Subiaco Oval re-development

[Freo Shark]

The whole plan lacks vision and smacks of catering for the weezils.

The parking issue is just another problem that the plan doesnt address. Although it doesnt appear to reduce the existing parking area.

The bottom line to all this is Subi is too small. The last re-development was supposed to last 20yrs and yet we filled it in 2yrs. Is 60,000 going to be enough in 2011 ? You are going to have to rebuild Subi at some stage and then what buyback the houses\land you've sold twice previously ?

Then what add another tier around the ground and include oxygen masks and binoculars in those tickets, exclude people of a certain size from going because the seats only cover one cheek ?

 

[Rob]

Like anyone, you get to the footy as you like, depending on time, convenience and enjoyment. Some choose train, some choose car, others go with convenience. When it is more convenient to train, parking taken into consideration, then more people will use the train.

Completely true. But you're assuming that if someone doesn't/can't drive, they're going to get there by some alternative means. IMO, if you restrict parking, a lot of people simply won't go at all. Especially families.

In a city like Perth, parking and car access is at least as important, if not more important than train access. Ignore it and you're basically saying to those people that choose to drive "Get stuffed, either come to the footy the way we want to you come or f**k off"
No business in the country would get away with that.

 

[Dr Ralph Dagg]

I like the artists impression of the new Cockburn stadium in today's West. It's a photo of Sydney's Olympic stadium -- pre the reconfiguration where it could accomodate 110,000.

 

[Rob]

I like the artists impression of the new Cockburn stadium in today's West. It's a photo of Sydney's Olympic stadium -- pre the reconfiguration where it could accomodate 110,000.

Yeah, I saw that. Good to see the standard of journalism at the west hasn't changed.