PattyKwasagun
Norm Smith Medallist
Hi guys. Surely QSAC is the go during the Gabba rebuild. You can fit a Geelong dimensions oval there no problems. There is already another athletics facility next door that needs an update, so update that in 2025, then reconfigure QSAC in 2026. Remove the track, northern temp stands, minor update the main east/west stands and you have a 25k - 30k venue. Then, in 2029, build a new track, etc, and you have two sets of updated aths facilities to use in the lead up to 2032. Everybody wins.
The facilities there are as outdated as you can get (it was a somewhat outdated and unusable setup back in the 90s when the Broncos were playing there - so you can imagine how much moreso that would be the case 20 years on), so I'm not sure it would work. There just isn't really the business case to do it up at all, nor are there any good public transport links there.
I think it's pretty clear that Springfield will probably host 50% of our home games, Metricon 40%, and regional venues the remaining 10%.
Will certainly be a challenging few years for the club, but I imagine made a whole lot easier with the anticipation of how amazing the new Gabba will be.