News Jack Dyer Stand -Demolition Has Begun

[Not Important]

how much is dan kicking-in?

 

[Marcel Proust]

Underground the only option.

#PuntRoadTunnel

 

[Bojangles17]

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Looks more like a ruddy art gallery or council chambers , stick to building something more suited to a footy club thanks the recent design ticks the box

 

[Marcel Proust]

Looks more like a ruddy art gallery or council chambers , stick to building something more suited to a footy club thanks the recent design ticks the box

Looks like Cylde council building

.bloody hell

Piss poor effort richmond

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

#PuntRoadTunnel

Nice ring to it.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Nice ring to it.

The current set up is shit anyway. Remember when the car drove into the brothel window..

 

[Bazzar]

how much is dan kicking-in?

10 billion dollars, but I don't believe him.

 

[SunshineBoy]

Cost wouldn't be an issue. Money means nothing these days the way it's thrown around and wasted, and if we are the biggest club like we like to think, then the extra effort would be well and truly worth it.

They should put it to the members.

And being internaly semi dilapidated with the externals intact would lend to a clean removal and internal rebuild-refit. Costly yes, but what price do yo put on such an important part of our history/culture.

"The Hill" stand at the SCG was similar brick/timber construction but much larger, and it was relocated in the mid 80s

I would guarantee in hindsight that decision would be roundly applauded now.

The Parthenon comes to mind,

 

[SunshineBoy]

The only way we could feasibly expand and keep the JDS would probably be part of a Richmond station overhaul, given it would be largely government funded (unless we have hundreds of millions/billions sitting around).
Government surely wouldn’t put Punt Road underground, would cause stupid congestion elsewhere for years while it gets done, and I can’t see any benefits for anyone besides the JDS staying. Also that’s before considering that Punt Rd is not a freeway and has many roads coming off it that would need to be reconnected somehow.
Richmond station being overhauled would provide some other benefits. It’s a major transport hub for our sporting precinct which is surely otherwise one of the best in the world and certainly the best in the country, yet the station is a shithole. Poor image for the city when countless tourists would go through there every (normal) year to sports events. An overhaul properly integrating it with surrounding stadiums would take the area to a new level.

But that is still a stupidly expense be endeavour for something that the state would like to have but is more icing than cake. Probably a decade or more away from something like that happening (if it were to happen), and we need space now. You can’t afford to wait 10 years, because it will take another 20 to catch up again.

Dan can get the Chinese Belt and Road to fund it, money isn’t the issue

 

[Bazzar]

The Parthenon comes to mind,

Are you referring to the Parthenon milk bar in Newcastle where Normie would tell people to rack-off?

It was a sad day when that was demolished.

 

[SunshineBoy]

Are you referring to the Parthenon milk bar in Newcastle where Normie would tell people to rack-off?

It was a sad day when that was demolished.

Yeah what did you think I was referring to? Not those ruins in Greece I hope, the Turks took care of them

 

[PetterdHoisted]

Peggy's interview with Barrie Cassidy...where did they choose to sit? The JDS.

Why?

 

[Heisenberg_]

Talk about clutching at straws

 

[tigs2010]

Have they built in a bedroom for Dimma and Alex or do they just shag in the dunnies?

 

[cairo tiger]

richmond station is a disaster and a national disgrace. needs to be fixed, streamlined and worked in with the plans. give me 100 mill and I will desgin it and build it.

 

[TJASTA]

National Trust tackles Richmond on grandstand demolition

The National Trust has called for a review of Richmond’s plan to demolish the Jack Dyer Stand at Punt Road Oval due to its significance to Victoria.

www.theage.com.au

The National Trust has called for a review of Richmond’s plan to demolish the Jack Dyer Stand at Punt Road Oval for a major redevelopment on the grounds that the stand is of cultural and historic significance to Victoria.

