffered with sponsorship deals and TV rights because of playing at PP. Don't think would be wise doing that

Interstate teams want more chances of playing at MCG. Don't think should deprive them of that either just for the sake of upgrading a training venue

 

[boncer34]

Just think Etihad is a better option for all teams including Tigers

So just coz.

Good reason.

 

[citizen-erased]

Fairly sure eddie's original idea was to sell Etihad (worth a billion or so i think he said) and set up the richmond precinct as the sporting corner of melbourne.
Punt Rd Oval makes no sense. Tigers home training ground = home ground for teams they may end up playing against? :S
killer would be a night where there is 2 AFL games, a Rugby/Soccer match at AAMI, a concert at rod laver and an event at Hisence.

The Monash would choke. Trains in and out of Richmond would be packed.
And i have no idea how you work the roads out.

 

[pinot]

Everyone should have their own min 30k capacity stadium and AFL should pay for it.

 

[blue harvest]

Can't wait for next weeks story about a 65K seater on top of Captain Cook's Cottage in Fitzroy Gardens.

 

[nick1408]

How does that make me a troll though?
If I was a Tigers fan id rather play at MCG than Punt Rd

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Where is the suggestion Richmond will play at Punt Road? The proposal put forward by Brendan Gale was for a third stadium, not a third stadium for Richmond.

 

[Leeda]

Monetarily it accedes to the Punt Road faction in terms of the history and whatever, but for the other MCG inhabitants it really
shoots itself in the foot.

It is supposed to be keeping a lid on the idea that one club has a head start over someone else.

It is interesting that these clubs keep shooting ooff at the mouth with all these new developments and yet it is all together
a different thing.

Not that it is about my club but that it is always about confusing situations with different clubs talking about themselves and it drives everyone silly.

It is driving everyone else nuts as well.

Gill it has to be driving forward for everyone and not just him and her and this and that and well take some time
to attach the label to each club as to what value they are to the AFL in a howlistic sense. a howling sense... no
just a time and torch sense...

 

[nick1408]

Fairly sure eddie's original idea was to sell Etihad (worth a billion or so i think he said) and set up the richmond precinct as the sporting corner of melbourne.
Punt Rd Oval makes no sense. Tigers home training ground = home ground for teams they may end up playing against? :S
killer would be a night where there is 2 AFL games, a Rugby/Soccer match at AAMI, a concert at rod laver and an event at Hisence.

The Monash would choke. Trains in and out of Richmond would be packed.
And i have no idea how you work the roads out.

I think this thread should be merged with the one in the stadiums board as this issue was addressed - games would never be put on at both the MCG and Punt Road at the same time due to timing issues. Etihad and one of MCG/Punt Road, yes and it would work fine (as it does currently)

 

[gillo94]

Where is the suggestion Richmond will play at Punt Road? The proposal put forward by Brendan Gale was for a third stadium, not a third stadium for Richmond.

I'm not targeting Tigers fans at all. Just don't agree with Punt Rd proposal
I'm targeting a proposal not a set of fans

 

[gillo94]

I think this thread should be merged with the one in the stadiums board as this issue was addressed - games would never be put on at both the MCG and Punt Road at the same time due to timing issues. Etihad and one of MCG/Punt Road, yes and it would work fine (as it does currently)

If you feel so strong that I'm a troll then report me and be done with it

 

[Severe]

i wish that st kilda fan wasn't banned. his posts are the best.

 

[telsor]

Where is the suggestion Richmond will play at Punt Road? The proposal put forward by Brendan Gale was for a third stadium, not a third stadium for Richmond.

When the AFL first approached Richmond about it, it was for a stadium of ~18K.

Richmond countered with an idea for a 40K stadium because that way we could *maybe* play one or two games there ourselves.

So yeah, the vast majority of games wouldn't involve Richmond, and those that do would probably be more for sentimental value than anything and would be well and truly sold out (that said, we'd probably make a lot more money on them than if those games were at the G).

Realistically, I'd say 30K would be more practical, although it would pretty much rule Richmond out from playing there, which would be a shame.

 

[telsor]

Punt Rd Oval makes no sense. Tigers home training ground = home ground for teams they may end up playing against? :S

No way would any Vic club play Richmond there...Crowd would just be too large.

Even if they did though, Richmond has 'home' games at Docklands against teams that call it home...

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Outter north or west
Not cbd or inner east

The cbd and easy is over populated

A stadium out the other way could be the beginning of a satellite city being built, helping to create jobs long term in the area

 

[doppleganger]

How am I trolling?

Are you trying to tell me Dogs, NMFC would prefer to play home games at Punt Road over Etihad Stadium?

It would depend on how clean the stadium is...ie would have to not be a Richmond ground.

If it was a clean stadium, i reckon all MCG tenants - coll, haw, rich, Melbourne - would prefer to play smaller games at punt road instead of at Etihad.

Dogs, Saints, North, Essendon would prefer to be at Etihad, they just need a better deal...which they will get when the AFL takeover the stadium.

The best solution is to just stick with the two stadiums...if it is going to be a small crowd just close the top tier.

 

[gillo94]

No way would any Vic club play Richmond there...Crowd would just be too large.

Even if they did though, Richmond has 'home' games at Docklands against teams that call it home...

What do you think are reasonable games to be played at Punt Rd?

 

[telsor]

Outter north or west
Not cbd or inner east

The cbd and easy is over populated

A stadium out the other way could be the beginning of a satellite city being built, helping to create jobs long term in the area

Yes, because building a stadium out in the burbs was a great success last time.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Yes, because building a stadium out in the burbs was a great success last time.

If you look at it, the area began developing when the afl sold it

The issue was a lack of public transport and the mcc seeing it as too much competition

 

[telsor]

What do you think are reasonable games to be played at Punt Rd?

Firstly, I wouldn't build it at all, and if they did, I'd say 30K would fit in with existing grounds better than 40K.

That said, I'd be look at games that (before the season) would be expected to draw less than 20-25K

 

[telsor]

If you look at it, the area began developing when the afl sold it

The issue was a lack of public transport and the mcc seeing it as too much competition

The issue was that it was poorly designed, and transport was awful (especially public transport) so it was more of a pain to go to than in was worth for most fans.