Talking Footy

Raiderdave wrote:

post_hoc wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

I like the field markings on that ground Raiderdave, have I converted you :D

Hardly
It will look even better with RL posts on it

post_hoc wrote:

And they wouldn't have to change the name.

I believe the stadium in raiderdaves post Allianz Arena home of Bayern Munich, correct me if I am wrong please raider. It seats 75,000 for Bundesliga, but only 70,000 for Internationals (FIFA rules do not allow safe standing sections so the seats are locked down hence the lower capacity) But it illustrates well, why Football (and I will include RL and RU fans here) dislike ANZ so much. Raiders picture is probably middle of the second tier to the start of the third???? and look how good the view is. Same position or 3/4 tier on the side lines at ANZ the players look like Ants.

post_hoc wrote:

wow, the world has stopped rotating on it's access. Raiderdave and I agree on something.

The upper deck can also be covered off for smaller drawing games, be good to get the lighting that the stadium has as well, bathed in sky blue (for Sydney FC and NSW Origin) Red and Green for a bunnies game etc.

Added to that a 32-35,000 seat at Parramatta, I would be a happy Wanderer,

eelofwest wrote:

post_hoc wrote:

wow, the world has stopped rotating on it's access. Raiderdave and I agree on something.

The upper deck can also be covered off for smaller drawing games, be good to get the lighting that the stadium has as well, bathed in sky blue (for Sydney FC and NSW Origin) Red and Green for a bunnies game etc.

Added to that a 32-35,000 seat at Parramatta, I would be a happy Wanderer,

I know a lot of people are not happy with the More park plan but i myself don't mind it.

Why spend money on a venue (ANZ) that will always be mediocre for viewing no matter how much work you do to it, when you can build 2 new great stadiums 35k parra and 65k Moore park with a tram line from central to the stadium cutting out that terrible walk up the hill.

We need a world class rectangular stadium in Sydney and ANZ will never be world class, i hate going there for games.

I like the plan.

Moore Park stadium plans scrubbed: State to rethink $1.3 billion strategy
Exclusive John Lehmann Editor-at-Large
The Daily Telegraph
May 08, 2015 12:00AM


PLANS to build an $800 ­million sports stadium at Moore Park, in Sydney’s east, have been torpedoed.

Widespread anger over the plan, revealed in The Daily Telegraph this week, has forced sport minister Stuart Ayres and the government’s stadium adviser, ­former Liberal leader John Brogden, to amend a report due next week.

The report will now recommend that a new super trust be created to manage major stadiums, including ANZ at Sydney Olympic Park, Allianz and the Sydney Cricket Ground at Moore Park and the major football grounds at Parramatta, Newcastle and Wollongong.

High-level sources said the amended Brogden report — which will be delayed until the end of the month — will outline different “options” for the Baird government to consider, depending on how much money is ­allocated to modernising Sydney’s stadiums.

The change is a blow to the high-powered Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust and NRL chief Dave Smith, who has been pushing for a new 65,000-seat ­stadium at Moore Park.

Mr Brogden had told the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust last week his ­preferred option was to build the 65,000-seat stadium on its land between Anzac Pde and Driver Ave. He said that under his plan, Allianz would be demolished when the new stadium was completed and a smaller multi-sports venue built on that site.

Mr Ayres told several people that under this plan, no money would be spent upgrading the 83,500-seat ANZ, Sydney’s biggest ­stadium for major events.

But news of the plan caused outrage from the Centennial Park Trust and local residents, as well as NRL teams Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs and Souths Rabbitohs, who play home games at ANZ.

Federal minister Malcolm Turnbull, whose electorate takes in Moore Park, spoke to Mr Ayres for 30 minutes yesterday, outlining residents’ concerns over traffic congestion and a lack of planning procedures.

State Treasury officials privately expressed reservations over whether the ­government should spend up to $900 million at Moore Park, as well as $400 million on a new 35,000-seat ­stadium at Parramatta.

Football Federation ­Australia boss David Gallop also warned Sydney would lose major events, like the Chelsea football match next month, if it pulled funding from ANZ.

Mr Baird has consistently said since last year that only about $300 million had been allocated to modernise Allianz as part of a $600 million stadium fund. Sources maintain the Premier still believes about half of the $600 ­million should be spent upgrading Parramatta Stadium and improving ANZ.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n ... 7344436177

leagueiscrap wrote:

no new stadium for the basement dwellers
about time the government stopped spending hundreds of millions on that crap game

Beaussie wrote:

leagueiscrap wrote:

no new stadium for the basement dwellers
about time the government stopped spending hundreds of millions on that crap game

Poor Raider and co must be devastated. They honestly thought they were going to get a new stadium courtesy of the taxpayers of NSW. Think again leaguies :<> :<> :<>

eelofwest wrote:

post_hoc wrote:

wow, the world has stopped rotating on it's access. Raiderdave and I agree on something.

The upper deck can also be covered off for smaller drawing games, be good to get the lighting that the stadium has as well, bathed in sky blue (for Sydney FC and NSW Origin) Red and Green for a bunnies game etc.

Added to that a 32-35,000 seat at Parramatta, I would be a happy Wanderer,

I know a lot of people are not happy with the More park plan but i myself don't mind it.

Why spend money on a venue (ANZ) that will always be mediocre for viewing no matter how much work you do to it, when you can build 2 new great stadiums 35k parra and 65k Moore park with a tram line from central to the stadium cutting out that terrible walk up the hill.

We need a world class rectangular stadium in Sydney and ANZ will never be world class, i hate going there for games.

I like the plan.