Perth Bledisloe

[The InnFORCEr]

How many people in Melbourne walk from Crown (or further away) to MCG??

That is 2.6km, I don't think you are giving the people of Perth enough credit, it will get used and in big numbers, you just watch.

Build it and they will come. Everyone bagged The Arena, it's great, everyone bagged Betty's Jetty, it's great (although not fully complete and there is that water park) but it is great and is being used.

[jargan83]

I'm not bagging it all, well not the stadium. I have no doubt the stadium will be brilliant and a much needed upgrade on that dump known as Subiaco Oval.

Just a bit of speculating however on the bridge. I reckon I'm right about the majority of people that will use it though.

[yungfen]

Lets wait and see

[.X.]

I dont visit Perth for 7 years and I miss out on

The Areana, Bettys Jetty and a bridge.

I am so out of touch.

[beige]

I dont visit Perth for 7 years and I miss out on

The Areana, Bettys Jetty and a bridge.

I am so out of touch.

Make sure you look both ways when crossing Murray St too

[.X.]

Make sure you look both ways when crossing Murray St too

What??

[jono]

Make sure you look both ways when crossing Murray St too

And to check out the Perth cactus in front of the bus station

[Sheikh]

And to check out the Perth cactus in front of the bus station

I think you mean in front of the train station.

I also think the designers think the bridge will encourage people to head to Claisebrook after the game. But there's not much there apart from the Royal and a handful of small restaurants. And the 'new Claisebrook', Gateway next to the causeway, won't be open for a couple of years after the stadium's opened.

[jargan83]

What??

Murray Street, Barrack Street and William Street have all be converted into two way streets as opposed to them all being one way streets in the past.

[shasta]

What??

Well you might be a little distracted trying to find Boans and the traffic is horrendous there these days.

[The InnFORCEr]

We got it for 2019!!

[The InnFORCEr]

Bledisloe Cup confirmed for Western Australia

Today at 3:15 PM
by Beth Newman


The Wallabies are taking the Bledisloe west in 2019, with Perth set to host its first trans-Tasman clash.

Perth’s new football stadium will be complete in early 2018, providing a 60,000-seat capacity venue for the city to host big-time matches, a far larger capacity than that of nib Stadium (25,000), which hosted the Wallabies vs Argentina this season.

The match will be the only home Bledisloe Test for the Wallabies in 2019, ahead of the Japan Rugby World Cup that same year.

Australia has looked into moving the Bledisloe to numerous venues between 2018 and 2021, with the construction of the new ANZ Stadium underway through that time, with the Perth Test the first new host in that time.

ARU CEO Bill Pulver said it was exciting to take the Bledisloe to a new venue.

“We are very proud to be bringing Western Australia its first ever Bledisloe Cup Test and are very grateful for the support of the WA Government, through Tourism Western Australia, which has enabled us to make this historic match a reality,” he said.

“The 2019 Bledisloe Cup match will be one of the first major events played at the new Perth Stadium after its completion in 2018. It will also be a vital clash for both teams, being their one and only clash in The Rugby Championship that year, on the eve of the Rugby World Cup.

“Having toured the construction site at Perth Stadium this year, I have seen firsthand what a world class sporting facility and entertainment precinct it is going to provide for the people of Western Australia. A packed stadium of 60,000 screaming Aussies and New Zealanders for a huge Bledisloe Cup Test is a tantalising prospect.”

Perth has hosted 15 Tests since its first, between Australia and South Africa in 1998, with the Springboks the most common visitors over the past 18 years.

The Springboks will again be visiting WA in 2017, playing the Wallabies in the Rugby Championship on September 9.

http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2016/12...bledisloe-2019

[jargan83]

Media conference in progress down in the Swan River in East Perth with the stadium in the background.

Mark Sinderberry, Adam Coleman and Nathan Sharpe present.

[.X.]

Murray Street, Barrack Street and William Street have all be converted into two way streets as opposed to them all being one way streets in the past.

Well you might be a little distracted trying to find Boans and the traffic is horrendous there these days.

Say it isn't so???

Where did Boans go? Loved that place.

Whats next, Riverside Drive cut in half? The house I used to live on @Canning Highway knocked down for townhouses??

[PerthGirl]

Thats great news! The only home Bled for 2019 means that tickets will go like hot cakes, I hope that Force members will get priority ticket purchasing