"First Look" At $40M Leichhardt Oval Revamp.

[kiwitiger]

Agree. I like the rest of the design. Just the plans for the new Northern stand is underwhelming to only hold 1500 seats.

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Never heard of a light weight grandstand.
Ii presume it means cost effective?

 

[Carefactor]

Never heard of a light weight grandstand.
Ii presume it means cost effective?

Light weight teams get light weight grand stands.
BTW , what will the new total capacity be ?

 

[innsaneink]

Both our upgrades seem a bit like our attitude to our wnrl....quite half hearted but i inderstand we are limited by funding.
Beggars cant be choosers and.compared to other teams we really are beggars.
IF....if we ever become a top 4 team the home ground advantage will mean nothing for us as it has in the past

 

[jirskyr]

Never heard of a light weight grandstand.
Ii presume it means cost effective?

It means "no fatties allowed".

Like when all those lads accidentally pushed over the fencing over the Glenn Morrison dunnies.

 

[innsaneink]

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[gallagher]

Help kick off the upgrade of Leichhardt Oval

Designs for the $40 million upgrade of Sydney’s iconic Leichhardt Oval have been unveiled and the community is encouraged to have its say on the proposal.

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[balmain boy]

The scale is disappointing. Not creating much new space, the new stand will be the same size as the old one, just shinier. The North end really needs a roof.
40 million isn't enough, but for phase one it's a decent start.
Why do we need 4 women's change rooms? Surely 4 change rooms total is enough.
Nice that most of the trees will survive, but the stands are all just too small. Too much wasted space.

 

[Glenji95]

The scale is disappointing. Not creating much new space, the new stand will be the same size as the old one, just shinier. The North end really needs a roof.
40 million isn't enough, but for phase one it's a decent start.
Why do we need 4 women's change rooms? Surely 4 change rooms total is enough.
Nice that most of the trees will survive, but the stands are all just too small. Too much wasted space.

The north end originally had a roof in the original design but now it’s gone. Shame really.

 

[jstigers]

Making it smaller is disappointing could easily wrap it around and then leave the hill exposed and make it a proper stadium, as others said new stadiums need minimum 25,000 capacity, Campbelltown needs a redo also but yer overall waste of money on the new design just goes to show lots of people with positions of power are not actually that smart......

 

[innsaneink]

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[Jedi_Tiger]

a roof on that northern stand would have been good

 

[Craegus]

Only issue I have with the redesign (outside of removing the roof on the new northern stand which isn't a good move, though would save money, is the section I've outlined at the centre of the main stand. Looks like it is going to push a lot of long time fans out of their old seating positions for likely either corporate or media.

 

[innsaneink]

Wollongong getting major upgrade

‘Once in a generation’: NRL venue’s incredible facelift in major new revamp plans — NRL Daily

‘Once in a generation’: NRL venue’s stunning facelift in major revamp plan — Daily

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[Tigerwould]

Wollongong getting major upgrade

‘Once in a generation’: NRL venue’s incredible facelift in major new revamp plans — NRL Daily

‘Once in a generation’: NRL venue’s stunning facelift in major revamp plan — Daily

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looks great. and makes sense for the location. WIN is a good stadium (except for the beer lines) I like going to Wollongong to watch the footy. Opening to views and terracing will work for the local community.

 

[UnderTheBus]

a roof on that northern stand would have been good

Agree. having said that, when it rains at Leichhardt, it is usually accompanied by a southerly wind that would blow the rain straight into the faces of the people sitting in the stand in any case.