Federal Government throws $25m at Swans home ground.

[Sanecow]

Prime Minister John Howard has pledged $25 million in Commonwealth government funding towards the new $75 million stand at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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The new stand will increase the ground's capacity by an additional 2,800 seats.

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[Matt79]

What I find totally stupid is the fact they are spending all this money and incovenience on building a new stand and yet only increasing the capacity by 2,500?!?

[Sanecow]

It's only $27,000 a seat.

[AnnieH]

Originally posted by Sanecow
It's only $27,000 a seat.

You beat me to it ... $26,785.71 - per seat.
That's outrageous, isn't it?
I wonder how many quotes they got. I would have insisted on at least three or four. Does that include GST?
I say scrap the lot and bring back the grassy knoll that was once "the Hill".

[Matt79]

Originally posted by Sanecow
It's only $27,000 a seat.

They must be plated in gold!!

[j s]

Originally posted by Matt79
What I find totally stupid is the fact they are spending all this money and incovenience on building a new stand and yet only increasing the capacity by 2,500?!?

A lot of those extra seats will be corporate ones.

Plus, we get a second video screen (and the main one will be moved to a much better position (from my point of view anyway)

[AnnieH]

Where is the main one being moved to JS?

[Matt79]

Originally posted by Annie Haddad
Where is the main one being moved to JS?

One will be above the Churchill and the other where the Messenger stand is.

[AnnieH]

Originally posted by Matt79
One will be above the Churchill and the other where the Messenger stand is.

Thanks Matt.
I agree with JS then ... it's going to be great viewing from where I sit in the Brewongle ... almost directly opposite me.
Still, it's a lot of money for a renno.
They could almost build a new stadium for that.

[Glenn]

A chance to make a noticeable difference to the SCG capacity, so what do they do make it mostly for corporates why doesn't that surprise me for the SCG Trust.
Personally speaking the day the Swans are playing on a full time basis at Homebush can not come soon enough.

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Glenn
A chance to make a noticeable difference to the SCG capacity, so what do they do make it mostly for corporates why doesn't that surprise me for the SCG Trust.
Personally speaking the day the Swans are playing on a full time basis at Homebush can not come soon enough.

Because the Swans regularly sell out the SCG.

[satchmopugdog]

...plus ALL those cicket games that have them hanging from the rafters....1 one day game, Ashes test. The Pura Cup crowds are phenomenal.

[royboy42]

I'm sure no-one here seriously thinks that the SCG trust didnt do their sums!
It's ALL about revenue...ALL!!

[NMWBloods]

I don't understand why anyone is even questioning why they didn't try to make capacity larger - it's not like it's a constraint on most of our attendances.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Annie Haddad
They could almost build a new stadium for that.

Ah... not quite! Telstra Dome cost $450m and Telstra Stadium $650m, and they were built more than 6 years ago.