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28 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Bah !!! 

Romsey is a far preferable  location.

Mate, just be happy they are getting Coles 😉🤪

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    1 minute ago, Mach5 said:

    Pretty pictures. Substance? 

    Not much at this stage.

    It was deemed feasible to be built. Now you need to get the funding, that is the whole purpose of the business case (ROI).

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    Based on the information provided today, there will be two different sized ovals.

    So one MCG size and the other Marvel size?

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    On 12/09/2024 at 22:06, spirit of norm smith said:

    I’ve only been out to Casey fields 3 times.  It is a long way out and definitely would not be preferred for the Melbourne Football Club as a training base for the players. It shows the poor planning and action over many decades to find the right location. We have to get a place like Caulfield Racecourse or Fawkner Park or similar!! 

     

    "A lot of players have concerns with the fact they have to go out (to Casey Fields)."

    Expect the Demons' training venue to feature prominently as part of Melbourne's review, reports @cleary_mitch.

    Look, the REAL reason players don't like Casey is because of the high potentiality of Random Snake Bites!!

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    16 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    Not much at this stage.

    It was deemed feasible to be built. Now you need to get the funding, that is the whole purpose of the business case (ROI).


    Precisely.

    & I can tell you the accuracy of most QS these days is poor to say the least, so I’d bank on this costing 2-3 times more than forecast.

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    18 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    Based on the information provided today, there will be two different sized ovals.

    So one MCG size and the other Marvel size?

    Optus and Gabba (or Alice and Manuka)

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    19 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Look, the REAL reason players don't like Casey is because of the high potentiality of Random Snake Bites!!

    you don't think there'd be snakes in the middle of the Caulfield Racecourse?  There's a massive lake there, how many tiger snakes would that attract?

    Edited by Katrina Dee Fan

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    This will do little to appease the players that are fed up with going to Casey. The likes of Trac will be retired by the time this is even close to being built.

    Still positive news!

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    6 minutes ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

    you don't think there'd be snakes in the middle of the Caulfield Racecourse?  There's a massive lake there, how many tiger snakes would that attract?

    Tigers favourite areas are the grasslands of the north and west. Not so much in inner Melbourn of the east. 

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    1 minute ago, old dee said:

    Tigers favourite areas are the grasslands of the north and west. Not so much in inner Melbourn of the east. 

    Tiger snakes are known to be seen around the Yarra River

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    I'll just wait until it's built.

    Honestly it's disgraceful we haven't got our own ground. We are the oldest club & yet never bothered to get our own training ground.

    Can we get both the state & federal government to fund it like they did for Geelong?

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    17 minutes ago, Mach5 said:


    Precisely.

    & I can tell you the accuracy of most QS these days is poor to say the least, so I’d bank on this costing 2-3 times more than forecast.

    so we just make sure the cfmeu is not involved

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    3 minutes ago, old dee said:

    Tigers favourite areas are the grasslands of the north and west. Not so much in inner Melbourn of the east. 

    and yet I've come across plenty of tiger snakes in eastern suburbs around parklands and waterways :)

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    I hope Skuit didn't wait up for this.

    Really just more of the same.

    It's "build time" I want to hear about: ie how long will it take once the project starts turning over dirt.

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    2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    so we just make sure the cfmeu is not involved

    All sorted out. The club just sent out 5,000 honorary memberships in brown paper bags.

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    25 minutes ago, Mach5 said:


    Precisely.

    & I can tell you the accuracy of most QS these days is poor to say the least, so I’d bank on this costing 2-3 times more than forecast.

    If state govt manage the contracts, it certainly will.😢😪

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    1 hour ago, Age said:

    I hope the wires have been crossed somehow but talking to someone in the Premiers office and they told me that there is no way this goes ahead. I am hoping he just means there is no way they get funding from the Govt but will wait and see. 

    That’s the sort of [censored] info you get when you speak to “someone” who has no knowledge or responsibility in a govt Dept. 

    Probably hasn’t  even considered the community advantages and facilities included in this proposal. Oh and don’t forget the 25 dog  walkers who will want bins for their pooches offloadings!!

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    1 hour ago, Age said:

    I hope the wires have been crossed somehow but talking to someone in the Premiers office and they told me that there is no way this goes ahead. I am hoping he just means there is no way they get funding from the Govt but will wait and see. 

    That’s the sort of [censored] info you get when you speak to “someone” who has no knowledge or responsibility in a govt Dept. 

    Probably hasn’t  even considered the community advantages and facilities included in this proposal. Oh and don’t forget the 25 dog  walkers who will want bins for their pooches offloadings!!

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    So what's the next step after the business case is made? Will the business case unlock the funding or is that a seperate step that needs to be taken? Do we then need to find an architect and a builder? Then the building can begin once those plans have been completed?

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    1 hour ago, Age said:

    I hope the wires have been crossed somehow but talking to someone in the Premiers office and they told me that there is no way this goes ahead. I am hoping he just means there is no way they get funding from the Govt but will wait and see. 

    That’s the sort of [censored] info you get when you speak to “someone” who has no knowledge or responsibility in a govt Dept. 

    Probably hasn’t  even considered the community advantages and facilities included in this proposal. Oh and don’t forget the 25 dog  walkers who will want bins for their pooches offloadings!!

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    7 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    What is this? A centre for ants?!

    It needs to be at least .... Twice the size 

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    2 hours ago, Age said:

    I hope the wires have been crossed somehow but talking to someone in the Premiers office and they told me that there is no way this goes ahead. I am hoping he just means there is no way they get funding from the Govt but will wait and see. 

    That’s the sort of [censored] info you get when you speak to “someone” who has no knowledge or responsibility in a govt Dept. 

    Probably hasn’t  even considered the community advantages and facilities included in this proposal. Oh and don’t forget the 25 dog  walkers who will want bins for their pooches offloadings!!

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    1 minute ago, KozzyCan said:

    So what's the next step after the business case is made? Will the business case unlock the funding or is that a seperate step that needs to be taken? Do we then need to find an architect and a builder? Then the building can begin once those plans have been completed?

    I'm assuming that the business case is to get funding and get it all happening.

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