Pure Conjecture

[laura]

That is blatantly admitting the stadium is just for AFL and their fans.

If thats a dark day for footy I wonder how they'd cope with all the crap Rugby has to put up with?!

[jono]

they wouldnt even be able to SPELL rugby... f**king bogans

[BLR]

That is blatantly admitting the stadium is just for AFL and their fans.

Have you just moved to Perth?

[laura]

My point was that the whole time they have been trying to suck up and justify that rugby will be catered for and now that it looks to be getting scrapped, they plead their case by saying its for AFL, its a neccessity. As if that was going to win over anymore people for their case

[Swee_82]

Fantastic response from Shasta to the blog piece, big

To all those people concerned about the possible rethink on the $1.1 billion stadium. You should remember that the WAFC was completely offside with the proposal in the first place and wanted a refurbishment of Subiaco Oval instead. They only came round to the proposal after intervention by Andrew Demetriou and an offer of certain inducements by the Carpenter Government which have still not been revealed. There are no examples of multi purpose stadia working effectively for Perth’s particular mix of sports. Where convertible seating has been used in Australia there have always been problems with the playing surface and resulting injuries. The Kitchener Park proposal has been demonstrated to be incompatible with a bid for the Commonwealth Games and/or athletics championships . Skilled Stadium on the Gold Coast was built in 1 year to house the Titans NRL franchise at a cost of $125 million. Have another look at the requirements here in Perth and come up with a proposal that is fair to all sports. Then use the money saved for education and health.

[BLR]

My point was that the whole time they have been trying to suck up and justify that rugby will be catered for and now that it looks to be getting scrapped, they plead their case by saying its for AFL, its a neccessity. As if that was going to win over anymore people for their case

Rugby is too much of a minority for them to give a shit.

[Thequeerone]

Shasta - fantastic stuff

[jargan83]

page 6 of todays West Australian: "AFL urges Barnett to build $1.1b stadium"

And the comment piece by the "Chief Football Writer" Mark Duffield : "It contained no rectangular sport solution, which in turn, requires more taxpayers' money to be spent on another stadium somewhere else."

Heaven forbid money being spent on a project that does not favour AFL
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[Swee_82]

Gotta ask.... what on earth do the WAFC want to do to Subi that will cost $800 million dollars (which is the figure going around, I haven't read the paper today yet)- that was originally the price touted for the Albino Pachyderm. I'm in favour of leaving subi to the cross-country netballers, but not to that tune, there'll be no $$ left for the rest of us.

[Flamethrower]

Why not just give Subi a nice little upgrade, which was what the WAFL were demanding in the first place.

Then with the money left over build a nice new Rectangular Stadium on Kitchener Park.

Everyone gets what they originally asked for and there would be money left over.

[jargan83]

in Mark Duffield's article it says the $1.1b Multi-Purpose Stadium costs $849 million for the stadium and $250 million for surrounding infrastructure, and it says the WAFC plan to renovate Subi was independantly priced at $641 million for the stadium alone.

Where as according to the acticle where the AFL urges the new stadium it says that the task force estimated $300-$400 million for a stand alone Rugby stadium
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[Seldom]

Yeah but looking into the fine print on the costings, it didn't include all the cabling for technology and media center & fit out of corporate boxes. There is something defiantly doggy here.
Wasn't the Telstra dome built cheaper and quicker(with a roof)??????????

[jargan83]

28 months from concept to completion i think
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[BLR]

Yeah but looking into the fine print on the costings, it didn't include all the cabling for technology and media center & fit out of corporate boxes. There is something defiantly doggy here.
Wasn't the Telstra dome built cheaper and quicker(with a roof)??????????

But the WA Unions would surely blow out the costs, I assume Labor took this in mind as they would surely buckle to most of their demands....

[jargan83]

how much did the union blow out the Mandurah railway by striking and "blue flu" etc?
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