Etihad Stadium - New Initiatives

[Eastdog]

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Imagine having an 80,000+ crowd and a 40,000+ crowd all descending to the same train station and car parking area of a Saturday night. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense for mine.

Agree PP. Why create a situation for having even more people in the precinct than there already is. While for some Doggies supporters it may be more closer than Etihad is it really the better option. Southern Cross station is a much bigger station than the one near the G and is designed to carry a lot more people.

[Twodogs]

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Agree PP. Why create a situation for having even more people in the precinct than there already is. While for some Doggies supporters it may be more closer than Etihad is it really the better option. Southern Cross station is a much bigger station than the one near the G and is designed to carry a lot more people.

Most bulldogs supporters are in the western side of the city so Docklands is far more convenient. It's on the end of Footscray road. From my place in west Footscray it's no more than half an hour by public transport from my door to my seat.

[Eastdog]

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Most bulldogs supporters are in the western side of the city so Docklands is far more convenient. It's on the end of Footscray road. From my place in west Footscray it's no more than half an hour by public transport from my door to my seat.

Yes true and Etihad is more easier for most of our fans to get to. Still with the train from where I am in the east it doesn't seem to take long at all to get to Etihad - very easy. Had no trouble getting to Whitten Oval for the NAB 1 match last year either you can either take the Sunbury or Watergardens line from either Flinders or Southern Cross.

[Bornadog]

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Imagine having an 80,000+ crowd and a 40,000+ crowd all descending to the same train station and car parking area of a Saturday night. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense for mine.

Plus storm playing at the rectangle

[Eastdog]

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Plus storm playing at the rectangle

Yes Eddie and co need to take these things in account.

[LostDoggy]

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Plus storm playing at the rectangle

True. And a sell out concert at the Tennis Centre. These things would all need to be taken into account - logistical nightmare.

[azabob]

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Imagine having an 80,000+ crowd and a 40,000+ crowd all descending to the same train station and car parking area of a Saturday night. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense for mine.

And AAMI park in the same area, with Rod Laver potentially also holding an event the same night.

[F'scary]

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You idiot, Eddie.

[Twodogs]

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Yes true and Etihad is more easier for most of our fans to get to. Still with the train from where I am in the east it doesn't seem to take long at all to get to Etihad - very easy. Had no trouble getting to Whitten Oval for the NAB 1 match last year either you can either take the Sunbury line from either Flinders or Southern Cross.

Or the Watergardens line.

[comrade]

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Ballarat to Etihad is as easy as can be, too.

It's also a fortress for us.

Keep it and give us a more equitable deal.

[SonofScray]

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I found the discussion re: Sports Precinct this week to be very annoying.

One bloke with vested interests and no real contribution to to Etihad as a stadium trying to dictate where our home ground should be and further homogenise the game so his club gets its own home stadium etc. #$%^ off.

[Eastdog]

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Or the Watergardens line.

Yep that's right so really no excuse not to be able to get to Etihad. It is also well served by trams as well. Tram 30 goes from St Vincents Plaza to Docklands and only runs on the weekdays but really should be running on the weekends as well which it doesn't currently but still there are a variety of other trams that get you there.

[Sedat]

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Ballarat to Etihad is as easy as can be, too.

It's also a fortress for us.

Keep it and give us a more equitable deal.

That is the crux of the issue for me. Etihad blows because we are getting completely screwed with our stadium deal. Having said that, I doubt very much that this new proposal will be giving us a more equitable stadium deal - it is bigger for a start, so match day running costs will be even more expensive than they currently are at Etihad.

I personally hate Etihad stadium but from a geographical standpoint it is the natural home for us. But we will always be playing with one hand tied behind our backs for the next 9 years because of the dreadful stadium deal we have in place.

[Remi Moses]

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I was hearing recently the afl have poured over 40 mil in the last two years into Western Sydney wastelands !

[Eastdog]

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I was hearing recently the afl have poured over 40 mil in the last two years into Western Sydney wastelands !

That's a huge amount of money. It's like the NRL doing that in SA and WA which are clearly AFL fanatics like us in Victoria. The NRL aren't really pushing it in those states that don't follow rugby and yet our game AFL is being pushed into areas who don't have an interest in our game.