News coming across the ditch that by 2016-17 Wellington could be playing in a 12,000 seat Boutique Stadium.
http://i.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/s...plans-unveiled
News coming across the ditch that by 2016-17 Wellington could be playing in a 12,000 seat Boutique Stadium.
http://i.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/s...plans-unveiled
Adelaide plans to have 25,000 seats with a roof.
http://m.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sou...-1226828298953
This looks more like political jargon but with a election coming up.
and put seats behind goals, master stroke
Cons biggest mistake was not buying Birmingham Gardens when he has the chance. To potential their was huge.
And as a bonus the pitch was awesome.
That was massive waste of a perfect football ground (Sounds like my Dad talking about Crystal Palace).
It needed up-sizing but would have saved a small fortune in the A-League early years.
I played for Wallsend when the Breakers were still there. Best surface I have ever kicked a ball on and probably the best in the country at the time. Great Atmosphere too.
Just bulldoze all of national park and put a nice little 12-15k all seater.
Sure, we'd have to kill all the residents in the area to get approval and name it Morley/Boz stadium to keep the Cooks Hill lads happy but apart from that it's a perfect plan.
Last edited by plague; 18-02-2014 at 11:09 AM.
Hunter stadium is a fine size we should have about 15,000 there on Saturday. Maybe they should stop selling tickets on the top level of the eastern grandstand and everyone would be alot closer like season 3.
Having said that I'd like to see us take one game regional per season against a team that will bring low away numbers eg Perth glory, Adelaide united. Imagine playing a game at cessnock stadium I reacon we could fill that stadium up.
I've actually thought about this for some time although 18-20k would be needed. If you were to move the tennis and croquet courts/greens next to lowlands bowling club you could build a 18k enclosed all seat ground there and have a newy sporting hub with the Athletics Track, No1 and No2 all there. I know it will never happen but.
Actually I think Turton Rd is to big if we get 15k this weekend thats still less then half capacity. When the hills are enclosed it will be 40k+ and 15k in a 40k stadium will look terrible look at SFS.
Why would there automatically be 40k if the ends were done. All they need to do is replace the seats at the front with one single tier of stand running back to the top of the hill. Basically just extend the lower half of bay 60 around. There is no demand for additional seating at hunter stadium for either code. The ends should be designed to be able to accommodate rear extension of the single tier design. The score board should stay where it is until then when it should be moved into the corners (South eastern) similar to skilled park. The existing walkway should be maintained to reduce costs and that should be where they stop the new stand. I wouldn’t necessarily even worry about a roof, that would form part of the stage 2 extension. Could always do what they do in the us, design & build the roof but don’t fit out the top deck or have any stairs available, looks a little silly but saves the cost of the second tier until its actually needed.
Disagree, once you take the space required for modern entry and exit points for large masses of people (how does the FFA and police justify putting active support lives at risk by blocking of exits with their tarps I'll never know) and the fact you can never seat as many people as you can have standing I believe it could come out less or the same, especially when you remove the entire walkway as a standing option as the new single tier would obstruct the view, unless we went all Bundesliga and installed the urinals facing the pitch that's how you design stadia! Might also help remove the portaloo situation at the southern end too. If you wanted to get really adventurous you could actually build the toilets into the rear of the stand, ala bundesliga, and over the top create a deck out from existing corporate boxes to create a nice little function box to be hired out on match days.
Useless speculation though, we can't even get the worst pitch in the country repaired properly so no expansion/renovation for hunter stadium let alone a new stadium to undercut the current one is going to happen. Best bet would be lock out any ticket sales for memberships in the eastern top level.
We need to aim high....the club has proven in the past that if it gets it shit together on the field it will get regular crowds of 15-20,000. We need to keep the presence there to encourage more big games as well.
Just close the Eastern top deck, seating behind the goals and a new pitch - it'll be fine.