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Boutique stadiums Australia

i think there might be a stadium in caboolture for nrl with that development happening
 
Are Melbourne City still planning on finishing the mini stadium at casey fields?

Theres literally a stand on the back of the CFA that is currently looking onto nothing.

Is there a date on this being completed?
 
Question being raised in Newcastle about the cities need for a 12-15,000 seat venue.

Behind a paywall so I'll just pop the whole article here:

A Hunter sports administrator has called for a "boutique, medium-sized stadium" to be built in the region, saying it could be a solution for several sports and the home of multiple teams.

Adam Devcich, the general manager of Newcastle Rugby League, believes the Hunter is desperately lacking a venue with a capacity of up to 15,000 people.

He feels one of the region's councils could seize an opportunity to create a "massive missing" piece of sporting infrastructure, a stadium that could cater to rugby league, soccer and rugby union, at both community and professional level.

"I think we've got a massive missing part of sporting infrastructure in the Hunter," Devcich said.

"Below McDonald Jones Stadium, which seats nearly 30,000, the next level down is a Maitland Sportsground or [Newcastle] No.2 Sportsground, and they don't have corporate facilities.

"We don't have a boutique, medium-sized stadium, that houses 12,000 to 15,000 people."

After first floating the idea in 2023, Devcich has issued a renewed plea for the stadium proposal to be investigated following last month's NEWRL grand final.

More than 6000 people passed through the gates of the Broadmeadow venue for the NEWRL's biggest day of the year, which included four grand finals and culminated with Maitland's win over Cessnock in the first-grade decider.

On crowd size alone, in terms of creating an atmosphere with a full house, the NEWRL would be better off playing at one of the region's smaller venues, rather than having more than two-thirds of McDonald Jones Stadium (MJS) empty.

But they have played their grand finals at MJS for more than a decade, despite the cost to hire the venue, because it has corporate facilities which can generate additional revenue.

Their deal is due to end next year, but will more than likely be extended.

"We sell a lot of corporate tickets to our grand final day, and there's no real other option than McDonald Jones Stadium to do that," Devcich said.

"We sell most of the western grandstand corporate [spaces]. It's the only place we can do that at.

"There needs to be within our region [a stadium] somewhere between McDonald Jones and [the] Maitland or [Newcastle sportsgrounds]."

Devcich's call for a boutique stadium isn't solely born out of an interest for his sport, he believes it would help the Newcastle Jets A-League sides, particularly the women who already play out of No.2 Sportsground, and the Knights' NRLW team.

When playing before their male counterparts, the Knights' NRLW side draws a decent crowd at MJS, but in standalone games in the regular season, the crowd sizes are usually less than the capacity of smaller venues like Newcastle and Maitland sportsgrounds, which can accommodate up to about 8000 people.

"We need, somewhere between Swansea and Port Stephens, a 12,000 to 15,000-seat stadium, with corporate facilities, that could have multiple tenants," Devcich said.

"From the Jets, to the Jets' women, the Knights' NRLW women, our finals series for example. There's so many options for a stadium like that."

Newcastle and Hunter Rugby Union played its finals series at Newcastle's No.2 Sportsground this year, while the NEWRL finals were shared around grounds across the Hunter and Central Coast.

If there was a stadium slightly larger than the Newcastle and Maitland sportsgrounds, which had corporate facilities, both codes could potentially play their finals there.

The Jets, who won the Australia Cup this month, could also play those types of matches there and potentially lower-drawing A-League Men's games.

The stadium could host other one-off matches, tournaments and events throughout the year.

A former National Rugby League referee who oversaw games at venues right across Australia, Devcich believes Kayo Stadium, the Dolphins' traditional home at Redcliffe, is an ideal example venue.

It can accommodate about 10,000 people and hosts a couple of NRL matches each year.

It is also used by the Dolphins' lower-grade sides, and has hosted A-League team Brisbane Roar.
 
Makes perfect sense to me having a new ground as Devcich mentions.
12/15K is bang on for our game generally and makes for top atmosphere.
All those areas are expanding population wise.
 
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Sutherlandbear said:
Labour costs in Australia. The lowest paid construction worker on that site will be on $55per hour minimum, plus allowances. Take home pay per week will be $3,000 for the low-end trades and labourers.
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One of the reasons I think why there is such reluctance, by all partyies, to upgrade Perry Park in Brisbane to a small fully surrounded boutique football stadium. Construction costs in Brisbane are some of the highest in the world. You could perhaps be looking at $500m for a 10-15,000 stadium.....
 
HappyGuus said:
It's not difficult... except in Australia.



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The union movement in this country has a lot to answer.

Coupled with the fact we have a left-wing government in control in Canberra who lets their union mates run riot unchecked.
 
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