The AFL have finally bought Etihad

[monoccular 17,411]

10 minutes ago, puntkick said:

now that Watts is in charge of the the AFL new toy all of our old problems are solved !

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[puntkick 325]

Give our devoted genius Jenny time and she will turn it into our exclusive inner city training and social megacenter

[puntkick 325]

mono expand your info horizons

[monoccular 17,411]

9 minutes ago, puntkick said:

mono expand your info horizons

One eye does limit horizons. 

[CBDees 3,167]

Maybe now, with AFL ownership, they will have a massive incentive to schedule the highest-drawing teams there (Bulldogs, Bombers, Blues, Kangas, Saints) rather than us!

[DeeZone 9,624]

No Home Games at Etihad for us next year and less games there next year than previous 3 years , go figure. Only one triple header in lieu of usual 3-4? Go Dee's

Edited October 30, 2016 by DeeZone
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[Diamond_Jim 12,519]

Docklands is not the only stadium that has problems.

West Ham Football Club have just moved into the main Olympic Stadium that was built for the London Olympics. The stadium is now called London Stadium.

Apparently it had a retractable seat system where the seats would come out and cover the athletics track. The budget for reconfiguring the seating (each time they were rolled out) was GBP300,000 (about A$500K). It is now estimated to cost around a reported GBP 8 Million !! for each roll out.

It also suffers from a number of other problems including fan dissatisfaction.

Here is an article that touches on some of the issues with the stadium. It has as its basis some potentially serious safety complaints.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/nov/03/olympic-stadium-chris-baker-ravi-sharma