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Victoria need a new team

I really like the idea of Adelaide joining the NRL. I agree also in NZ having a second team and Perth getting a team. It would make the competition national and give more opportunities to kids who want to play Rugby League.

Canberra badly need a new rectangular stadium. Watch the Raiders average crowds go up by 5-10k if they have a roofed stadium in the city.

A lot of victorians have moved to Cairns so there is interest in AFL

Do you think that all the people outside of Melbourne agree with the amount spent on the underground ,all while the country roads are falling apart.

The MCG is just another boring old "stadium", no different from hundreds of others around the world. Adelaide Oval on the other hand is unique. (check that in the Oxford Dictionary)

What a gigantic waste of money

Pour the money in there - Go Cats....

Who plays at number 3?

$3 billion is absolute rubbish. That is what NFL billionaires pay for 60K seated, state of the art stadiums. Who comes up with these lies?

Nonsense suggesting a $2 billion+ pricetag. A basic, fully enclosed stadium, with seating for 30k can easily be built for $1Billion tops.

The proposed Liberal location would be good, but I really don't think the stadium they have shown the render of fits. I think they may have scaled the size from the Allianz one and reduced it by 30% to get the size. The Commbank stadium which has the same capacity of the proposed doesnt fit. I also highly doubt the NCA would approve a stadium on the lake forefront.

Raiders have never averaged more than 15k a season. A 20k city stadium with good transport connection and full every week is so many times better than a 50k stadium in the boondooks that sits half empty all year round.

Andrew Barr going on about zoning and planning rules hahaha, they literally change them every single day to accommodate their big developer friends. Buy a plot of land zoned for 40 apartments, developer proposes 400, Andrew Barr compromises at 250 and they both win.

No. Give it to Brisbane. We have the Olympics coming up, we need the money. Same with your stadium Hobart. Don’t build it, we need the money

living in Canberra we all know our Government is a joke. $3b equates to $100k per seat in a 30k stadium. Sofi Stadium in LA was what $4b? and that stadium is the best in the world. This reeks of corruption. That stadium shouldn't cost more than $700m even with a roof

It's not just the bricks and mortar that you pay for building a stadium. There's a massive amount of associated expenses involved with infrastructure and paying bribes to the unions so they can use substandard materials and labour and bribes to the council to allow all manor of things to slip by unnoticed. Access infrastructure is not a cost that can be subtracted saying "well that's not the stadium". Don't count the proposed stadium in Hobart on this. Those figures are literally pie in the sky guesses to shut up people who have a Tasmanian education and do can't count or those that think about football, football and football, AFL and football.... Anyone with a slightly functional brain can easily see that there no possible way to build it for so little money. Current estimates based on actual pricing just to get the site ready are at $1.1bil. Not to mention them having to move a heritage listed building and the RSLs ANZAC memorial.

1:34 SEE THAT RED RUNNING TRACK I RAN THERE FOR SOUTH COAST RUNNING CARNIVAL

I reckon Lang Park and Parramatta stadiums look great. Simple modern sporting aesthetic with efficient construction. If the architectural brief is to build a sports cathedral, you can triple the price. Or you can do something in between. The costs obviously get baked in up front with that strategic decision. Simple elegant design can be beautiful.

How about some homes for the homeless and disadvantaged

This is what we call pie in the sky here in NZ hahaha.

Let’s hope Canberra residents will be footing the entire bill

What is it with state Labor parties and their 3 billion price tags? Who does the quotes? The CFMEU?

Doesn’t even look as good as the proposed similar sized roofed Hobart AFL stadium ….. $3B? That’s a CFMEU controlled construction?

Half the size of Optus for the same price!!?? Absolutely insane.

Please just don’t build up the goal line seats no one sits there

The high cost for the Civic site has more to do with the issues with that location. It’s right between Constitution Avenue and Parkes Way which is a major arterial road. They’re talking about having to put that as a tunnel to have enough space. If it was at say the Racecourse it would be much cheaper.

Bullshit it'll cost $3B, absolute cap! The Libs idea for new stadium at Acton Waterfront looks great though

$1bn to build a mid sized stadium in Canberra 😂

This old story. Look, Bruce Stadium isn't great, but its location is abysmal. There simple needs to be a stadium either in the city, or somewhere close along the light rail line

Build it big enough to attract bigger events, like international union, league and soccer/football games. Build it big enough to host origin. Over the years Canberra has become a league city, id love to see it host origin, but a 30,000 seat stadium wouldnt do.

Wow that is 1.5 billion sterling, Man Utd are potentially going to build a stadium for 2.0 billion that will be state of the art with a capacity of 100,000. No roof as they are still tough up North not like the average modern Aussie!!!

These costings seem to be from someone keen to kill it

Got to be a near on a 50,000 seater. Or what’s the point.

400% doesn’t surprise me at all. Remember prices were through the roof post covid as a consequence of supply and demand. Now the supply is there the prices never dropped accordingly.

They’re currently spending $577M to build 1.7km of light rail in the same area. It’s absurd, why the hell are construction costs so high? I think we need to sort out the ridiculous prices before we do any more major projects. Don’t get me wrong, I want the light rail but for the price we’re paying we should be getting a significant amount more.

Whatever they do, having a roof is a must!

Raiders pull strong crowds considering the annoyance of getting to the ground/ parking

Here’s a wild idea. Convert Bruce Stadium into an AFL ground as it’s already in that shape and move the Giants there. They are pulling bigger crowds than the Brumbies Then turn Manuka oval into a roofed rectangular stadium with a proper underground car park and a public transport hub plus training facilities for the Brumbies and A League team. Raiders already have that HQ so can’t see them moving

What attendees? $3 billion for the undersized crowds in Canberra is criminal. Make it a Trillion and due to the usual genius planning make it as remote from public transport as possible, just like the Bruce Stadium that went over budget x11.

Reopening The Private Bin is surely more of a priority

Any new Stadium in Canberra must be 100% rectangular!! none of this Multi-use crap that never gets used at Marvel stadium or what has handicapped Stadium Australia at the Ends. AFL can wait in line.

It's a proposal from the ACT Liberals they have no chance of taking power, so it won't happen

NRL needs new modern stadiums. They cannot play in 3rd tier stadiums anymore. Out of 17 teams, they only have 4 modern stadiums. Compare that with the AFL!

Stadiums apparently need roofs now, because the modern generations are so soft these days! 😂

The AFL needs a team in Canberra, would be so much more valuable to the league than several of the Melbourne teams.

Just build a 40k stadium that’s multi use

The Taxpayers money that is being wasted on Stadiums in Australia is an absolute disgrace. We are in the middle of a Huge Housing Crisis. Both the NRL and AFL are Tax Exempt and Pay no Tax. Why are they being treated as Charities.

I hate mixed use venues but if it’s gonna cost 3 billion dollars then surely they could use it for AFL too to try to get their own team there

If you can find 3 billion for a rectangular stadium in Canberra there's surely enough between the couch cushions for a Gabba rebuild/ permanent athletics venue