Casey Fields or Olympic Park ???

[do it 4 robbie 1]

Can anyone tell me why we are now talking about Casey Fields when were about to move to Olympic Park. Is it just while were waiting for them to finish Oly Park ??? Anyone Know ? Thanx.

[Go the Biff 3,442]

Can anyone tell me why we are now talking about Casey Fields when were about to move to Olympic Park. Is it just while were waiting for them to finish Oly Park ??? Anyone Know ? Thanx.

As I understand it, Casey Fields is being looked at as a summer pre-season training venue rather than hopping from ground to ground. Olympic Park is still on as our home & our training venue during the season.

[Guest melbman]

Has it been spelt out what exactly we will have at Olympic park???????

Will there be weight training rooms? Will there be an oval to train on cos I don't think the Dees, Storm and soccer will all be training on a game day surface which leaves Goshes paddock along with the Woods?

Is it a bit like the GST where you don't get the full details till too late? Tax on petrol? We can't drop that to 10% it's not a tax it's an excise!

Football ground? You can't train here, you'll wreck the surface, go train on the corner of Punt Rd!

[casey scorp 2]

Can anyone tell me why we are now talking about Casey Fields when were about to move to Olympic Park. Is it just while were waiting for them to finish Oly Park ??? Anyone Know ? Thanx.

As I understand it, Casey Fields is being looked at as a summer pre-season training venue rather than hopping from ground to ground. Olympic Park is still on as our home & our training venue during the season.

That’s right – that is the current proposal of MFC. Summer training base at Casey Fields, with admin at the Rectangular Stadium all the time and the football operations there during the football season.

Has it been spelt out what exactly we will have at Olympic park???????

Will there be weight training rooms? Will there be an oval to train on cos I don't think the Dees, Storm and soccer will all be training on a game day surface which leaves Goshes paddock along with the Woods?

Is it a bit like the GST where you don't get the full details till too late? Tax on petrol? We can't drop that to 10% it's not a tax it's an excise!

Football ground? You can't train here, you'll wreck the surface, go train on the corner of Punt Rd!

Indoor training facilities and admin facilities at the Rectangular Stadium. No access to playing field, which is the wrong shape anyway.

Outdoor training at Gosch's Paddock, or at an oval Eddie McEverywhere wants to build in place of the Olympic Park aths track (ie between Lexus Centre and the Rectangular Stadium). I think the athletes have different ideas though, so it'll probably be Gosch's Paddock only.

It is hardly ideal for the winter base either having the outdoor training surface a few hundred metres trot up Swan Street, and then having to share with the Magpies. Imagine the timing clash ahead of Melbourne v Collingwood games.

Perhaps Casey Fields is a better permanent option than the Rectangular Stadium!

When you consider all of the other advantages of being located in a growth corridor, I’m not too sure what the advantage of being based at the Rectangular Stadium is anyway. Being able to see the MCG is hardly worth paying all that rent for!

Melbourne is not a powerhouse club, dripping in finance. It needs to re-establish itself in modest lodgings, and spend any spare cash on its football department – not on rent to be part of an ill-fitting soccer/rugby ground.

[Guest melbman]

Perhaps Casey Fields is a better permanent option than the Rectangular Stadium!

I agree with you wholeheartedly. Once you dispense with inner city sentimentality, having Casey as a permanent training venue makes a heck of allot more sense.

[Brocky 4]

Perhaps Casey Fields is a better permanent option than the Rectangular Stadium!

Not likely, we are the Melbourne Football Club, not the 'middle of f%#king no-where' football club. Casey Fields is fine as a summer training base, but a permanent move to be based there, no way!! The club has put too much money into the Olympic Park project to pull out now.

[casey scorp 2]

The club has put too much money into the Olympic Park project to pull out now.

How much money?

[Gouga 570]

Not likely, we are the Melbourne Football Club, not the 'middle of f%#king no-where' football club. Casey Fields is fine as a summer training base, but a permanent move to be based there, no way!! The club has put too much money into the Olympic Park project to pull out now.

Agree. If it wasn't for the two year delay in building the thing we wouldn't even be talking about Casey and 'growth corridors'.

[Brocky 4]

How much money?

I don't know the exact figure off-hand, but several million dollars. It is why the 150 club was created.

[casey scorp 2]

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/TheClub/Fund...96/default.aspx

The Red and Blue Foundation holds a Deed of Trust, registered with the Australian Sports Foundation Ltd (ASF). The ASF was established by the Australian Government to assist the development of sport in Australia. Donations to the ASF are tax deductible and supporters simply name the Red and Blue Foundation as their preferred beneficiary.

The Club is committed to raising $4 million for the fit-out of our new home, and the purchase of state-of-the-art training equipment. The Foundation has undertaken to raise $2,500,000 and the balance - $1,500,000 - has been provided by the Australian Football League.

$2.5 million to be raised. Not yet raised, and certainly not yet put in!

[casey scorp 2]

Agree. If it wasn't for the two year delay in building the thing we wouldn't even be talking about Casey and 'growth corridors'.

And, just maybe, fortune has instead smiled on MFC in the form of the delay instead of being caught up in an ill-fitting Rectangular Stadium where MFC would just be a filler tenant.

