Opinion New AFC HQ: We're on like Donkey Kong!

[FR0GGY]

That Le Cornu site was meant to be a Kaufland supermarket. But then they pulled out of the market. It would have been empty for at least 10 years now.

2017 it was bulldozed I believe

 

[Concussion test]

Prime site for multi story business and housing development with no nearby residents to fight about loss of sun and views.

Edit: Keswick that is

 

[GreyCrow]

Prime site for multi story business and housing development with no nearby residents to fight about loss of sun and views.

Bulldoze from Keswick to LeCornus and print money

 

[Rotayjay]

So we miss out on having a proper-sized oval on which to train a professional AFL side, one of the richest clubs paying 100 MILLION dollars, in order to save a clutch of **** ing trees that could easily be replanted tenfold elsewhere.

Too many people with too much time on their hands, and nothing better to worry about than some bloody kookaburras who can easily fly to the next tree.

 

[WetCrow1991]

So we miss out on having a proper-sized oval on which to train a professional AFL side, one of the richest clubs paying 100 MILLION dollars, in order to save a clutch of * ing trees that could easily be replanted tenfold elsewhere.

Too many people with too much time on their hands, and nothing better to worry about than some bloody kookaburras who can easily fly to the next tree.

Some trees are really fragile, they just up and die.

 

[FR0GGY]

Have I missed something, have our plans been scaled back?

 

[George Kramer]

Have I missed something, have our plans been scaled back?

Yes we’ve reduced the size of the second oval to save more trees but the protesters knew that before they went to CMI so it was for nothing

 

[Dc9798]

Have I missed something, have our plans been scaled back?

Yes, the size of the second oval has been reduced due to ‘concerns from residents’, the same people who hardly use the space.

Thebarton master plan revised to preserve 4600sqm of tree canopy

The Club has responded to concerns from residents

www.afc.com.au

Still not happy about this at all.


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[CrowsB4hoes]

Yes we’ve reduced the size of the second oval to save more trees but the protesters knew that before they went to CMI so it was for nothing

I don’t think the CMI protestors are the residents they refer to here. There’s an advisory panel with resident representatives who may not be so militant and this would be a negotiation with them. The CMI protestors aren’t involved at all.

 

[AFC3000]

I don’t think the CMI protestors are the residents they refer to here. There’s an advisory panel with resident representatives who may not be so militant and this would be a negotiation with them. The CMI protestors aren’t involved at all.

I think you are right it's a different group, I think this one.



I just wonder if these resident advisory groups are going to be easily pressured by the protestors and smart enough to weigh everything up using just the facts.

Or is it this is the noise we are hearing from the loudest few, here's a compromis even if the problem wasn't a real one.

And is there a members advisory panel? Without us there is no money and no club to spend it.

If at all possible, I don't know why we didn't find and announce a plan to use a smaller oval until the road construction is finished then we either shift the oval down and if not possible promise a heap of stuff for that section.

 

[GrommoT]

Have I missed something, have our plans been scaled back?

Go back to post # 7,595

 

[ad victoriam]

Should be more mention of the additional space the area will receive when the tunnel project is completed, specifically the eastern side of South road.
yet all we from these protesting groups are crickets.

Have a closer look at the eastern side of South Road in the follow UTube

YouTube

 

[ad victoriam]

This picture highlight the extra green area

 

[Dc9798]

Should be more mention of the additional space the area will receive when the tunnel project is completed, specifically the eastern side of South road.
yet all we from these protesting groups are crickets.

Have a closer look at the eastern side of South Road in the follow UTube

YouTube

Even that’s not good enough for them

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[SuperBashBros]

Major announcement on the way about Adelaide Crows HQ - David & Will

The Crows have a new Thebarton proposal, reports Penbo.

omny.fm

So apparently they submitted new plans? Would be interesting to hear what has changed.

 

[GreyCrow]

Why change?

FT residents - submit what is best for the club

 

[Dc9798]

Major announcement on the way about Adelaide Crows HQ - David & Will

The Crows have a new Thebarton proposal, reports Penbo.

omny.fm

So apparently they submitted new plans? Would be interesting to hear what has changed.

Why do I have a bad feeling about this


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[DJ75]

Why do I have a bad feeling about this


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Because history shows we are an utterly spineless club that folds at the first hurdle.
We always think 'let's go for a win-win', rather than actually looking out for what is best for the club first.

 

[JPetro83]

Because history shows we are an utterly spineless club that folds at the first hurdle.
We always think 'let's go for a win-win', rather than actually looking out for what is best for the club first.

i reckon by the time this gets up and built i will be that far gone for the game and club. 1991-end of 2017 i averaged going to at LEAST 10 of the 11 home games a year and an away game or two plus all away melb finals. since the 2017 GF debacle i have been to 3 games! fair to say i am fed up with the way the club is ON AND OFF the field. you are correct, we are spine-less

 

[DJ75]

i reckon by the time this gets up and built i will be that far gone for the game and club. 1991-end of 2017 i averaged going to at LEAST 10 of the 11 home games a year and an away game or two plus all away melb finals. since the 2017 GF debacle i have been to 3 games! fair to say i am fed up with the way the club is ON AND OFF the field. you are correct, we are spine-less

You're not alone.
Unfortunately, the VFL are killing the Golden Goose in SA.

 

[GrommoT]

Major announcement on the way about Adelaide Crows HQ - David & Will

The Crows have a new Thebarton proposal, reports Penbo.

omny.fm

So apparently they submitted new plans? Would be interesting to hear what has changed.

I wonder if maybe they could swap the position of the two ovals - even within the reduced bounds as per last plan update, they could still fit clones of AO & MCG in there.

 

[Dc9798]

I wonder if maybe they could swap the position of the two ovals - even within the reduced bounds as per last plan update, they could still fit clones of AO & MCG in there.

That would completely wipe out any training facility though.


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[GrommoT]

That would completely wipe out any training facility though.

Re-design the training facility and place into that section right of the closest point of the two ovals.

 

[Redline]

To think at the time this was announced I supported it as it was the easiest option where we wouldn't need to compromise.

 

[glengowan]

As GrommoT pointed out some pages back - it is only a short term compromise. After 2031 when South Rd is finished, the Crows will get heaps of extra space which will then allow the 2nd oval to be MCG size and orientation.