by dedja » Thu Oct 10, 2013 11:59 am
by dedja » Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:06 pm
Mr Fuller wrote:dedja wrote:Surely the comparison between Homebush and West Lakes is a piss take? West Lakes is a stones throw compared to Homebush, plus you don't have to travel on the arse end of the train system to get there.
There was and still isn't much wrong with Football Park, and for much, much less the stadium could have been modernised with steeper and closer seating.
Once you're in a seat watching a game, I doubt that you'll say, faark me that $700M was money well spend, what a great view that I wouldn't have got at Football Park. The teams will be the same, the game will still be the same, and the food will be just as shit.
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I agree 100% with these comments. Don’t get me wrong, a new stadium is great and it is most ideal to situate this within Adelaide CBD. I will certainly attend games.
However if you are going to do it then do it right. In other words, a completely new stadium rather than a hybrid concept should have been the way forward. If we couldn’t afford this then upgrade footy park at a fraction of the cost. The hybrid solution was a political decision driven largely by the need to differentiate from the Liberal proposal.
The grass is a nice touch but it won’t last. It will be built upon eventually and with it the destruction of the former glory of the Adelaide Oval.
In terms of ‘improved viewing’ that may be so but I doubt that will be the driver to get more people to games. People will attend regardless. And seriously, how many % improvements will viewing be enhanced anyway? It will be so minimal that once the game starts people won’t even notice.
by Panther Pack » Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:09 pm
by Dutchy » Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:24 pm
by tigerhutch » Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:37 pm
by lutz » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:04 pm
Dutchy wrote:It is not FIFA compliant, FIFA states that the stadium must be all seated, as does hosting games of the Rugby World Cup. Hence why the hill and scoreboard will only remain for a few years, as soon as Australia hosts one of these major events it will be fully enclosed.
Its a disgrace, despite the look of a dunny seat which interstate people are already calling it, our great city is going from 2 Stadiums to 1, how is that progress???
Dutchy wrote:Australia will one day hold the FIFA World Cup, and the demand a fully seated stadium, as part of all this there will be funding to upgrade existing stadiums and SA won't knock back this offer. And the killing off of Adelaide Oval as one of the best cricket grounds in the world will be complete.
And as both sports will now be played at Adelaide Oval, cricket (rightly so) will want access to the ground in late September, remembering that footy take control in early March therefore not allowing the Shield final to be played there hence the SANFL will blame cricket for wanting the ground and the October Long Weekend SANFL GF will be no more when in fact it will be the new AFL clubs in the league that will want it that way so their players can get back to preseason much earlier.
by Hondo » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:58 pm
by dedja » Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:01 pm
by therisingblues » Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:03 pm
lutz wrote:
I'd rather keep the hill and scoreboard than host a World Cup game in Adelaide. I'm starting to doubt if Australia will host a WC in my lifetime haha.
by Dutchy » Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:37 pm
Hondo wrote:FIFA regulations allow for temporary stands and this is the solution already made public for the AO Northern mound so that argument is void.
by Hondo » Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:39 pm
by Hondo » Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:43 pm
by RustyCage » Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:28 pm
by dedja » Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:31 pm
by whufc » Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:32 pm
dedja wrote:Correction, one of the most corrupt.
Not sure if FIFA is no.1 or 2 compared to the IOC.
by RustyCage » Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:56 pm
dedja wrote:Correction, one of the most corrupt.
Not sure if FIFA is no.1 or 2 compared to the IOC.
by whufc » Thu Oct 10, 2013 4:29 pm
by Psyber » Thu Oct 10, 2013 4:45 pm
As I said, it takes too long...Rik E Boy wrote:Catch a bus you elitest ****.Psyber wrote:Adelaide Oval? ho-hum...
I'm unlikely to ever go there - parking is going to be hopeless from what I've read, and bussing it is likely to be impractical for me.
For anything I do need to attend to in the CBD I try to drive to Parkside than bus it in the rest of the way, rather than get ripped off for the parking.
I could go by bus on my Seniors Card for free but it takes too long, and it is easier for me to just drive to Marion or Mount Barker instead.
regards,
REB
by test » Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:39 pm
by Dutchy » Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:28 pm
Hondo wrote:Dutchy FIFA allow it check their regulations so it's actually "yep" or are you deliberately trying to cloud the issue?
Also check the Adelaide Oval site for discussion about FIFA compliance
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