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I bow to your better judgement about the mechanics of how you fit X number of people into the current Gabba site.Do we really need a tier 1 Stadium???
When we have 1 government suggesting a tier 50 Stadium for Athletics at the Olympics?
I would think that there is no reason why you can’t get a 50-55k stadium on the site easily enough.
For the next 30-40 years that’s more than enough here in Brisbane for AFL and Cricket.
There are ways to build over roads without suspension and create a ring of access for walking around the Stadium.
It really isn’t that hard.
But if we have 2.2 million people living in Brisbane now and we're gonna have 4 million by 2040 (as current estimates suggest), we're gonna need a bigger stadium.
THEN if you also factor in that the Lions have had 7 or 8 sell outs this year from 10 games, despite spending most of the season outside the top 8, in a cost of living crisis, with junior Aussie rules player numbers booming... 55k ain't gonna cut it in my view.
Absolute worst case scenario is that whatever stadium we build can be easily extended to 70k, even if it starts at only 55k. But I'd just bite the bullet and go straight to 70k. It may only be filled rarely to start with, but it will be only a matter of time, and it will be spectacular when it does.