Another Upgrade for Aurora Stadium.

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Another Upgrade for Aurora Stadium.

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Federal Minister Anthony Albanese announced this morning that the Federal Government is giving "up to $4M" towards the cost of another upgrade to Aurora Stadium. The project includes a new stand that will provide 2,125 extra seats bringing the seating capacity to 13.875. Council is to tip in $0.5M from the insurance funds they received from the heritage stand that burnt down last year. Now all that is required if for the state government to find another $2.5M so that the work can go ahead. It is interesting to note that once this project is complete Launceston Council will have contributed $3M towards the $32M cost of the venue,


http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/s ... 94966.aspx

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I told you it was an insurance job.

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Jeffles wrote:I told you it was an insurance job.
:lol:

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It is interesting to note that once this project is complete Launceston Council will have contributed $3M towards the $32M cost of the venue,
Town of Vincent contributed 6 million to MES...half of the total cost!. Local councils have a great interest in contributing funding to stadiums.

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Egan wrote:
It is interesting to note that once this project is complete Launceston Council will have contributed $3M towards the $32M cost of the venue,
Town of Vincent contributed 6 million to MES...half of the total cost!. Local councils have a great interest in contributing funding to stadiums.
In one of the most marginal seats in Australia Aurora Stadium has done wonderfully well.

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gyfox wrote:In one of the most marginal seats in Australia Aurora Stadium has done wonderfully well.
Geelong, Rushton Park, MES many of these minor venues have to have multiple layers of funding commitments from different bodies. Local council have to be on the table as well as state,federal, AFL etc etc.

While it is good, its just the way stadia development has to occur these days.

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Jeffles wrote:I told you it was an insurance job.
Only doubt I had was whether any insurance companies were game to sell a policy on it.

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http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=26993

Tas state budget released last week allows for upgrades to York Park (capacity) and Bellerive Oval (lights, as previously mentioned).

And a minor Austadiums' exclusive, both of those venues will be nominated as the home grounds in Tasmania United FC's A-League bid - which is happening on Tuesday :) A-League discussion should go here to avoid getting off topic!

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Is York Park the first A-League venue in Australia capable of hosting two football matches side by side?

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Will this new stand increase the capacity? Or just replace the stand that was burnt down?

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yob wrote:Is York Park the first A-League venue in Australia capable of hosting two football matches side by side?
Bellerive Oval is actually going to have the football pitch on one half of the ground :P

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nobleoz wrote:Will this new stand increase the capacity? Or just replace the stand that was burnt down?
A bit of both - the stand that burnt down was a small heritage listed stand - they're going to replace it with a full size stand just like 75% of the rest of the stands are.

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Gotta love the cash splash...

spend spend spend.

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The AFL has announced its contribution towards the new stand at Aurora Stadium. 7 months ago they were going to offer $200,000 with a string of conditions that required a roll of toilet paper to fit them on. The quantum remains the same but all the conditions have disappeared.

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At least ^ knows they'd like Ugg boots in Tassie.

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