With the ANZ stadium deal - do GWS have any "home" games at ANZ ??
Or are all the ANZ games - per year - Swans games ??
With the ANZ stadium deal - do GWS have any "home" games at ANZ ??
Or are all the ANZ games - per year - Swans games ??
So, the roof is going ahead. I know the contract has been awarded but not sure of the program or if the stadium will be closed over a winter to build it.
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This is right.
The existing stands and general structure will remain as is. The only change to seating will be the bottom tier of end stands moving in for Rugby and soccer.
The only change AFL fans will notice will be the roof.....And the added substandard surface close to goals at both ends, that these moving stands will cause.
Throwing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars at this crap venue is, IMO, a shortsighted, disgraceful, decision.
It will only marginally improve what is presently a poor viewing experience for most seats, in one of the most uninspiring, soulless, venues in the country.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT
Actually Rugby League will be the biggest users of the ground post restructure, as it is now, with a good number of NRL games there. Rugby and soccer will continue to play plenty of internationals there, plus the odd big Super Rugby game and the Sydney FC v Wanderers derby would probably be a good fit too. The changes should suit all 3 of those codes quite well, to the detriment of AFL. Surely they'd stop playing AFL games there after they've finished?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT
Personally, I would love it if we never played at ANZ again. That is purely a club oriented opinion, but we always play better at the SCG, and the atmosphere is heaps better there. On TV as well. Soccer can have ANZ, and stay away from the SCG! Cricket and the Swans only.....
I think you should look at our overall record at ANZ before you conclude 'we always play better at the SCG' - its certainly nowhere near that clear cut. We have a very good overall record at ANZ - especially when you consider a hell of a lot of the losses has come at the hands of Collingwood.
Don't get me wrong - I'm all for more swans games at the SCG, but that isn't to say our record at ANZ is not pretty decent.
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
Personally I don't care where we play so long as we never again play like we did in the Grand Final.
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