Perth's new stadium and unicorns
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If that's the case Lords and other english grounds should put up sight screens to international standards.....
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The 'no longer meets ICC standards' bit confuses me.
So we're to believe the grounds in places like Harare and Chittagong, or glorified suburban ovals in Hamilton and Dunedin have a higher standard of facilities?
So we're to believe the grounds in places like Harare and Chittagong, or glorified suburban ovals in Hamilton and Dunedin have a higher standard of facilities?
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Yeah, I thought the same. Two options:Timbo wrote:The 'no longer meets ICC standards' bit confuses me.
So we're to believe the grounds in places like Harare and Chittagong, or glorified suburban ovals in Hamilton and Dunedin have a higher standard of facilities?
1. The quote was incorrect and the ICC actually has NO problem with the WACA.
2. The quote was correct and the WACA doesn't meet standards, but neither do a whole lot of other grounds around the world.
I'm guessing that the ICC would only step in if player safety was at risk. The fact that some of the crowd have to queue up to buy a beer is perhaps less than ideal, but hardly grounds for the ICC taking a stance on whether games should or should not be played there.
The more relevant point is whether Cricket Australia will continue to schedule games there.
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It's code for "government give us money."
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No it's code for we hate seeing England and to a lesser extent other countries lose at the WACA constantly.
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Why did they ever do that redevelopment at the WACA in 2002 when 11 years later it would be sub-standard
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It was a pretty pissant redevelopment. No new stands were built (2 were demolished), grass banks replaced seats and new seats with more legroom and a higher gradient were installed.Orel Puppington wrote:Why did they ever do that redevelopment at the WACA in 2002 when 11 years later it would be sub-standard
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Re: Perth's new stadium and unicorns
Site works are complete. The design for the unicorn is still a few months away though
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/2 ... -complete/
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/2 ... -complete/
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Assuming there is no basement car parks ....you know how they love to add them at the 11th hour of the job......
Alot of that will need to be dug up again for in ground services and pile caps...Also how long is the ex tip going to off gas for?
Alot of that will need to be dug up again for in ground services and pile caps...Also how long is the ex tip going to off gas for?
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The Unicorn will be putting out methane for quite a while
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But unicorns fart rainbows.
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Where else does one find the pot of gold to pay for this thing
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Re: Perth's new stadium and unicorns
Well it has been announced Brookfield Multiplex wins the tender for the new stadium.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/lates ... adium-job/
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/lates ... adium-job/
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First construction photo of the stadium:
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Typical f***ing construction site; everyone's standing around watching while two blokes do all the work.