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Do we have any word on what Brander has done?
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Where did you get the plans??
I work in construction so I have a copy on file from when the project was out to tender.
I honestly wasn't expecting any community facilities at all, which is why I had a chuckle to myself when Nisbett and the politicians were bandying phrases like "community involvement" around. I knew it was entirely spin.
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care to share a copy. I’d love to see them.
Just had a look at the Architect. Interesting to see the have offices every where around the world but nothing in Perth. They also worked on the new NFL stadium in Vegas
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What about privacy laws?
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which is why I’m perfectly fine if he doesn’t share, as they would be copyright to the Architects.
Did you mean to quote me or tigger? I won't be making my copy of the plans available for public viewing. They're not my IP, but I am entrusted with them to be able to price such projects.
Pretty much this. They'll stay on the server until such time as I do a clean up and bin them haha. Sorry mate.
Brander was partaking in some kicking drills and appeared to be moving pretty freely although might not have actually broken into a run at any point.
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I'll say calf.
They also promised better and more frequent content due to having larger and better facilities for their media team/content creators at Lathlain. So far we’ve been getting less than we we did based at Subi. And I thought they were having a club museum?
I understand that the club has put out a request of this forum asking for certain posters to make themselves available as exhibits ...
The store is/was smaller than Subi, although facilities are impressive!!
Its a business first and foremost, trades on our devotion and loyalties, not unlike a church or a govnmnt, gives us flags and scarves to wave, songs to sing-we bleat like sheep and give them our money...for a sporting fantasy, we’re just minions!
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Have you tried going around to the gates on Bishopsgate St? The only issue with this is that you can't be on the 'private property' part of the facility, which is essentially the stadium fan viewing area. I hung around what looked like the ticketing building for WAFL games to the left of the gates (under the big HJs sign) and at one point was seated on the metal turnstiles in the shed to stay out of the sun. Plenty of workers there but didn't say anything to me. Security guard that asked me to leave the private property area saw me up there and didn't say anything. Only issue is you can't really see what's happening on the outer oval.
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When I was there a couple of weeks ago I was pretty excited to be there, although on reflection I now think I was just seduced by being able to touch what looked like the real premiership cups on display out the front. Surely they're replicas.
I do remember thinking that it seemed very sparse. Was a bit disappointed with the items on display. Cafe was disappointing. The reason for the store being so small is that they just wouldn't have the volume of traffic that they would get from match days at Subi. So that's fair enough. Although I think the AFL store in Carousel had more novelty merchandise, the Lathlain store seemed to have more apparel. I did like the club champions 'wall' though. All in all, it just feels very understated and a bit meh. Not what I was expecting.
I wonder whether the 'community' aspect of it inivolves having the Wirra Foundation in the same building? Also, there appears to have been a bit of money spent on activating some of the space in the precinct surrounding it, including playgrounds, basketball hoop and BBQs etc. Not sure that its really a beacon to draw the community, but I daresay that wasn't what Nisbett and the club wanted.
The Bulldogs' redevelopment of Whitten Oval is a much better example of engaging the community with the club's facilities.
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I do remember thinking that it seemed very sparse. Was a bit disappointed with the items on display. Cafe was disappointing. The reason for the store being so small is that they just wouldn't have the volume of traffic that they would get from match days at Subi. So that's fair enough. Although I think the AFL store in Carousel had more novelty merchandise, the Lathlain store seemed to have more apparel. I did like the club champions 'wall' though. All in all, it just feels very understated and a bit meh. Not what I was expecting.
I wonder whether the 'community' aspect of it inivolves having the Wirra Foundation in the same building? Also, there appears to have been a bit of money spent on activating some of the space in the precinct surrounding it, including playgrounds, basketball hoop and BBQs etc. Not sure that its really a beacon to draw the community, but I daresay that wasn't what Nisbett and the club wanted.
The Bulldogs' redevelopment of Whitten Oval is a much better example of engaging the community with the club's facilities.
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The Eagles dont care about you they just want your money. Cant make money from community space.
Well, we can't have our cake and our community too. Apparently.
At the end of the day, it's no local football club, it's a professional sports organisation. It pays it's dues in the form of royalties back to the WAFC and it's up to them to use those funds to promote the game. It's the council's responsibilty to activate the community.
For the Eagles, it's all about increasing their fan base, community space might pull at the heartstrings of a few who are able to use them, but what really increases the fan base is winning. And they've done plenty of that.
I'm ok with this. I wasn't disappointed that the place didn't have more of a community fell to it. I was a disappointed because the place didn't have a 'THIS IS THE MOTHERTRUCKING EAGLES HEADQUARETERS...THE GREATEST SPORTING TEAM IN THE LAND' feel about it. I wanted something more ostentatious, something that showed off more of our history and our story. Something that is pilgrimage worthy. It's isn't.
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At the end of the day, it's no local football club, it's a professional sports organisation. It pays it's dues in the form of royalties back to the WAFC and it's up to them to use those funds to promote the game. It's the council's responsibilty to activate the community.
For the Eagles, it's all about increasing their fan base, community space might pull at the heartstrings of a few who are able to use them, but what really increases the fan base is winning. And they've done plenty of that.
I'm ok with this. I wasn't disappointed that the place didn't have more of a community fell to it. I was a disappointed because the place didn't have a 'THIS IS THE MOTHERTRUCKING EAGLES HEADQUARETERS...THE GREATEST SPORTING TEAM IN THE LAND' feel about it. I wanted something more ostentatious, something that showed off more of our history and our story. Something that is pilgrimage worthy. It's isn't.
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Agree the superstore was underwhelming, would have thought it would be bigger than Subi, and a similar size to man utds store
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There's no point having a huge team store if it isn't seeing much traffic. Every time I've been in there (one of those times being during Finals) it's been dead empty.
The vast majority of sales would come from online purchases and that merch would come straight from the warehouse.
Agreed. It's where I buy most of my gear from cos the u underwhelming super store doesn't have it!!! Just call it team store!
These posts have really whetted my appetite for more discussions about inventory management, minimalist design theory and the nuanced local politics of playground maintenance - but, just as asides, did anyone go to the ****ing training and can we get a read out?
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