Etihad can be configured to be rectangular but not sure if they do it anymore. Seats slide in.
For the odd Melbourne Victory game they do.
Interesting to note about AAMI park, when it was built the concrete footings & base of the stadium were over engineered, so the venues capacity can be up graded later date & be able to take he weight of the increased capacity
It's still not a proper rectangle stadium
Parts of it are a long way from the action
Fumblers just don't get It
Have a look at this .
Tell me the fans are on top of the action like a rectangle ground
No matter what they do with an oval ..it cannot be configured to a proper rectangle
Have a look at the gap between the sidelines & the stands .
Have a look where the QLD bench is sitting .
How much space behind them
All in the first 40 seconds
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Victoria’s AFL stadiums set to receive $500m in state-funded upgrades, with grand final locked in at MCG until 2057
AFL grounds will get nearly $500 million in state-funded upgrades, with almost half the cash going to a makeover of Etihad Stadium.
In a $225 million deal with the AFL, the grand final will stay at the MCG until at least 2057, while Etihad Stadium and its surrounding precinct will be upgraded for rectangular sports like soccer and rugby, its women’s change facilities will be improved and there will be guaranteed access for other codes and major events.
The deal also means the Melbourne Cricket Club Trust has the security to undertake a major redevelopment of the MCG.
“This is for the fans - giving them the best venues, better access to the sports they love, and keeping the Grand Final where it belongs - at the MCG - for the next 40 years,” Premier Daniel Andrews said in a statement.
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire unveiled details of the precinct redevelopment on the AFL Footy Show on Thursday night.
“A concourse will be built and a redevelopment of Richmond station ... so that you’ll never have to put your foot on the road again at Brunton Avenue or Punt Road,” he said.
“There’ll be cafes, there’ll be food trucks, there’ll be all sorts of areas. You know what we saw on grand final night in Swan Street, that’s what it’ll be like at the MCG and Etihad (Stadium).”
The money will come out of the 2018-19 state budget, alongside $241.6 million for suburban and regional grounds.
Women’s football will get a stack of cash, including $20 million to redevelop Ikon Park into the home of AFLW, $13 million for stage two of the Moorabbin Oval redevelopment, $10 million will be spent to improve Casey Fields and Whitten Oval, and Victoria Park will get $2 million in infrastructure upgrades. The budget also provides $60 million for community sporting grants and $5 million for Community Sports Infrastructure Loans.
He'll come up with the lame duck excuse that he's not concerned with what happens in Victardia as he lives in Sydney. Of course he doesn't mind giving his opinion on everything else that happens in bleaksville. It's the same excuse Australia's biggest idiot Fitzsimons uses so it's kinda appropriate.
Bea & bandana head will be mute about this.
It's only a problem if other sports or Rl in particular receive GOVT $$$ for stadia .
Hypocrites
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If the Melbourne public complain on mass about the spending youll have a point. But we know they wont because our stadia are used extensively by the sports loving people of Melbourne
Victoria’s AFL stadiums set to receive $500m in state-funded upgrades, with grand final locked in at MCG until 2057
AFL grounds will get nearly $500 million in state-funded upgrades, with almost half the cash going to a makeover of Etihad Stadium.
In a $225 million deal with the AFL, the grand final will stay at the MCG until at least 2057, while Etihad Stadium and its surrounding precinct will be upgraded for rectangular sports like soccer and rugby, its women’s change facilities will be improved and there will be guaranteed access for other codes and major events.
The deal also means the Melbourne Cricket Club Trust has the security to undertake a major redevelopment of the MCG.
“This is for the fans - giving them the best venues, better access to the sports they love, and keeping the Grand Final where it belongs - at the MCG - for the next 40 years,” Premier Daniel Andrews said in a statement.
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire unveiled details of the precinct redevelopment on the AFL Footy Show on Thursday night.
“A concourse will be built and a redevelopment of Richmond station ... so that you’ll never have to put your foot on the road again at Brunton Avenue or Punt Road,” he said.
“There’ll be cafes, there’ll be food trucks, there’ll be all sorts of areas. You know what we saw on grand final night in Swan Street, that’s what it’ll be like at the MCG and Etihad (Stadium).”
The money will come out of the 2018-19 state budget, alongside $241.6 million for suburban and regional grounds.
Women’s football will get a stack of cash, including $20 million to redevelop Ikon Park into the home of AFLW, $13 million for stage two of the Moorabbin Oval redevelopment, $10 million will be spent to improve Casey Fields and Whitten Oval, and Victoria Park will get $2 million in infrastructure upgrades. The budget also provides $60 million for community sporting grants and $5 million for Community Sports Infrastructure Loans.
Wow, just wow!
Take note NRlilLeaguers.
That is smart spending.
This could prove to be the nail in the coffin for your horrendous stadia deal.
Can you see the difference.......?
All that cash trickling down to grass roots.
And,
How good will it be that I could book a room at Etihad after a game rather than trudge 100m to the tram that takes 20 long minutes to get me home.
So much less arduous...
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Hypocrite
Spend Govt money on AFL stadia ..no probs
Spend money on Rl/other sport stadia
Howls of protest .
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Spend Govt money on AFL stadia ..no probs
Spend money on Rl/other sport stadia
Howls of protest .
Sook it up loser. People of Sydney dont prioritise sport like people of Melbourne. We fill our stadia. We dont protest sport stadia spending, we celebrate it. Good times
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