The Reserve - Brisbane

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http://www.lions.com.au/news/2017-11-06/help-us-get-to-the-reserve

Lions making a play for a $70 mill stadium at Springfield to house its women's team. I am sure they may find another use or 2 for it as well, but its interesting that it is the womens team that is the selling point, especially as they would play 4 games there as the comp is currently.
 

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http://www.lions.com.au/news/2017-11-06/help-us-get-to-the-reserve

Lions making a play for a $70 mill stadium at Springfield to house its women's team. I am sure they may find another use or 2 for it as well, but its interesting that it is the womens team that is the selling point, especially as they would play 4 games there as the comp is currently.
It is staggering that an appropriate existing ground can't be found for the AFLW in Brisbane.
It will probably hurt Brisbane attendances if the AFLW ground is far from Brisbane's CBD.
 

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It is staggering that an appropriate existing ground can't be found for the AFLW in Brisbane.
It will probably hurt Brisbane attendances if the AFLW ground is far from Brisbane's CBD.
They seem a bit worried it will not go ahead as well.

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Could also hold NEAFL, AFLPS and AFLQLD potentially also host local cricket or we might play there when the comm games in on
 

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An Aussie Rules dedicated stadium in Brisbane is hard because the smaller NEAFL teams don't draw a crowd and the reserves clubs, who dominate it, always play Grand Finals in the proper AFL grounds of their team. AFLW is a selling point because it's a bit of a sacred cow and when you dress it up with 'female sports participation' and give it that bent, it suddenly has clout.

Realistically the AFL is better off spending money on good facilities for the expansion areas so they have good facilities, rather than doing patchwork jobs constantly and propping them up financially due to constantly losing.

They should use the Showgrounds, beautiful venue. Brisbane Lions can play pre-season games there, AFLW too as I'm guessing the cricket is played at the Gabba anyway? A one-off game v a team like GWS would be beautiful there... it's up there with North Sydney Oval as probably the nicest ground in the country:
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An Aussie Rules dedicated stadium in Brisbane is hard because the smaller NEAFL teams don't draw a crowd and the reserves clubs, who dominate it, always play Grand Finals in the proper AFL grounds of their team. AFLW is a selling point because it's a bit of a sacred cow and when you dress it up with 'female sports participation' and give it that bent, it suddenly has clout.

Realistically the AFL is better off spending money on good facilities for the expansion areas so they have good facilities, rather than doing patchwork jobs constantly and propping them up financially due to constantly losing.

They should use the Showgrounds, beautiful venue. Brisbane Lions can play pre-season games there, AFLW too as I'm guessing the cricket is played at the Gabba anyway? A one-off game v a team like GWS would be beautiful there... it's up there with North Sydney Oval as probably the nicest ground in the country:
1200px-RNA_Showgrounds.jpg
Dont know the showgrounds, but I am guessing cricket is played in more places in Brisbane than just the GABBA? I know its a concern elsewhere, the availability of grounds for women if it pushes to far into cricket season
 

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An Aussie Rules dedicated stadium in Brisbane is hard because the smaller NEAFL teams don't draw a crowd and the reserves clubs, who dominate it, always play Grand Finals in the proper AFL grounds of their team. AFLW is a selling point because it's a bit of a sacred cow and when you dress it up with 'female sports participation' and give it that bent, it suddenly has clout.

This. Clubs need to be pushing this barrow as much as possible. I'm glad Carlton seem to be doing it as much as is possible as it's the only way the ground might ever get up to standard to host a few AFL games here and there again.
 
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Isn't there some vacant land near Brisbane Airport for the lions to use as a training/admin base?
 

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An Aussie Rules dedicated stadium in Brisbane is hard because the smaller NEAFL teams don't draw a crowd and the reserves clubs, who dominate it, always play Grand Finals in the proper AFL grounds of their team. AFLW is a selling point because it's a bit of a sacred cow and when you dress it up with 'female sports participation' and give it that bent, it suddenly has clout.

Realistically the AFL is better off spending money on good facilities for the expansion areas so they have good facilities, rather than doing patchwork jobs constantly and propping them up financially due to constantly losing.

They should use the Showgrounds, beautiful venue. Brisbane Lions can play pre-season games there, AFLW too as I'm guessing the cricket is played at the Gabba anyway? A one-off game v a team like GWS would be beautiful there... it's up there with North Sydney Oval as probably the nicest ground in the country:
1200px-RNA_Showgrounds.jpg

Isn't the Showgrounds used for ABL matches in the summer?
 
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