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AFLW 2024 - Round 4 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
So does anyone remember how dead the city CBD used to be?, likewise dock lands needs time to mature..
As for the stadium, yeah sure, let's build a new stadium further from the city centre, further away from public transport, and further away from where any action is. Sounds super smart, not.
Give it a coat of paint and freshen up the image, make the roof so it is always closed and hang 4 massive screens from it (nba like), get rid of the 4 hideous boxes that the screens hang on now and replace with seats (adds capacity and gets rid of the restricted viewing problem), add some more lighting so it's not so dull and what a stadium it would be!
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That concrete stuff behind the screens ? It holds the roof up by the way
Am I the only one who thinks it's odd idea to pull down the existing Etihad stadium because it's on "expensive development land on the waterfront" and rebuild it at great expense a few hundred metres further away from Southern Cross station on to another lot of "expensive development land on the waterfront" that is nowhere near public transport?
Also wasn't much chop as a teacher.
An economics one who was employed by scotch college o(expensive private school)What sort of teacher joins the Liberal party anyway?
How short are you?
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It would be in that large empty lot of land on the left by the Bolte Bridge. It will take longer for punters to get there from Southern Cross Station.
MCG is Crown land; it will never be developed.
It was a mistake building Etihad where it is OR allowing apartments, hotels and office towers to be built around it.
I don't think Etihad should go, but if it did I'd understand.
It is also said Etihad was configured wrongly, essentially N-S instead of E-W.
The stadium is in a crap spot. It stops the city connecting to the Victoria Harbour/Central Pier/Waterfront city area which is the best bit of Docklands.
It's in the name - Docklands.
Yes it can be cold and windy but it's still waterfront land next to the CBD and that should be used that way. It should be a compliment to Southbank, especially given the North bank of the Yarra isn't utilised due to Flinders St Station.
There's room at the E-Gate site next to North Melbourne station that is only 1 train stop down the line.
The issue is it's already built and good luck getting the AFL to move any time soon.
Save the money and build another stadium for Victory.
By that time they will arguably be the biggest sporting club in the country.
Two very valid points not taken into consideration as much as they should be.
Issues with grass not growing was always going to happen.
Under-soil heating is used for weather (snow, ice etc) in Europe - not to make the grass grow. I have never heard or read under-soil heating used to grow grass.The issue with the grass not growing can be fixed by adding under-soil heating like they do in Europe.
Can't imagine that project would cost more than $10 million, a fraction of the cost of demolishing and rebuilding.
Under-soil heating is used for weather (snow, ice etc) in Europe - not to make the grass grow. I have never heard or read under-soil heating used to grow grass.
Grass needs sun. Thus why they roll out the system of 'grow lights' when there is no game on.
Not a dumb idea at all. It wasn't going to be Sydney, nothing like it. It was simply to add a large scale waterfront to the city. Don't know if you've been down Southbank to South Wharf lately but they finally seem to be getting that right, restaurants and bars doing well on the river. It could have been something similar but on a bigger scale. It wouldn't have affected the current CBD etc at all.
It was incredibly poorly executed, with the stadium as the barely believable jewel in the cockup crown.