Training Ground?

[Fritta and Turner 4,246]

2 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Amazing construction effort if true. Out that way $100m will only buy you about 15 houses.

As we arnt paying for the land more like 120 houses.

Anyway the mind boggles.

[Fritta and Turner 4,246]

1 hour ago, Adam The God said:

I'm the same. I'm a MFC/MCC member and treat my dual membership as a donation to the club.

Some of our commercial team don't value it, is what I was getting at.

I see mine as a donation too.  It is probably not highly valued as it is not a large amount.

[Oxdee 307]

2 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Amazing construction effort if true. Out that way $100m will only buy you about 15 houses.

I’m developing a 4 storey apartment building with 40 apartments.. cost $17m.. $100m is exorbitant 

[Adam The God 29,797]

31 minutes ago, Fritta and Turner said:

I see mine as a donation too.  It is probably not highly valued as it is not a large amount.

That's not what I meant.

The MFC does not value the MCC relationship highly enough IMO. MCC are a major backer and source of (potential co) finance. That is a relationship to be nurtured and strengthened.

Perhaps, Steven Smith can help with that down the line...

Edited Tuesday at 09:44 by Adam The God

[Hawk the Demon 861]

41 minutes ago, Fritta and Turner said:

I see mine as a donation too.  It is probably not highly valued as it is not a large amount.

By making that donation F&T you get to vote in the MFC Board elections. Ain't that worth something?

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,892]

8 hours ago, old dee said:

Already in the diary dd, something about a  kid from Israel's birthday.

 

😄

Though, at the risk of igniting any number, variety, orientation and strength of responses, to be strictly correct...

...The Occupied Territories.

[KozzyCan 674]

IDK anything about how these costs are structured but isn't that number about what most clubs have spent on their training facilities?

[Its Time for Another 4,113]

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

😄

Though, at the risk of igniting any number, variety, orientation and strength of responses, to be strictly correct...

...The Occupied Territories.

To be fair when the kid was born he’s talking about it was Israel and occupied by the indigenous population who I assume you are calling nowadays occupiers. Perhaps a discussion for a very different forum. There are plenty available elsewhere. 

[pitmaster 3,497]

On 24/09/2024 at 11:57, Its Time for Another said:

It's an interesting question. I have read that they provide $1mill a year to MFC as an MCC sports section. As we know the MFC Admin is housed in the MCC I'm guessing at heavily subsidised rent. The MFC also have access to some corporate boxes. No idea what that deal is. I have no idea why the MCC do all of this. Surely not just because the MFC is called a sporting section of the MCC but maybe. Does anyone have any idea. 

Not in my experience. Its housed in part of the G opposite the MCC members' reserve. It's a 10 minute walk from the MCC area to the MFC offices.

[Its Time for Another 4,113]

8 minutes ago, pitmaster said:

Not in my experience. Its housed in part of the G opposite the MCC members' reserve. It's a 10 minute walk from the MCC area to the MFC offices.

Yeh correct. I should have said MCG. But they are housed there courtesy of the MCC who manage the MCG. 

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,892]

47 minutes ago, Its Time for Another said:

To be fair when the kid was born he’s talking about it was Israel and occupied by the indigenous population who I assume you are calling nowadays occupiers. Perhaps a discussion for a very different forum. There are plenty available elsewhere. 

There's a discussion there to be had, Groucho (I use that avatar-prompted label in positive, appreciative terms😊) but we should agree to just acknowledge eachother's different perspectives and move on back to footy n fun. And both of us trod lightly with our posts - well done us.

[Its Time for Another 4,113]

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

There's a discussion there to be had, Groucho (I use that avatar-prompted label in positive, appreciative terms😊) but we should agree to just acknowledge eachother's different perspectives and move on back to footy n fun. And both of us trod lightly with our posts - well done us.

Yeh let’s just stick to the one true religion practiced here and on it’s one  sanctified ground.  

[Fritta and Turner 4,246]

12 hours ago, Hawk the Demon said:

By making that donation F&T you get to vote in the MFC Board elections. Ain't that worth something?

Apart from a warm fuzzy feeling, not much.

