Perth Stadium (Optus Stadium)

[Ned_Flanders]

But will they sell out a 65,000 seat concert venue? It'd be pretty shite if the place was only half-full, just to say a WA artist did the first gig there.

I will be ashamed of perth if they sell out ed bloody sheeran

That aside, doesnt have to be a single act. Put the best of wa on. You only open the doors once, and its the hipster version of nickelback

 

[hitthepost]

I will be ashamed of perth if they sell out ed bloody sheeran

That aside, doesnt have to be a single act. Put the best of wa on. You only open the doors once, and its the hipster version of nickelback

I get the feeling that this has as much to do with your opinion of the artist as it has to do with said artist not being from WA.
I don't think you'll get a sell-out to the "WA Variety Hour Show", I'm afraid to say.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

I get the feeling that this has as much to do with your opinion of the artist as it has to do with said artist not being from WA.
I don't think you'll get a sell-out to the "WA Variety Hour Show", I'm afraid to say.

Then at least get an aussie act. Bring in acdc (and bon scott was a sandgroper)

 

[hitthepost]

Then at least get an aussie act. Bring in acdc (and bon scott was a sandgroper)

Sheeran would already have had his tour dates (ballpark at least) set - why would the WA government pay to get him here to play Subiaco? Apart from the fact that you don't like him and isn't from here and therefore should never have left the UK. He's touring at the time the new stadium is ready, it just happens that he'll be the first artist there.

 

[lewigie]

Do you have a suggestion of a WA artist who will sell-out 65,000-odd tickets? I don't have a lot of knowledge in this area but is there a WA born-and-bred artist/band who'd pack the place?
As much as anything the timing of Sheeran's tour made it a good opportunity to have the concert there and not at Subiaco; if he wasn't coming then odds-on it would have been AFL Round 1 or the cricket. I doubt they'll get Ed to cut a ribbon or something like that. If the place was ready February this year there's a good chance the first event would have been Adele. Purely by timing.
"This stadium officially opened by Mr Edward Sheeran" won't go on a plaque anywhere.

Probably not a WA artist by themselves, but it would possibly be possible to have a few well known WA bands - they've had a lot of time to think about it. Midnight Oil have reunited, Paul Kelly, Crowded House/Neil Young, Tame Impala, King Gizzard, assorted triple J bands. Have a big gala event to officially open it. It would atleast be Australian.

I understand it won't go on a plaque but I just think it's a pretty big missed opportunity to celebrate the stadium that a lot of tax money went towards.

 

[hitthepost]

Probably not a WA artist by themselves, but it would possibly be possible to have a few well known WA bands - they've had a lot of time to think about it. Midnight Oil have reunited, Paul Kelly, Crowded House/Neil Young, Tame Impala, King Gizzard, assorted triple J bands. Have a big gala event to officially open it. It would atleast be Australian.

I understand it won't go on a plaque but I just think it's a pretty big missed opportunity to celebrate the stadium that a lot of tax money went towards.

Again I'll ask though - will they sell out 65,000 tickets? Great celebration that'll be when the place is only half-full.
Celebrate the stadium by giving it a world-class, sold-out, performance that matches the world-class nature of the venue itself.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Sheeran would already have had his tour dates (ballpark at least) set - why would the WA government pay to get him here to play Subiaco? Apart from the fact that you don't like him and isn't from here and therefore should never have left the UK. He's touring at the time the new stadium is ready, it just happens that he'll be the first artist there.

We are celebrating the launch of a wa stadium, with a pom....

 

[hitthepost]

We are celebrating the launch of a wa stadium, with a pom....

Thank goodness the Ashes Test won't be played here then!
There'd be 11 Poms on the field, plus the Barmy Army and all the other England supporters who make it across.
Not to mention only one or two of the Australia players are likely to be Sandgropers.
It'd be a travesty.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Thank goodness the Ashes Test won't be played here then!
There'd be 11 Poms on the field, plus the Barmy Army and all the other England supporters who make it across.
Not to mention only one or two of the Australia players are likely to be Sandgropers.
It'd be a travesty.

