We all know which one you prefer :lol:
But that 15K ground would have to be the northern oval wouldn't it?

New artist renders popped up today for the new Townsville CBD Stadium;



Trying to find better ones that are shown in the newspaper (looks like a horseshoe shape with only 3 stands to begin with that can be expanded later).

-PB

Edited by paulbagzFC: 15/9/2014 12:29:26 PM

Can't wait for stadiums Queensland to out price all potential tenants.

Seriously the spiritual home of Football, Rugby League and Atheltics in the State get's flattened so Collingwood can walk 5 minutes less to their fucking training oval.

The upgrade of Pirtek stadium has had one obstacle removed with the Eels to develop training fields and a high performance centre in North Parramatta. Hopefully none of the promised funds will be diverted to this project.

http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/parramatta/eels-to-build-new-highperformance-training-centre/story-fngr8huy-1227058871235

Canberra’s bold plan for new football stadium
http://www.a-league.com.au/article/canberras-bold-plan-for-new-football-stadium/1mcqi5wsoiv6a11n7bq49zfy3b
Monday, 15 September 2014 - John Greco

Canberra is hoping to attract more Hyundai A-League teams as part of a multi-million dollar upgrade by the University of Canberra (UC) to improve its sporting facilities.
A report in the Canberra Times newspaper on Monday outlined UC’s plans to invite Capital Football to make the campus’ sporting hub their home when they add a football stadium to their state-of-the-art facilities.

With Super Rugby club ACT Brumbies already calling the Bruce Campus home, Capital Football have been asked to invest $5 million to help produce a purpose-built football venue.

The federal and ACT governments, the university and other Canberra sporting bodies would also contribute to the boutique football venue.

‘‘We would love to have something at the University of Canberra that can fill the gap between the big venues and the small venues,’’ Capital Football chief executive Heather Reid said.

‘‘McKellar and Deakin are our only two soccer-specific venues in Canberra.

“If we’re going to grow and attract more A-League teams to play in Canberra, or stage more FFA Cup games, then we need a venue with a greater capacity.

“There’s nothing in between the smaller venues and then Canberra Stadium.”

The new facility will have television-quality lighting, which means it can host Hyundai A-League pre-season fixtures as well as potentially more Westfield FFA Cup matches.

It will also be the home of Capital Football and Westfield W-League team Canberra United.

It’s understood the new football pitch will take just under 15 months to complete once construction starts.

...all they need now is a huge grassroots push and a financial backer.

Can't wait for stadiums Queensland to out price all potential tenants.

Leichhardt Oval. Always will have a special part of my heart, and a great place to watch football.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/moreton/redcliffe-dolphins-has-revealed-plans-for-a-12-million-stadium-at-dolphin-oval/story-fni9r1i7-1226907637419
Not an A-League team, but a possible NPL

i reckon if smurfs based themselves at leichardt and seeked a stadium upgrade for 5,000 aditional seats, their first 6 years would have been more successful

Used by Victory for a few games, including Carlos' first Victory game in preseason against the Jets in 2008, a few W-League fixtures, and now they will play an A-League premiership season game at Simonds Stadium in 2015, 2016 and 2017, but most notably on that great night qualifying for the ACL Group Stage against a very tough and talented Muangthong United:

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Skinniest ground in the AFL with the furthest front row seat at the widest part of the flanks being much closer than Etihad, located less than 400 metres from South Geelong train station, which is about an hour from the Melbourne CBD, and about 1000 metres from the Geelong CBD.

The seats are closer than the stadium with Australia's club record crowd holder in Etihad, closer than any of the 95,000 that saw Victory v Liverpool or Australia vs Greece at the MCG, and closer than anyone at the 2006 World Cup final at the Olimpiastadion Berlin or will be at the next World Cup final at Luzhniki in Moscow.






















On the broadcast the commentators had nothing but praise for the quality of the pitch, which is hardly surprising seeing as it is all but abandoned by the AFL, but also because of support from the Geelong City Council, who own the stadium. In fact, and apologies for those of you that have already heard this anecdote, but when I worked for a news network in Melbourne that sent me down to cover Geelong's precious AFL team, the Cats, presenting their first AFL premiership trophy in a generation to their fans, I spoke to a groundsman employed by the council who confirmed to me that they forced the club in their moment of triumph to hold the event in the stadium parking lot to avoid fouling the grass for a Melbourne Victory open training session scheduled for the next day! Imagine that happening in Melbourne.



Was of course a part of the plan for Australia's 2022 World Cup bid, earmarked for a major upgrade to a 44k capacity and even to host a Quarter Final:


Basically it's best moment was providing the venue for the very most important of the rare #feedings of the Brox:


As far as Victorian oval venues go, this is as good as it gets for football, and based on that great game Kardinia Park could become as renowned and beloved as any home for football in this country if only the football was provided for the place.

Geelong has the Wiltonian Hattrick of demographic conditions conducive for a fanbase for football: young males (it's a uni town), ethnics (lots of Dutch, Italians and Croatians; 1.1% speak Croatian at home compared to the national average of 0.3%) and suburban families (especially growing fast as a dormitory city of Melbourne).

Just off the top of my head Matt Spiranovic, Adrian Leijer, Josip Skoko, Joey Didulica and Steve Horvat all hail from the area. The Croatian-based North Geelong Warriors have been in the upper echelons of the Victorian State Leagues for donks, and in fact yesterday won promotion to the top division of the NPLV. The Melbourne Knights were even once based in Geelong.

The 300,000 people in the G21 region love their Cats, but they're very parochial for their city in general and would, like regional cities across the country, get behind anything representing them on the national level.

The possibility of co-branding exists with the Cats; their semi-pro basketball team is called the Geelong Supercats and no one seems to mind.

The current mayor of Geelong, Darryn Lyons, has stated he will back a Geelong team: "Whatever I was asked to do. I'd do 100 per cent." Granted, that interview was given in his past life as a multi millionaire, but clearly his love of the city is stronger than ever, and owing to his past business experience he is perhaps the most uniquely positioned Australian public official to fully appreciate the global commercial power of football.

TL;DR: Geelong A2-League team, plz.

Edited by paladisious: 15/9/2014 12:26:38 AM