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1 hour ago, old dee said:

Isn't this the same plan Eddie put up a year or two ago? 

Yeah it was, with the coverage from the MCG concourse to Richmond station

I don't mind it, would be a good (only?) chance for us to get a training facility incorporated next to the MCG

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    1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Interesting... I preferred his idea for the 35,000 seat stadium but at least it gets people talking.

    A 100,000 seat stadium that only reaches 90% capacity on 6-8 days a year while still keeping ticket prices reasonable in a high wage country such as Australia will always be a tall ask.

    The idea of concerts at first blush sounds great but remember the artists would need to be mega and they would need similar venues in the other major cities to make it work. It would also cut in big time into how the AFL hopes to make money at Docklands not to mention the Tennis centre.They would all effectively be competing for government money.

    As to fixing the train stations........ you're talking mega mega money not to mention transport disruption. Good idea though but I suspect they would just adopt a bandaid solution. Covering the railyards is like finding the northwest passage. So many plans but never commenced.

    1.  Are you a bloody socialist?  There is no such thing as “government money”, it is taxpayers’ money. 
     

    2.  Transport disruption ...... surely we have become accustomed to that the past few years.  Need some more so we don’t miss it too much.

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    2 hours ago, chookrat said:

    I find the delays due to closing Brunton Avenue for pedestrians to be most inconvenient. My driver, Alfred, now parks at the Pullman and I have a couple of Sherry's in the club lounge before the trip home.

    I say Chookie old chap. Bravo. Jolly good show.

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    4 hours ago, Vagg said:

    You have a driver, Andy??  I AM impressed!

    (Maybe he needs to get his pilot's licence, so he can just drop the chopper down to the centre square of the hallowed turf to collect Your Highness after the game..!  LOL)

    Perhaps Jack wont let him drive.

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    1 hour ago, chook fowler said:

    I guess he’s looking for somewhere big enough to contain his ego.

    And his head .... and chins.

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    While I’d really love to say something like he’s just a grandstander trying to be mayor and needs to concentrate more on media he does make some good points. 

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    We need a MONORAIL!!!

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    9 hours ago, Biffen said:

    We need a MONORAIL!!!

    Yes Biff a Chinese Monorail built in 9 days right?

    When all goes wrong when everything needs fixing you propose the FIX ALL monorail solution

     

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    14 hours ago, willmoy said:

    Should be a twenty foot high wall along Punt Road, all the way down to the river from Victoria Street.........charge em to get in and charge em to get out.

    "And we're going to make Collingwood pay for it"

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    I like the idea from the other way, from Flinders Street to the MCG, they have talked about covering the rail lines for many years.  Do this with bars and restaurants, open areas, then you creating a sporting and entertainment precinct that is the major access pathway to MCG, Tennis centre and AMMI Park.  Add in some car parks as well so when the MCG parking is closed you have somewhere you can park, then you can always have one or 2 areas of grass open space for kids to have a kick at the MCG.  Put an Oval outside the MCG for public usage(and MFC Training Base).

     

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    18 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    To be fair, I think what he's suggesting here makes sense, particularly the connectivity to Richmond Station, but only if it's economically viable. He's also not the only person making these suggestions.

    But just because it's Eddie making the comments, many will have a knee-jerk critical reaction. If I were of that mind, I would respond by saying the other idea we should take from the Superbowl is to have all our umpires wearing black and white striped shirts. It's not actually necessary, but as it would mean Collingwood would have to change their gear, Eddie would go apoplectic which would make it worth having the inevitably pointless discussion.  

    I feel that they already do, just not visually...

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    14 hours ago, george_on_the_outer said:

    You just know that the elevated walkway will be known as "The Magpie way"

    Apt name under such circumstances, full of Magpie droppings and random head-pecks. The dunnies in the Southern Stand will become Filth Headquarters, as well. 

     

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    There is a story in today's HUN about the melbourne council putting a ban on buildings that create shadow into public parks and how the AFL and numerous others ( including The RFC )  are concerned about this plan.

    It would appear to put serious restrictions if not a complete stop on any ideas we might have for Goschs paddock.

    I have a horrible feeling that any plan we have for the area is about to be "planned " out of existence.

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    16 minutes ago, old dee said:

    There is a story in today's HUN about the melbourne council putting a ban on buildings that create shadow into public parks and how the AFL and numerous others ( including The RFC )  are concerned about this plan.

    It would appear to put serious restrictions if not a complete stop on any ideas we might have for Goschs paddock.

    I have a horrible feeling that any plan we have for the area is about to be "planned " out of existence.

    Aren't the 2 suggested plans for Goschs:

    1. Build next to the freeway off ramp at the South end of the oval = no shadow at all over the park
    2. Build in the car park next to AAMI = would possibly block some afternoon sun but as long as the building is lower than stadium I'm not sure it blocks anything that isn't already shadowed. 

     

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    1 minute ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Aren't the 2 suggested plans for Goschs:

    1. Build next to the freeway off ramp at the South end of the oval = no shadow at all over the park
    2. Build in the car park next to AAMI = would possibly block some afternoon sun but as long as the building is lower than stadium I'm not sure it blocks anything that isn't already shadowed. 

     

    I read it as their way of stopping any new development into or on public land. This is just the excuse they are using. Seems the AFL and Richmond are very concerned. Would stop any new work at the RFC ground and or the MCG. 

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    41 minutes ago, old dee said:

    I read it as their way of stopping any new development into or on public land. This is just the excuse they are using. Seems the AFL and Richmond are very concerned. Would stop any new work at the RFC ground and or the MCG. 

    If we have a planning expert on Demonland perhaps we could get some definitive advice, but while the Council might impose this requirement, would it necessarily be binding? Couldn't the body seeking to build (such as the Yarra Park Trust, or whatever its called or the MFC or RFC) appeal such a decision to VCAT? Couldn't the Planning Minister intervene (for or against, of course)? 

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    Move the bloody Sun.......expert???

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    On 2/4/2020 at 5:42 PM, jnrmac said:

    Isn't it great that in a society increasingly full of whingers - with no solutions for anything just complaints -  that we have someone who is contributing with positive ideas?

    Well said @jnrmac.

    And, I'm no so against it if it means moving the MFC shop to a prime position (albeit an expensive way of moving a shop).

     

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    Eddie and the filth can go back to vic park.

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    Eddy doesn't want to get wet when it's raining or feel the heat on his head when it's hot.  Doesn't want to be a little inconvenienced waiting and mingling with the masses to get into Richmond station.

    Toughen up princess.

    Gee, talk about first world problems.

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    On 2/4/2020 at 4:22 PM, Demonland said:

    They need to fix the bottleneck into Richmond station after games that have more than 25 or 30 thousand people there. Forget it when there's 50 + and if there's 80 you may as well camp out at the G for the night. 

    The bottleneck is only part of the problem. Forcing people to top up at only 2-3 machines, AND closing the gates when 90k people are all leaving at once is just stupid. Open the damn gates and let people going home ffs . 

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    1 minute ago, praha said:

    The bottleneck is only part of the problem. Forcing people to top up at only 2-3 machines, AND closing the gates when 90k people are all leaving at once is just stupid. Open the damn gates and let people going home ffs . 

    The whole Brunton Road entrance to Richmond Station needs to be redeveloped including adding more top up machines. They need to make that entrance wider to accommodate the large crowd streaming in at the end of games.

    To be fair though they do make announcements/have signs warning people to top up before they leave the station so as to avoid the rush at the end of the game. To your point about the machines though I don't believe they are responsible for the bottleneck.

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