Didnt know the ashes didnt involve an australian side

Genuinely sad

 

[freo bhoy]

Didnt know the ashes didnt involve an australian side

Genuinely sad

I can picture the conversations now "F**K off sheeran you ranger b@stard, we'll open with Jebediah thanks, don't need any of your foreign sounds polluting our west austrayan stadium"

 

[Ned_Flanders]

I can picture the conversations now "F**K off sheeran you ranger b@stard, we'll open with Jebediah thanks, don't need any of your foreign sounds polluting our west austrayan stadium"

That actually would be cool

 

[lewigie]

Again I'll ask though - will they sell out 65,000 tickets? Great celebration that'll be when the place is only half-full.
Celebrate the stadium by giving it a world-class, sold-out, performance that matches the world-class nature of the venue itself.

It doesn't have to be just music, you could put on a whole bunch of different events throughout the day, fireworks, maybe a few shows or performances in all the other spaces in and around the stadium. Turn it into an entire day thing and people will come and visit and explore the brand new stadium, they would be there for the opening of Perth's and WA's brilliant new stadium.

It doesn't have to sell 65,000 tickets, but it would get 20-30,000 people through the doors atleast. Sell tickets for 40-45$, family passes, etc.

Put Ed Sheeran on a week later and keep the party going.

 

[lewigie]

Thank goodness the Ashes Test won't be played here then!
There'd be 11 Poms on the field, plus the Barmy Army and all the other England supporters who make it across.
Not to mention only one or two of the Australia players are likely to be Sandgropers.
It'd be a travesty.

Are you serious?

The Ashes, and cricket in general, has a huge Australian history and is part of our culture. I'm not saying it has to be purely all about WA and we should open the stadium with the ****en WA Warriors Vs the Warriors All Stars or some shit.

Cricket would be fantastic and something we could celebrate as it is part of Australian culture.

Ed Sheeran has nothing to do with Australia, it's just weak

 

[lewigie]

I don't get paid for this shit but if it was my job I'd be hitting up sponsorships from every mining company in WA, Crown casino, all the sports teams, all government departments, and throw on a huge gala. Is there even an official opening?

 

[hitthepost]

It doesn't have to be just music, you could put on a whole bunch of different events throughout the day, fireworks, maybe a few shows or performances in all the other spaces in and around the stadium. Turn it into an entire day thing and people will come and visit and explore the brand new stadium, they would be there for the opening of Perth's and WA's brilliant new stadium.

It doesn't have to sell 65,000 tickets, but it would get 20-30,000 people through the doors atleast. Sell tickets for 40-45$, family passes, etc.

Put Ed Sheeran on a week later and keep the party going.

Who says this isn't yet to be announced? There's a difference between an open day carnival and the first main event though.

 

[lewigie]

Who says this isn't yet to be announced? There's a difference between an open day carnival and the first main event though.

Yeah fair enough, maybe I'm getting a bit too ahead of myself with my outrage !

 

[wadistance]

**** man you guys really need to stfu and whinge about something else. Who really cares if he is the first person to play there. The news will say that 65000+ people packed into the opening event of the new perth stadium, it wont say that a good 30,000 people turned out to see some decent yesteryear bands who were brought out of retirement to play a gig for a bit of patriotism.

ed sheeran, although not to your taste or my taste, is highest ever opening sale for a male artist in the world. there will be 2-3 acts on, and pretty much every single school girl will be begging their parents to buy them a ticket.

i hope demand outstrips supply and he has to put on a second date, in the same stadium, and goes close to selling that out. then you can take your ridiculous whinge elsewhere and enjoy the fact that when you turn up to watch West Coast for the first time, along with me and 59,998 other fans, it will be the first time we've seen a game of footy in the new stadium, and we can enjoy it for the purpose it was built for.

