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Dr Spaceman
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Tough shit. They can sell up and move.
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Why not, we held the Centenary ashes matches and a couple AFL praccies, we're even a stones throw from Calder park so perfect location for road tracks in F1 and you even have a percentage chance for "oh shit roo" avoidances and snakes being caught in spokes. Several wineries around to be all snobbish also, really is win-win. Populace wise, we did hold our own woodstock back in the day, didn't see any of those nancy metroflogs doing that and Gunners did choose Calder Park for their show in the 90's, so really a no brainer.
Sporting capital of Victoria, home of the Ashes on Australian soil Sunbury has a nice ring to it. Instead of a stump and ball clock we can mount a 4x4 in memory of the celeb race and take bets on what happens first; a tag or it falling and causing more damage than its worth and then loling at the bus depot getting blocked in.
Mowman
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What do you get when you mix PMS with a GPS ???
A Moody bitch that will find you
A Moody bitch that will find you
Mowman
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Don't think all the cafes and restaurants in the area would agree
gringo2011
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****ing annoying when you live and work around there.
They should build and airport next to every other campaigner's house.
gringo2011
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I tell you what, I was wishing I owned a bar on Swan Street on Saturday night. That place was packed.
The GP isn't that great for local businesses, a lot of it is self contained so they don't go outside. After for dinner it probably isn't bad and the hotels would all be full.
PoppedCorn
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You don't tell the FIA where you will be racing.
You submit a proposal and they choose whether that will fit their requirements.
There was no Australian Grand Prix for a long time, Australia had no good tracks and Australia itself was not on the way to anywhere.
( They once had a sports car championship at Sandown, they had to add some bends to the track that didn't really make sense, to get to the required length ).
The Adelaide street circuit broke the ice, but after a few years, lack of commitment put Adelaide on thin ice.
Melbourne has a few things going for it.
Historical Significance. The Albert Park Race Circuit was used in the 1950s.
Scenery: The circuit around the lake is unique.
Proximity to the City : Popular with spectators and participants. Accommodation/Transport/Catering Easy.
If you say you are moving to to Sunbury they may consider it, but they may also consider abandoning Australia and going to any of a number of countries that don't currently host an F1. Good luck selling Sunbury.
You submit a proposal and they choose whether that will fit their requirements.
There was no Australian Grand Prix for a long time, Australia had no good tracks and Australia itself was not on the way to anywhere.
( They once had a sports car championship at Sandown, they had to add some bends to the track that didn't really make sense, to get to the required length ).
The Adelaide street circuit broke the ice, but after a few years, lack of commitment put Adelaide on thin ice.
Melbourne has a few things going for it.
Historical Significance. The Albert Park Race Circuit was used in the 1950s.
Scenery: The circuit around the lake is unique.
Proximity to the City : Popular with spectators and participants. Accommodation/Transport/Catering Easy.
If you say you are moving to to Sunbury they may consider it, but they may also consider abandoning Australia and going to any of a number of countries that don't currently host an F1. Good luck selling Sunbury.
Hah obviously my view, that's how the internet works! If you get your kicks out of watching cars drive around in circles then good for you. I have a mate who loves the F1, but he also loves buying a new bigger TV each year and complaining about his mortgage so he's not exactly the smartest dude.
PoppedCorn
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How dare u!!
Posting your view
Posting your view
Brings in over $170m GSP to your state…
PoppedCorn
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There was talk of getting a second one the other day on SA radio
One in adeliade and one in melb
Surely not?!
One in adeliade and one in melb
Surely not?!
Always an option. Bust most governments have concluded that it does in fact provide an economic benefit.
Regardless, an el-cheapo version at Sunbury is no more an option than having Morwell as a FIFA world Cup host city.
A few people who live nearby who don't like it were never going to stop it.
Apparently it depends on who we get to do the maths.
9000 international visitors.
20-30 000 interstate.
gringo2011
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Major events are a way of spiking spending in the economy. The government does them because they earn back everything they spend and more. A bit like our Auto industry, the subsidies were tiny compared to the amount the economy turned over.
The government goes to EY and says "can you please do us a report on how much money the F1 brings to the state nudge nudge wink wink" and EY get some interns to do some shitty spreadsheets and say "oh it brings in more than you spend how convenient!"
Yeah they might be right or they might not, it's all guesswork - there's no way of modelling the counterfactual without letting go of the F1 for a year or two, but the FIA clearly wouldn't allow that.
Mowman
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Heartbreaking for all these home buyers and tradies with this Porter Davis sh1t
Some of those tradies are trashing uncompleted homes. That helps no-one.
If you are a tradie , you've done OK over the boom. Suck it up like any other business owner.
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