1 hour ago, george_on_the_outer said:

This just shows the B.S. we were fed about a "feasibility study" which took a year.

We don't even know where the facility could be built today!!!

That is not necessarily true.

The feasibility study might not have centred around the actual area, but rather cost of the project, financing it, actual facilities needed, community interaction, stakeholder approvals, site area needed to build, what exactly would be built inside the track and location etc, etc, etc.

Lastly "some" might actually know where it is likely to be built and the "we" being "us the fans" will be the last to know, as it should be in such a major project.

16 hours ago, 640MD said:

That there is a tunnel already is good, If you can widen it or make it more suitable but the tunnel was never an engineering problem.

Correct, it was a Racing problem, with their concerns that the track structure would be affected, causing interruptions to racing.

The Racing Minister was on board with that view and he is part of the State Government that is providing some of the funding.

Right or wrong, that was the concern and we couldn't just wish it away.

We may still get to the South East corner but now the North East seems to be the easy solution.

3 hours ago, Redleg said:

Plenty of room.

I'm appreciating your continued interest and reporting, Red - and that of others.

If Hawthorn's Kennedy Centre is any sort of yardstick, there are other facilities to be accommodated:

• a 54m x 28m indoor training field

• dedicated, fully-equipped AFLW facilities

• a 140-capacity function centre

• 'community meeting areas'

• a flood-lit oval with covered spectator seating, changerooms, coaching and medical spaces, and full TV and radio broadcast capabilities, for hosting AFLW home games and other 'matches at the highest level'.

I'm presuming current and further-developed Casey facilities might provide some of this?

Anyway, thoughts?

41 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

I'm appreciating your continued interest and reporting, Red - and that of others.

If Hawthorn's Kennedy Centre is any sort of yardstick, there are other facilities to be accommodated:

• a 54m x 28m indoor training field

• dedicated, fully-equipped AFLW facilities

• a 140-capacity function centre

• 'community meeting areas'

• a flood-lit oval with covered spectator seating, changerooms, coaching and medical spaces, and full TV and radio broadcast capabilities, for hosting AFLW home games and other 'matches at the highest level'.

I'm presuming current and further-developed Casey facilities might provide some of this?

Anyway, thoughts?

pretty sure the only one casey don't have is a 54m x 12m indoor facility

it's not too far off it tho; about half that size at 800m2

2 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

I'm appreciating your continued interest and reporting, Red - and that of others.

If Hawthorn's Kennedy Centre is any sort of yardstick, there are other facilities to be accommodated:

• a 54m x 28m indoor training field

• dedicated, fully-equipped AFLW facilities

• a 140-capacity function centre

• 'community meeting areas'

• a flood-lit oval with covered spectator seating, changerooms, coaching and medical spaces, and full TV and radio broadcast capabilities, for hosting AFLW home games and other 'matches at the highest level'.

I'm presuming current and further-developed Casey facilities might provide some of this?

Anyway, thoughts?

The only doubtful one if if even wanted might be " covered spectator seating " beside the oval inside the track.

I am sure anything that would disrupt the viewing of the races would not be allowed.

Anyway, why would we want covered seating to watch training?

You could always put up some seating of a couple of rows over a short area, if you really wanted it, without disrupting any racing view.

• and full TV and radio broadcast capabilities, for hosting AFLW home games and other 'matches at the highest level'. This isn't happening as far as I know. It is a training facility with club administration, not a match day ground.

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7 minutes ago, Redleg said:

The only doubtful one if if even wanted might be " covered spectator seating " beside the oval inside the track.

I am sure anything that would disrupt the viewing of the races would not be allowed.

Anyway, why would we want covered seating to watch training?

You could always put up some seating of a couple of rows over a short area, if you really wanted it, without disrupting any racing view.

• and full TV and radio broadcast capabilities, for hosting AFLW home games and other 'matches at the highest level'. This isn't happening as far as I know. It is a training facility with club administration, not a match day ground.

Thanks, Red. Yeah, I reckon Casey will be our AFLW/VFL match (and training? - though this dilutes an all-in-one-place Club?) facility into the long term (hopefully further developed).

2 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Thanks, Red. Yeah, I reckon Casey will be our AFLW/VFL match (and training? - though this dilutes an all-in-one-place Club?) facility into the long term (hopefully further developed).

How many clubs in the AFL have everything at their playing ground?

Obviously a few like the Cats and maybe a couple of interstate clubs, but I would think it is the minority who train and play at the ground where their club administration is.

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17 minutes ago, Redleg said:

The only doubtful one if if even wanted might be " covered spectator seating " beside the oval inside the track.

I am sure anything that would disrupt the viewing of the races would not be allowed.

Anyway, why would we want covered seating to watch training?

You could always put up some seating of a couple of rows over a short area, if you really wanted it, without disrupting any racing view.

• and full TV and radio broadcast capabilities, for hosting AFLW home games and other 'matches at the highest level'. This isn't happening as far as I know. It is a training facility with club administration, not a match day ground.

By the time we get there we might have retractable grandstand roof technology that we can wind down during racing.