Force's oval upgrade wish may come true

[laura]

OK point taken, a signature means nothing when it comes to them actually handing over the money but its a step up from a verbal agreement.
Damn it, I just want the stadium upgraded!!! I hate Subi Oval!

[.X.]

I will be happy when there is bulldozers cranes etc at Perth Oval, and hundreds of dudes in construction hats boots etc.

and no - I am not talking about a Village People Concert.

[Burgs]

You can only expect for AFL and WAFL/C to be beating the drum re stadia as we come up to the Derby.

Personally I don't have any venom or spite for them at all, if the roles were reversed I am sure RWA would have been just as exploitive of the situation over the years.

I'm hopeful that the do get a major oval ground as well, not only creates more employment in building the two but also gives us a bigger ground for Test matches and the Finals we are going to host in the coming seasons.

[zimeric]

the regaging on the $25 million was because the Force committed to Subi, rather than MES.
this was explained before the new goverment came in, everyone seems to have forgotten this inconvenient truth.. however for the shadow gov to come out and say the Force should get it anyway... mmm smells of browney points to me.

[Jehna]

Unfortunately that's politics

It's not about doing anything or helping anyone. It's all about trying to score points, no matter how wrong or pathetic.

Stupid thing is flame, they're scoring negative points. They're comments will anger all the AFL supporters because they're seen to be supporting rectangle codes and not a bigger and better oval, and they piss of rectangle code supporters because we know that they're the morons who didn't give us the promised money in the first place...lose/lose

[The EnForcer]

I suggest that by having an upgrade to MES at $75m and keeping RWA and Soccer quiet for a while will be good for the government. The way I see it is when they re-cost the subi stadium development project without the ridiculous moveable stand design the cost will be significantly reduced. The current government will bask in the fact that they saved $200m plus on the whole deal. Glory be to Barnett!

I'll take that for the meantime but future battles will be necessary to get further expenditure on MES. We'll just have to save that for another day.

Now we have to hope that the money is not wasted and we get the best and quickest outcome for our dollar spent.

[jargan83]

The way I see it is when they re-cost the subi stadium development project without the ridiculous moveable stand design the cost will be significantly reduced. The current government will bask in the fact that they saved $200m plus on the whole deal. Glory be to Barnett!

When the Government re-examines the Multi-Purpose Stadium/Subiaco Oval in 2 years I actually hope they go with the Multi-Purpose Stadium. With a Football World Cup Bid, should Australia win Members Equity will never be up to standard considering that FIFA rules state that a stadium must have a capacity of 40,000 minimum in order to stage just a pool game. It would be good for International Rugby games and It would also be nice to have to the ability to attempt to lure a Bledisloe Cup game west at some stage.

My main beef with the Multi-Purpose plan was that it was unsuitable for week in, week out use that you would see with Super 14

[hertryk]

I don't care much so long as we are getting an upgrade now.
Although I can't help wonder how the AFL supporters will react to the news.

Who cares....>??? The GAYFL usually get what they want..maybe the focus is on the Force now because the Weagles and Shockers aren't doing so well...???

[AndyS]

I think once they think about it, they will be happy. They won't have to worry about movable stands, any new stadium will be 15m wider than Subi to mimic the MCG, and there will be a decent chance that the government will allow them to run the stadium and continue to charge other users what they want and keep the money from concessions.

What will be funny will be to watch the sudden revision in economic forecasts, from unviable if everyone doesn't use the MPS to magically apples with the AFL alone.

[pieter blackie]

Force's oval upgrade wish may come trueTim Clarke

It is a rectangle not a oval

[jono]

Commitment in writing means nothing Laura, The shadow minister's comment is proof of that. I want to see a $75 Million line in the budget!

i want one better. i want a PO number and a construction agreement

[shasta]

The time you can be sure the government will commit the funds is when the money is allocated in the budget. That will be next month.

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Personally I don't have any venom or spite for them at all, if the roles were reversed I am sure RWA would have been just as exploitive of the situation over the years.

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Maybe. But I'd hope they'd not be stupid enough to brag in the press about how they were using the profits from a rival code's rental fees to fund junior development. That would probably just get peoples backs up and push them to try to get a fairer outcome.

[Blackswan]

I don't know why you guys are getting so worked up about it.

I told you last week it was a done deal.

[jono]

care to name your sauces? i might relax a bit if i know how credible your statement was.

not that i dont trust you. we've just all been lied to about this for a while now

[Unnamed Sauces]

Its a done deal!!

The cheque is in the mail.