Hope they dont lose the deposit on the temp seating, they look .... flammable :P

Nice precinct the Ironbark Fields, new seats on the eastern side going in. The former premiers will play there in April.

Has that "temporary" vibe perfect for State league grounds.

"Only $5 to get in"

plus a long walk

Don't know what screams "professional top tier football" more the A4 printouts or the strings of orange flags :)

Those printouts are A3, not A4. C'mon mate, show a little respect. 
The bit I find amusing is the fact that the printouts and the massive digital display say the same thing. 

lolz sorry mate, what would I know :)  meanwhile South Melbourne Womens team was playing at a "Not suitable for the Aleague" Lakeside...

https://twitter.com/smfc/status/1769136855105094031?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

There's that old song

"The Ground with no Beer"

They are also playing a few other games there shortly after:

• Saturday, 13 April - vs Central Coast Mariners - 3:30pm
• Tuesday, 16 April - vs Adelaide United - 7:00pm

They voted it being named IronBark Fields , just hasn't got the final legal ticks

Is there any transport at all near this stadium or do you have to drive there? 

Let's not call it a stadium. Definitely not a stadium.
There is a public car park at the ground (1500 spots).
For the women's game they were doing shuttle buses from both Tarneit Train Station and Werribee Train Station.

*cough *cough try "Western United" on for size :P

7pm kickoff???  lucky daylight savings is ending but still think they'll have to get all the cars to park facing inwards with their headlights left on if they wannna televise this thing in the second half  hahahahahaha poor Paramount..... 

Two things they desperately need to do which will be relatively low cost.

1. Spray the temporary seats Green and Black. They look ridiculous as a grey colour. Although they are likely renting them, they should just come to an agreement on them. Would look so much better in their colors.
2. Get Green and Black Awning shadecloths to go over the top of the temporary stands. Can't have them just in the elements out there in the paddock.

It would honestly look great if they did this. Gives them more signage as well to potentially drive sponsorship revenue for next season. 

imagine sitting there on a 35 degree day next January? They need to put in some shade in the offseason. Plus toilets and food/drink stalls. 


the State government has confirmed Davis Road Station will open in about 2 years, but that's about 2km away.

The Wyndham council are pushing hard for Sayers Road station to be built, which is next to Ironbark Fields. I would suggest this might be an election promise from both sides in the lead up to the 2026 election. So they’re probably looking at a good 5 years. The problem they have is that federal government funding has stopped the Geelong fast rail project (for now) and delayed the airport rail project.

Both ends at Hindmarsh are open ended in the sun.

....and has sufficient lighting to be able to play in the evenings and therefore out of the sun... 

Clocks going back on the weekend will render the sun moot.

So you're not expecting them to be around for next summer then? Or is it the Aleague you are expecting to fold?

Melbourne Rebels to share Tarneit with Western United as part of consortium rescue plan

That explains the big empty spaces behind the goals then ....

"The deal would include the Rebels playing games at the recently opened 5000 capacity Regional Football Facility and then at the 15,000 capacity stadium which is anticipated to be ready for the 2026-27 A-League season and the 2027 Rugby World Cup."

Interesting that they think the proper stadium will be ready in two years.

Chair last night has stated that's the date 

Says they've got the money backers, the best Architects, all the planning approval

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xSt7oTOrcxT9jZ5YVTZUK

Now that there's going to be another sport playing there, of course it will be ready in two years.

I'm a little bit conflicted.

On one hand they originally claimed they were gong to be a football specific stadium. So that has gone out the window. 

On the other hand, having a tenant that wants to play out of their stadium gives them a little more credibility (and more pressure to finish the stadium build). And from a MVFC point of view, one less pitch destroying tenant at AAMI Park is a good thing. 

I have also heard they are trying to get the Phoenix NBL team to relocate and play out of the basketball stadium they are building in the Ironbark Fields precinct.. 

To be fair they changed that plan pretty much straight away. I remember during the first season they were already saying they wanted the stadium to be multi-purpose. It was probably one of the conditions for the council to hand over the land.
At the end of the day, any new football infrastructure is a positive for Victoria.

As much as I despise the whole premise behind the "club" you cant argue this. I seriously doubt they will meet their 2 year timeline (which will make the whole shovel ready stadium an 8 year build) but good luck to them if they found someone gullible enough to pay for it...