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Flogging a dead horse, but raising $100m to build at caulfield when that cash could be used to fund the mcg redevlopement bothers me. Surey our facilities could be baked into the redevelopment, even if it means players have to jog over to gosch's and back for outdoor sessions.

Edited yesterday at 00:201 day by Gouga

IMO the MRC being in disarray is not helpfull for our Caulfield project and possibly even for Mt Scopus.

The land we want to build our admin on will have to be leased from the MRC (or they hand it back to the Trust and we lease it from them). This will require someone at the helm of the MRC.

Any news on Waverley?

On 11/10/2025 at 17:25, RickyJ45 said:

We all need to support either Craig Drummond or Peter Allen for the next AFL chair, to limit Eddie's influence through Peter Gordon.

Beginning around 2008-2009, Collingwood massively lobbied for control over Olympic Park, a site historically important for athletics but also valuable for a training ground close to Melbourne's sports precinct. Unfortunately we were asleep at the wheel and the Collingwood filth effectively took over the Olympic Park training facility from the MFC through backroom strategic negotiations, conflicts of interest (Eddie McGuire serving on the Athletics Australia board) and leveraging political influence.

Our goal should be to take back what is rightfully and geographically more accurately "ours" and send collingwood back to collingwood where they came from. if Peter Gordon doesn't get up then we can have a real crack at Olympic Park. Watch out!

Perhaps I could move my advocacy of Fishermans Bend to Collingwood, convincing them that a move to a greenfield site with plenty of potential for a purpose built training, admin, corporate ,retail, entertainment centre, part of the facilities for 70,000 new residents, could be an idea that the government department now responsible (Dept of Transport) might find attractive as adestination point for a new tram line and potential for enhanced public transport access. A bold, progressive and dynamic idea that a club like Collingwood with its large membership and its influence of AFL could undertake.

On 10/10/2025 at 10:52, Fritta and Turner said:

I hope we get a move on with Caulfield. The redevelopment of the Shane Warne stand at the MCG is going to hog all the $$$$$$

The other problem with the Shane Warne Stand redevelopment is that that's where Melbourne's administration offices are. If we don't have a home soon, there's no admin base.

On 12/10/2025 at 11:13, Gouga said:

Flogging a dead horse, but raising $100m to build at caulfield when that cash could be used to fund the mcg redevlopement bothers me. Surey our facilities could be baked into the redevelopment, even if it means players have to jog over to gosch's and back for outdoor sessions.

Why would we fund the MCG redevelopment?

17 minutes ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

The other problem with the Shane Warne Stand redevelopment is that that's where Melbourne's administration offices are. If we don't have a home soon, there's no admin base.

Thats one of the reasons I thought we might be looking at Waverley. Though the MCG redevelopement is not to kick off till 2030

9 hours ago, Fritta and Turner said:

Thats one of the reasons I thought we might be looking at Waverley. Though the MCG redevelopement is not to kick off till 2030

tigs will get waverley part-time til punt road oval is rebuilt

i am confident we'll announce caulfield and plan to be safely ensconsed there by 2030 when they'll start on the rebuild of the southern stand

11 hours ago, dpositive said:

Perhaps I could move my advocacy of Fishermans Bend to Collingwood, convincing them that a move to a greenfield site with plenty of potential for a purpose built training, admin, corporate ,retail, entertainment centre, part of the facilities for 70,000 new residents, could be an idea that the government department now responsible (Dept of Transport) might find attractive as adestination point for a new tram line and potential for enhanced public transport access. A bold, progressive and dynamic idea that a club like Collingwood with its large membership and its influence of AFL could undertake.

I think C'Wood will be constrained in the Olympic Park area. Trends in training areas and the emergence of AFLW makes it too small going into the future. I think the Pies would actually be better off seeking nee facilities in the Yarra Bend area, lots of football ovals there only a stone's throw from their ancestral 'hood.

I could then see the Olympic Park area being developed into a small boutique stadium for general VFL and AFLW usage.

The Dees will call Caulfield home.