WA premier poised to make major new sport stadium announcement

[The InnFORCEr]

Our company has just been awarded the contract to clad the new Perth Arena so they will save plenty there

[hertryk]

Etihad only holds 55 000 people... and we only got 32 000 for the England test this year so be careful with those stats

Etihad was pretty full for the Wallabies v All Blacks game....

[travelling_gerry]

Burswood firming up as Perth stadium site

Fran Rimrod
September 5, 2010 - 2:14PM
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Will the Burswood peninsula house a new outdoor sports stadium?

The Burswood peninsula looks set to become the location for Perth's new outdoor sports stadium, shadow sport and recreation minister Kevin Travers said today.

Mr Travers said he believed an announcement on the new stadium site was imminent after rumours solidified when tourism minister Liz Constable told the crowd at a function last week to 'watch this space' when asked about where Perth is going to get a new stadium.

The location previously earmarked for the stadium was Kitchener Park in Subiaco, next to the existing oval.

Mr Travers said the Labor party wasn't fundamentally opposed to Burswood as the location for a new stadium, but said the Burswood peninsula would significantly increase the stadium price-tag.

"The construction costs are a lot more expensive, mainly because it is an old tip and they need to remediate the tip land but also because it is on the edge of the river they need to sink pylons down into the mud to get the foundation, and that's going to make it expensive," he said.

"The transport issues around that site are significantly greater than Subiaco, there is already a lot of infrastructure around at the railway station in Subiaco that isn't there at Burswood.

"Access roads for the stadium would also need significant upgrades."

Mr Travers said the stadium task force estimated that building at Burwood would add at least $300 million to the total cost of the stadium, bringing it up to more than $1.1 billion.

He said the task force expected building at Subiaco would cost around $800 million.

Mr Travers said the Labor party also supported building a new stadium, but was concerned that the Burswood peninsula would substantially add to the cost to the taxpayers at no real extra benefit.

"So if someone else, for example Burswood casino, was happy to pick up that additional cost, then we would have no problem for it being at Burswood," he said.

"Mr Barnett has a history of making comments on the stadium without examining the facts and it would be unwise to make a final decision using this cavalier approach.

"Labor welcomes the government working to deliver Western Australia a new stadium but this shouldn't be done without a detailed examination of the increased construction costs, transport issues and suitability for international events."

Premier Colin Barnett and tourism minister Liz Constable have been contacted for comment.

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/bu...905-14vt7.html

[tragic]

"Labor welcomes the government working to deliver Western Australia a new stadium but this shouldn't be done without a detailed examination of the increased construction costs, transport issues and suitability for international events."

Oh, dead on. We don't need a stadium. What we need is another report!

[GIGS20]

Mr Travers said the stadium task force estimated that building at Burwood would add at least $300 million to the total cost of the stadium, bringing it up to more than $1.1 billion.

He said the task force expected building at Subiaco would cost around $800 million.

Isn't it interesting that the 1.1 billion dollar MPS is now 300Million cheaper than the solution that is going to be subisdised by private equity?

I love how politicians forget their own bullshit in the rush to make up new bullshit!

[Elf1]

Just build the fricking thing!!!

[jargan83]

Just build the fricking thing!!!

No

That would make sense

[blueandblack]

"The state government will not reveal the location of Perth's new sports stadium before February, despite reports it will now be located on the Burswood peninsula."

[shasta]

"(At Burswood) you've got the opportunity of really building up an area that's really integrating a broader range of sports, whereas the other two sites don't have the space," he said.

"There's enough room to build a new stadium and provide space to, in time, build a dedicated rectangular stadium."

Looks like we are gonna get shafted. "In time" in politician speak means "Not on my watch - there's more votes in an AFL stadium."

[GIGS20]

Looks like we are gonna get shafted. "In time" in politician speak means "Not on my watch - there's more votes in an AFL stadium."

no....in my experience "in time" means we need to convene a committee and spend a million dollars having one of my mates do infrastructure studies and environmental impact reports so I have a line on the budget to say i'm working on the stadium issue.

[Burgs]

Does that mean we can then bulldoze Subiaco and build a flash rectangle there?

[beige]

Waaay ahead of ya...

[jargan83]

Waaay ahead of ya...

You would probably find some very willing volunteers from around these partsto do that

[Swee_82]

You would probably find some very willing volunteers from around these partsto do that

Wrecking Ball optional.... get a few of those puffed up WAFC dudes giving Gigs grief again and I'm sure he could do the job with bare hands.

[Action Hardcore]

Gigs couldn't wreck a pop stick house