Mopar Dog wrote:Can I ask a question Hondo/Smac . If they said the adelaide oval developement cost 1 billion and so would a new stadium . Would you honestly change your support for the developement. ???
They wouldn't ever cost the same. Simple maths of the cost of constructing an entirely new stadium (time and materials) v replacing stands at an existing stadium tell you that. How can they be the same. Steel costs what it costs and if you need twice as much it will cost you twice as much.
I am trying to say to you the apples and apples comparison (assuming the Libs' guesstimate was right although that was questioned) is $535m v $800m. You would have to assume the add-ons are the same. I think the proposed new WA stadium without a roof is around $800m estimated cost. So maybe Isobel got her roof thrown in?

There's already the same questioning going on over there about the proposed cost and people are suggesting it will more likely go north of $1b.
My guess is a new Adelaide stadium would end up around $1b before any of your addons. A lot will be the same under either option. We are also then left with footy and cricket having to maintain one stadium each when they only use it for half the year so the current financial constraints on the SACA and the SANFL are not solved. What's your solution to that?
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