[whatwhat say what 22,427]

10 hours ago, Its Time for Another said:

To be fair when the kid was born he’s talking about it was Israel and occupied by the indigenous population who I assume you are calling nowadays occupiers. Perhaps a discussion for a very different forum. There are plenty available elsewhere. 

he was born in 1948?

[Fritta and Turner 4,246]

12 hours ago, Oxdee said:

I’m developing a 4 storey apartment building with 40 apartments.. cost $17m.. $100m is exorbitant 

Does seem high but we are building a high performance centre for elite footballers (pools, gyms, speialist rooms and probs enclosed court to try out drills in wet weather and behind closed doors etc, plus admin) it should be well north of $60 mill

[george_on_the_outer 7,477]

16 minutes ago, Fritta and Turner said:

Does seem high but we are building a high performance centre for elite footballers (pools, gyms, speialist rooms and probs enclosed court to try out drills in wet weather and behind closed doors etc, plus admin) it should be well north of $60 mill

...and ovals!     Hawthorns new site development at Dingley is around the $120M mark 

[Roost it far 8,018]

13 hours ago, Oxdee said:

I’m developing a 4 storey apartment building with 40 apartments.. cost $17m.. $100m is exorbitant 

As someone with knowledge of the countless unfixed and largely unfixable issues in apartments built in the last 10 years I sure hope your development is of better quality. 

[Diamond_Jim 12,426]

6 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

...and ovals!     Hawthorns new site development at Dingley is around the $120M mark 

Agree...

The published State Govt component for Dingley is under $20M. If we get that amount it may be hard to raise the rest. The other item that will increase costs is building within an active race course. The co-ordination to allow other activities doesn't come cheap... Schedule = Cost

A simple example is will cranes need to be removed on race days so as not to interfere with line of sight viewing from the grandstands

Edited Tuesday at 22:46 by Diamond_Jim

[old dee 23,610]

3 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Agree...

The published State Govt component for Dingley is under $20M. If we get that amount it may be hard to raise the rest. The other item that will increase costs is building within an active race course. The co-ordination to allow other activities doesn't come cheap... Schedule = Cost

I will stay on course DJ I will believe it when I see it!

[Fritta and Turner 4,246]

1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Agree...

The published State Govt component for Dingley is under $20M. If we get that amount it may be hard to raise the rest. The other item that will increase costs is building within an active race course. The co-ordination to allow other activities doesn't come cheap... Schedule = Cost

A simple example is will cranes need to be removed on race days so as not to interfere with line of sight viewing from the grandstands

Apart from playing fields I didnt think we were proposing to build inside the race course, rather on Booran? Rd

[Hawk the Demon 861]

5 hours ago, Fritta and Turner said:

Apart from playing fields I didnt think we were proposing to build inside the race course, rather on Booran? Rd

Yes - the building element is outside the track - just a small pavillion inside the track, near the two ovals.

[Whispering_Jack 29,451]

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

😄

Though, at the risk of igniting any number, variety, orientation and strength of responses, to be strictly correct...

...The Occupied Territories.

To be strictly correct, it was called the Kingdom of Judea but to be very clear, I would suggest that posters avoid taking this or any other thread on this site for a walk in that direction.

[dice 684]

Absolutely no hope this Caulfield pipe dream gets realised any time soon, imo:

• Relying on a broke state Labor government to chip in at least $50m
• New MRC chairman, John Kanga, is a Collingwood supporter
• The CRRT is chaired by a Sydney supporter, Sam Almaliki

Edited Wednesday at 06:46 by dice

[daisycutter 29,523]

6 minutes ago, dice said:

Absolutely no hope this Caulfield pipe dream gets realised any time soon, imo:

• Relying on a broke state Labor government to chip in at least $50m
• New MRC chairman, John Kanga, is a Collingwood supporter
• The CRRT is chaired by a Sydney supporter, Sam Almaliki

as far as kanga goes, collingwood would probably be happy to get their hands on a 2nd ground ... e.g. gosch's

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,892]

2 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

To be strictly correct, it was called the Kingdom of Judea but to be very clear, I would suggest that posters avoid taking this or any other thread on this site for a walk in that direction.

You and I must have done the same catch-up googling, Jack? 😉

Anyway, by mutual affirming emojing, @Its Time for Another and I, at least, have recommitted to the direction of the two true religions, fun n footy.

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