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New stadium looks good but only seats 30 thousand which as a dissapointment for me. Also the roof leaked all over the fans at the League game.
what are your thoughts?
what are your thoughts?
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why waste 270 million for only 30000. its apparantly roughly $124 a seat for undercover.
cheezel
Bill Watson (15)
I'm a big fan of it. A packed small stadium is way better than a half full large stadium.
Cool photo from the Age from Friday night.
Pretty keen to go there, just not that excited for a Storm game, I think I'll be waiting for the rebels. I'm suspecting a rebels membership will be fairly huge if they're charging $124 for an undercover seat.
Cool photo from the Age from Friday night.
Pretty keen to go there, just not that excited for a Storm game, I think I'll be waiting for the rebels. I'm suspecting a rebels membership will be fairly huge if they're charging $124 for an undercover seat.
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yeah no doubt it looks superb. also the seast are supposed to be closer to the game than most stadiums giving it a better atmosphere. good for the Storm as they dont get bumper crowds and it beats their old stadium. i wonder if traffic would be terrible if there is a game at Etihad or MCG at the same time.
James Buchanan
Trevor Allan (34)
AD said:
Contractual obligations with Etihad. The government would have been in breach of contract if they had seated more than approx 30k there.
It's still worth it to have a dedicated rectangular stadium in Melbourne.
James Buchanan
Trevor Allan (34)
AD said:
Etihad is not a problem, its in a fairly different part of the City.
Games at the 'G or an event at Rod Laver might cause more problems. However, the sporting district is very well serviced by PT, which will ameliorate such concerns.
Baldric
Jim Clark (26)
James has it in a nutshell. They cannot make it larger at present. However it is designed to be expanded without any major structural change having to take place. The foundations are such that it can almost double in size once the Ethad contractual obligation thingo runs out.
Baldric
Jim Clark (26)
I heard nothng but positive feedback from friends who went on friday night. I would hasten to add that I dont think they were amongst the lucky who had cold running water as an non-optional extra. The leaks are due to the stadium not being completely finished so they will be sorted soon.
The playing surface looks brilliant.
The playing surface looks brilliant.
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I think as they want a Soccer World Cup, they should have made it so that the roof can be easily upgradeable, now it cannot do so. Would have been worth having it possibly upgradeable to 50k for FIFA WC. Not happening though.
I like it's intimacy though, I would like to go to it next year as well. If the Rebels make the S14 finals, I take it that the finals will be held at Ethiad.
I like it's intimacy though, I would like to go to it next year as well. If the Rebels make the S14 finals, I take it that the finals will be held at Ethiad.
TheRiddler
Dave Cowper (27)
James Buchanan said:
Love your work. Word of the year in this forum.
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NTA said:I'd like to get there for a Tahs game at some point, or even for the Rebels v anybody. As the kids get older, weekend trips to Melbourne are a possibility because their grandmother can look after them in Sydney
Rebels vs Tahs would be terrific
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AIDAN
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i heard they wanted to schedule a Rebels vs another Aussie team for their first home game. any truth to this?
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well for Round 1 anyway
James Buchanan
Trevor Allan (34)
TheRiddler said:
Aw thanks! One does try one's best.
Scarfman said:
Just let me know when you'll all be down here and I'll organise some sort of dinner or beverage event.
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