Training Ground?

[waynewussell 4,854]

1 hour ago, old dee said:

A MFC player will not grace it this decade. Think 2030+ better then than never.

I think you will find that the playing fields will be ready long before the whole complex is completed.

[Fritta and Turner 4,181]

4 hours ago, Lexinator said:

Mate, just be happy they are getting Coles 😉🤪

Luxury

[Fritta and Turner 4,181]

3 hours 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.

We are not building a nuclear reactor.....

[No. 31 1,061]

The Racecourse Reserve might be in the State electorate of Caulfield held by the Liberal Party but it is also in the Federal electorate of Macnamara held by the ALP. Sitting member is Josh Burns, who does have interest in footy (but I think he is a Carlton supporter). Lobbying never goes astray 😉

Terri Bracks on the board wouldn't be a bad idea, links to State ALP and a Dees fan.

[No. 31 1,061]

1 minute ago, Fritta and Turner said:

We are not building a nuclear reactor.....

Did you check with Dutton though ... there is a pond there for potentially cooling a modular reactor 😁

[—coach— 3,496]

14 minutes ago, waynewussell said:

I think you will find that the playing fields will be ready long before the whole complex is completed.

Agreed. I’ve done some work out at the Kennedy Centre (Hawks new facility) ovals completed and operational long before the building will be.

[daisycutter 29,296]

9 minutes ago, Fritta and Turner said:

We are not building a nuclear reactor.....

more's the pity

[Fritta and Turner 4,181]

4 minutes ago, No. 31 said:

Did you check with Dutton though ... there is a pond there for potentially cooling a modular reactor 😁

Reserved for the snakes....and yabbies.  When the races still had the 'flat' you could jump in after doing your dough.

[Nascent 8,608]

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

That one I got, thanks, 32, but I admit defeat with yours, @Nascent, unless it's a reference to the shareable summer treat of my childhood, modified in the vein of

 

[layzie 32,744]

It's great news. I'm sure most in here are happy. 

[Gorgoroth 12,695]

3 hours ago, DeeZone said:

Artist impressions don’t have to be practical. Lol.!!!

I think you need to watch Zoolander. 

 

[Oxdee 255]

2 hours ago, Adam The God said:

What is this based on?

The business case is to come.

There should be multiple co-financing avenues with the multiple racing clubs, MCC, state, federal and even local govs, the AFL and our own cash injections, but this is a commercial team that struggled to get a short's sponsor for a team that had finished top 4 three years in a row and won a flag.

As for MFCSS, it's actually just a lack of trust now sullied over multiple years by the administration, nothing to do with the football side of things. At least not for me.

They aren’t proposing to build Dubai.:: it’s a few football ovals, a pavilion and a 4 storey HQ..: a members fundraising and some contribution from council and state governments will be enough. I’m in construction and the total cost for this isn’t going to be exorbitant 

[Adam The God 29,298]

2 minutes ago, Oxdee said:

They aren’t proposing to build Dubai.:: it’s a few football ovals, a pavilion and a 4 storey HQ..: a members fundraising and some contribution from council and state governments will be enough. I’m in construction and the total cost for this isn’t going to be exorbitant 

What are we talking though? I had previously heard tens of millions...

[daisycutter 29,296]

i wonder if caulfield will finally include the "Deeluded MFC Social Club"?

[layzie 32,744]

21 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

I think you need to watch Zoolander. 

 

 

Or Spinal Tap!

 

 

 

[Redleg 39,998]

13 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

i wonder if caulfield will finally include the "Deeluded MFC Social Club"?

What about the Redleg Urinal?

[He de mon 872]

I find the negativity about this bizarre. We finally have some concrete plans, and things appear to be moving in the right direction. I am not a fan of Caulfield, but if that is the position the clubs takes then I will embrace it. Just give us a home already. 
Notably the Lawrence fans are still not happy. Can’t campaign on that one anymore hey?

[Diamond_Jim 12,351]

21 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

What are we talking though? I had previously heard tens of millions...

Dingley has a budgeted cost of $113 M for the Hawks facility

(The land cost was under $8M)

Edited yesterday at 06:12 by Diamond_Jim

[Redleg 39,998]

3 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Dingley has a budgeted cost of $113 M for the Hawks facility

(The land cost was under $8M)

That is one expensive oval.

[Adam The God 29,298]

8 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Dingley has a budgeted cost of $113 M for the Hawks facility

(The land cost was under $8M)

Yep, I'd heard ours would require similar funding, great news if not, but remains to be seen. 

[Skuit 9,939]

4 hours ago, pitmaster said:

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.

It is a bit of a fizzer, and now I have no idea if my breakfast whisky is for joy or sadness. 

I'm mostly left scratching my head as to why they told Roffey not to attend the email forwarding. 

[Skuit 9,939]

3 hours ago, old dee said:

A MFC player will not grace it this decade. Think 2030+ better then than never.

And even then it will be just MFC androids. Like, who is going to go and fetch the balls that go in that dam? You can bet it won't be robot Fritsch. 

[Dingo 1,010]

4 hours ago, greenwaves said:

I thought we had the money we just couldn't find a location 

Sale of the Bentleigh Club money?

[Diamond_Jim 12,351]

5 minutes ago, Dingo said:

Sale of the Bentleigh Club money?

Hope not

That is "future fund" money. Use the income but not the capital.

Frankly we should have been raising money for the training ground for years.

Of the $113M being spent by the Hawks various governments are putting up $30M ($15M from each of State and Federal)

[FreedFromDesire 594]

57 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

Yep, I'd heard ours would require similar funding, great news if not, but remains to be seen. 

Yes, ours will be quite high as a total, it's expected to be around $100-120 million, of which we have committed $20-25 million.