[Brocky 4]

The Club is committed to raising $4 million for the fit-out of our new home, and the purchase of state-of-the-art training equipment. The Foundation has undertaken to raise $2,500,000 and the balance - $1,500,000 - has been provided by the Australian Football League.

$2.5 million to be raised. Not yet raised, and certainly not yet put in!

Part of the $2.5 million has been raised.

[rpfc 28,782]

Cranbourne shouldn't be too much of a hassle, most of our players live in Bentleigh(possibly a generalisation). All for going there in the summer, maybe do what the Hawks have done in Waverley in terms supporter bases.

But Melbourne FC should be based in the city, but if rent gets too heavy i'm sure Casey would spend a bit on facilities (I hear they're pretty good anyway) to accomodate us.

As an aside, who gives a flying F if our training facilities and office are in a rectangular stadium. We don't train on it FFS. It will be a similar setup to Collingwood - and how are they going at the moment?

[Yencks 8]

the interesting thing will be if we form an alliance with the Casey VFL team who also train there...it would make sense i suppose

[beelzebub 23,383]

Not likely, we are the Melbourne Football Club, not the 'middle of f%#king no-where' football club. Casey Fields is fine as a summer training base, but a permanent move to be based there, no way!! The club has put too much money into the Olympic Park project to pull out now.

Last time i looked . Hawthorn wasnt in Waverley.. Stkilda wasnt in Frankston...apparently Collingwood has moved too ...lol

For the purposes of the exercise...define Melbourne as being the territory of the MFC ?

Id rather they were in Casey than the Gold Coast !!

[w00dy 146]

i'd be very disappointed if we moved into casey completely... and to be honest, once the new stadium is completed, i don't think we should train there at all...

all our great facilities will be at the olympic park precinct, we will have an oval that is available 12 months of the year which eliminates the need for a summer training base... richmond are training in cragieburn over summer because the cricket club play cricket at punt road over summer... why would we want to downgrade over summer?

if you ask me the MFC are playing this really well... we need a training base now, and casey will give us that... we're throwing the idea of moving there permanently to get the best deal for us over the next two years, till our stadium is ready, then we're out of there...

[DEE32 99]

If we were supposed to be at the Olympic stadium now, but not due to delay, then how come we cant use the Goshs Paddock now! Many people on here seem to think its almost a given to train there when we do get into the Olympic stadium???

I get the feeling we will still not have a year round training base.

[beelzebub 23,383]

I must confess I only have gut feeling on this but everything about bubbledome seems so far to be smoke and mirrors. It was supposed to be part of the you beaut ( and I was on banddwagon I admit ) team-Melb...and hasnt that beena roaring success.

At the end of the day what really is Bubbledome to us. Its an Office..with some shared facilities.. Gym, recovery etc.. and a walk down the road to a paddock !!. Yes it looks at the G..but its not the G. Its a place to train

Casey will give us that during summer and the other ood times we want/need to go elsewhere.. I really cant see a down side to a new MCG...thats Melbourne's Cranbourne Ground !! :D

[Guest redandbluethruandthru]

don't care as long as we start winning games

[John Dee 445]

Let's not get too het up about this. The Olympic Park precinct will be our permanent home. Collingwood are negotiating to kick out Athletics Australia, or rather bribe them out. This will get them the oval that they desperately want - Edwin Flack Field. They will immediately rename it Bob Rose Oval; Eddie is still carrying a large grudge.

This will leave us Gosch's Paddock which we will have to share with the Storm. Actually there are two ovals there, that shouldn't be a huge issue. Victory play over summer. The Storm and Victory may even get to train in the new stadium, we will have nothing to do with it apart from our digs which will be in its surrounds.

This is all very fine apart from a few weeks in January when the tennis is on. To have another, permanentlt available, venie in the biggest growth area in Melbourne is a great move. Richmond have unfettered access to Punt Road Oval, but that hasn't stopped them from securing a summer training facility at Craigeburn.

[dazzledavey36 55,366]

wat are there facilities like? gym?

[casey scorp 2]

This is all very fine apart from a few weeks in January when the tennis is on. To have another, permanentlt available, venie in the biggest growth area in Melbourne is a great move. Richmond have unfettered access to Punt Road Oval, but that hasn't stopped them from securing a summer training facility at Craigeburn.

Richmond Cricket Club?

[mikeod 21]

Part of the $2.5 million has been raised.

A large part really.

And Demonology/Demonland has been apart of it - which is fantastic.

See the 150 Club thread at the top of the board to see how you can help the club reach its goal and get rid of its 'nomadic' tag.

[Yencks 8]

If we were supposed to be at the Olympic stadium now, but not due to delay, then how come we cant use the Goshs Paddock now! Many people on here seem to think its almost a given to train there when we do get into the Olympic stadium???

I get the feeling we will still not have a year round training base.

well if thats the case, we have casey fields

[casey scorp 2]

If we were supposed to be at the Olympic stadium now, but not due to delay, then how come we cant use the Goshs Paddock now! Many people on here seem to think its almost a given to train there when we do get into the Olympic stadium???

I get the feeling we will still not have a year round training base.

well if thats the case, we have casey fields

Where MFC can have a year round training base if it grasps the opportunity!