So is the footbridge really going to delay the opening and impact the chances of an ashes test at the venue or was it just election time BS?
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Looking at these photos gives me chillsStadium pics - starting south-east and walking anti-clockwise
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It feels so MCG-esque in the sense that great things are going to happen in that stadium.
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What are the four grey squares near the boundary at the bottom of the picture? Looks the right distance to be goal posts foundations but I don't see why they would be that far from the fence - if the playing field is only that small why would they have built the oval even longer than that?
There are two more a bit above that, probably more likely related to the drainage systems or something
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The latest rendered image of the completed project from the official website. A lot more green around the stadium than earlier renders. Its spectacular.
The latest rendered image of the completed project from the official website. A lot more green around the stadium than earlier renders. Its spectacular.
Yeah! That's bloody sensational!
Can't wait to get over there and experience first hand!
Love the simplicity in seat colour too, the Gabba gives me a headache to look at it!
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The latest rendered image of the completed project from the official website. A lot more green around the stadium than earlier renders. Its spectacular.
good lord. cant argue with that presentation.
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The latest rendered image of the completed project from the official website. A lot more green around the stadium than earlier renders. Its spectacular.
Looks like a standard Perth traffic jam though, except for the one red car going to the Casino.
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I think it's just for public use on non event days. Heard it will be used for event parking aswell
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I'm curious to know the effects extra seating have on membership sales. Half the incentive for having a WC/Freo membership was the comfort of a guaranteed seat. Knowing you will be able to get a quality seat at pretty much every game could decrease membership numbers, especially considering the expected membership price hikes.
This wouldn't be such a massive problem for the eagles but I can see an issue for the dockers in the future, anyone have any info on this?
This wouldn't be such a massive problem for the eagles but I can see an issue for the dockers in the future, anyone have any info on this?
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Yeah the club has sent out a couple of surveys talking about pricing options and whatnot. Seat location will be the big one, but my responses to the surveys have pretty much been if it is any more expensive than current pricing it will be GA for me.
For the Eagles, existing members, plus waiting list easily exceeds the likely number of members seat allocations at the new stadium, so do not think a lot of people are going to drop of.
I live in the country, and work a lot of weekends, and given difficulties getting a ticket to Eagles games, I no longer even bother looking, that is likely to change for me, and I suspect a lot of others. So imo, anyone giving up Eagles memberships at this stage thinking they will just be able to buy a GA ticket may be in for a shock.
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I know of two in the wings members offered what was, to them, unreasonable offers for a seat at the new stadium and will take the GA route. It has been publicly stated that the only sold out games will most likely be the Derby and finals so it seems like a calculated risk considering there will essentially be no 'bad' seats.
I just laugh at the fact that for me a bad seat is one on the top level, while for Perth fans a bad seat is a bench with a pole in front of it. Welcome to the twenty-first century!
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For only one year more my friend, then we will be laughing when you accidentally tread on your beers while we are all fancy sipping out of our custom drink holders watching replays on the biggest screen in the Southern Hemisphere!
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Let's hope the screens are the biggest and the Eagles and the Dockers don't use a half for advertising, quarter for the score and only a quarter for the game.
My guess is this is what will happen.
My guess is this is what will happen.
If we were to host a Commonwealth Games or World Athletics comp or similar you have to have a 400m warm up track within a short distance of the stadium. This is the main reason. I think for other times it will be used as a temporary parking area.
The footbridge delay is a nothing in my eyes.
You will be able to access the stadium by train ( shock, gasp, amaze ... public transport ), this will drop you off at the stadiums front door. By foot you can use the dual use paths on the Windan ( Bunbury ) Bridge.
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Almost certain it will be like that I reckon. Can't see it being a massive video screen and nothing else.
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That's kinda the point of having a massive screen - so that all that stuff can go on there and you still have a large video image area.
It's practically a given that there will be advertising on it (it's prime space as everyone looks at the screen during the game) and the score as well, so that the home team can have it in their colours etc.
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This is where the SCG went wrong with their big screen. They went for 'biggest video screen' without factoring in the other elements such as scores, pretty much to get one over Spotless. As a result, things like graphics, scores were an afterthought and have been tacked in on the cheap on the screen.