You're really showing your small minded bunbury mentality here of 'lets have a small show that gets noticed in perth rather than a big show that potentially reaches the news through the whole of the UK and the whole country.'

 

[Rob]

How is it not ideal? Sold-out world-class performer putting the venue on an international stage first-up.

These concerts generally aren't televised, no-one outside Perth is going to have any idea, nor will they care less, about where it's held.

Not that I really give a shit about whether it's the first even there or not. If it's ready then use it for whoever wants to book the ground.
It wouldn't surprise me if they schedule a ****ing JLT series match there in February if only as a test event. It'll probably set a record for biggest crowd at a practice match ever (probably currently held by the Crows for their first official game).

 

[quotemokc]

I think it needs to be a sporting event.

A concert is not televised, most people tend to be on the ground as opposed to in the seats, generally at night so you cannot actually see the stadium properly.

 

[Billy ray]

ac/dc. and televise it live worldwide .
throw a few million at it. whatever it takes.

 

[lewigie]

**** man you guys really need to stfu and whinge about something else. Who really cares if he is the first person to play there. The news will say that 65000+ people packed into the opening event of the new perth stadium, it wont say that a good 30,000 people turned out to see some decent yesteryear bands who were brought out of retirement to play a gig for a bit of patriotism.

ed sheeran, although not to your taste or my taste, is highest ever opening sale for a male artist in the world. there will be 2-3 acts on, and pretty much every single school girl will be begging their parents to buy them a ticket.

i hope demand outstrips supply and he has to put on a second date, in the same stadium, and goes close to selling that out. then you can take your ridiculous whinge elsewhere and enjoy the fact that when you turn up to watch West Coast for the first time, along with me and 59,998 other fans, it will be the first time we've seen a game of footy in the new stadium, and we can enjoy it for the purpose it was built for.

You're really showing your small minded bunbury mentality here of 'lets have a small show that gets noticed in perth rather than a big show that potentially reaches the news through the whole of the UK and the whole country.'

It's the complete opposite really - the conservative "Bunbury" mentality would be "everyone shut up and let the money dictate everything and not put on anything of worth for the people. Won't someone think of the money?"

You think anyone gives an absolute **** in other countries around the world where Ed Sheeran plays? Do you think anyone gave a **** that Adele sold the most tickets at Subiaco Oval ever? I'm sure it was front page of the Daily Mail or BBC news.. absolutely nobody outside of Perth will give a ****.

A large gala event, featuring bands or not who cares, that is inclusive of everyone in the state, would be better than selling enough tickets and convincing young girls and their parents to go to it..

It's not a ridiculous whinge, it's people like you that are holding back Perth from being anything more than boring. Put on an event, something all the people can enjoy and go out to and celebrate. This city and the state needs to do more for culture. Otherwise we'll keep ending up with big boring concrete jungles like Elizabeth Quay that don't get people off the couch to go to.

 

[pantskyle]

I was hoping to open Perth Stadium with my one man show.

 

[hitthepost]

I was hoping to open Perth Stadium with my one man show.

So long as your stinky den is in WA!

Seriously though, even without the news travelling to the UK that Ed did the first gig at the new PS, if it's anything like the Adele concerts (which it will be) it'll get talked about through Perth for a month or more before and weeks afterwards - much more than the watercooler chat of "Hey did you hear John Butler Trio and Midnight Oil did a gig in front of 15k people at that new stadium on the weekend?" "Nope, I thought Peter Garrett was a pollie now?"

 

[Admiral Byng]

There's still half a chance we might get the Australia v England ODI on 28 January at the new stadium. That might satisfy the sports fans that want a sporting event to open the stadium.

 

[wedgetail]

There will definately be a test event before they stick 65,000 people in there and find out that the multitude of toilets cant actually handle 25,000 simultaneous flushes at the interval.

Something that only draws 20 or 30k. I seem to recall the new wembley was opened by a school carnival or something. A domestic cricket game maybe.