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Why did they spend $100mill on stadium at GoldCoast, when one already exists? |
and they built it on what used to be a chemical wasteland at Robina, which is the middle of nowhere. damn, we cant get a working hospital and my money goes on ANOTHER stadium (already spent $400mill on Suncorp stadium)? who wants to vent with me? Switch codes to AFL then.The reason for another stadium is the AFL has negotiated the Kangaroos playing 10 games over 3 years at Carrara Stadium. Carrara is set up for playing AFL, and needs seating placed on the field for Rugby League (NRL). A story about this, and the resolution of playing both AFL and NRL at Carrara, from Gold Coast Councils point of view is here: http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/gold... From the above story; '"They need to remember that the stadium [Carrara] is an asset for the city of the Gold Coast and it's there for all codes and the benefit of all people." [Deputy Mayor David Power said.]' '"Clearly it won't be in the best interests of either code if they're pulling grandstands in and out on a regular basis," Power noted.' The same story by a different reporter, with more of what the main players say: http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/jul0... An earlier article with Gold Coasts May Ron Clarke discussing the AFL plans of funding improvements to Carrara Stadium is here: http://www.smh.com.au/news/league/afl-pu... Therefore, what I take from these articles is: - Carrara is a stadium that is for all codes. - The AFL have spent, and will spend, some money towards adapting Carrara for AFL. - The council decided a purpose built facility for Rugby League was better, and cheaper, than rearranging Carrara for each game of AFL and NRL. For another view, from the Robina Land Corporation website at: http://www.robina.com.au/stadium_village... 'Robina is proud to be the new home of the NRL on the Gold Coast and the decision to build the Gold Coast's new major sports stadium in Robina reinforces a two decade masterplan for a modern city of commercial, retail, residential and sporting facilities. It's another step forward in the exciting evolution of Robina.' From the Robina's History page: http://www.robina.com.au/robinas_history... 'More than two and a half decades ago when Singaporean industrialist Dr Robin Loh cast his eye over a 20 square kilometre parcel of scrub and grazing land west of Broadbeach he envisaged a world standard master planned community providing everything required by a modern society.' It would appear that Robina was earmarked for a development of this type, and the money allocated has already been budgeted for. Because they want to, host American style football. Fewer teams and a lot more money. |
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