The National Trust also will request that the decision of the club to level the stand - part of a $60 million redevelopment of Richmond’s Punt Rd base - be reviewed by Heritage Victoria and potentially heritage-listed - a finding that would create obstacles for Richmond’s planned redevelopment.

The National Trust (Victoria)’s assessment of Punt Road Oval has found that the Jack Dyer Stand is of “architectural, historic and social significance to Victorians” and said that the stand could be saved, but even if the stand couldn’t be kept, the heritage body wants the Tigers to preserve “the cultural heritage” of the stand, which was opened on June 16, 1914, when the Tigers hosted South Melbourne.
Richmond say the redevelopment - for which it has pledges of $30 million from state and federal governments - is crucial to the Tigers remaining at Punt Road and involves important community work for their Indigenous, multicultural programs and women’s football.

The National Trust Victoria’s chief executive Simon Ambrose said: “We think there’s a strong case for the heritage value and historic value of the Jack Dyer stand to be taken into consideration.” He added that the stand’s removal “would be a loss to the community and to Victoria’s heritage”.
Ambrose said the issue of the stand’s removal would be raised with Heritage Victoria. “We’ll ask Heritage Victoria to take due consideration of the impact of the Jack Dyer Stand (being removed).”

I think it needs to be determined if it has value to be heritage listed.
“I’m saying it should be considered to be saved ... It has heritage value, it also has social heritage value. It’s an important space.”

Ambrose said the trust - which outlined its concern about the redevelopment in its quarterly publication - wanted Heritage Victoria “to take this seriously”.
Richmond, however, argued that the retention of the Richmond Football Club at the club’s Punt Road Oval base was of far greater historical significance than the removal of the stand.

“It needs to be removed to allow for the development of facilities that will ensure Richmond remains in Richmond long into the future,” a club spokesman said.

The redevelopment involves a reconfiguring of the oval to be the same size as the MCG, which would enable women’s football to be played there permanently and for preparation of all teams.

The redevelopment also will see a revamp of facilities for women’s football, for the club’s Indigenous Transition School and Korin Gamadji Institute (Indigenous learning centre) and for the Bachar Houli Foundation.

Heritage Victoria, should it deem the Jack Dyer Stand to be worthy of listing, would recommend this to the Heritage Council, which would complete that listing. Once listed, Richmond would need planning approval to go ahead and demolish the stand, as planned - a process that could lead to VCAT.
Ambrose said the National Trust was “not against development”, but that the body was against “not recognising” the social and cultural heritage of a structure such as the stand. He said famous stands at renowned grounds such as Lords and the SCG had been preserved.

The stand, when opened in 1914, was not named after Dyer, arguably the club’s most revered figure over its history, until 1996.

 

[YeOldTiger]

Keep the Grandstand !

Explore every avenue, it's a piece of living history.

 

[RogerDean]

Keep the grandstand!

 

[Tackle Bag]

I for one hope the stand stays!

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Keep it . The government should sell Richmond some more space there.
I was disappointed when Benny Gale first proposed it.
Plus it's the Jack Dyer stand and his significance is significant.

 

[sregit]

Keep the grandstand!

Pull the heap down. That stand gives no value to the club or surrounding community. No place for misplaced sentiment.

 

[Bojangles17]

Could see this coming a mile off , little chance of demolishing structures like this inner city these days. Unless we are prepared to make concessions this will drag on forever , I’m sure a good architect and I mean a good one could incorporate it into the new development , wgaf if it cost a few lousy million more , speak to the espy they got it done

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Pull the heap down. That stand gives no value to the club or surrounding community. No place for misplaced sentiment.

It has architectural ,cultural and historical significance that should be preserved.
Something else could be worked out.
Maybe build a 3 story building to save space or go underground.

 

[THE_GUN]

Pull it down

 

[Rayzorwire]

Would people still want to preserve it if it meant not being able to expand the playing surface to match the dimensions of the 'G?

Reading between the lines, that could well be the sticking point.