KevinO
Geoff Shaw (53)
I'd expect they will be similar dates to Sydney? (15 Sept 2000 – 1 Oct 2000) Summer Olympics in winter months?
Ballymore Redevelopment
- Thread starter Karl
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Nup. All in the same window regardless of hemisphere. It won’t be that late. Adam’s timing is pretty accurate
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Dates have already been set as 23 July to 8 August, I believe it's to best integrate with NBC's broadcast schedule in the US.
KevinO
Geoff Shaw (53)
Did not expect that, at least Brisbane does not have cold winters. But it's still a bit of a cop out by the IOC to have a summer games in the middle of winter.
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
I guess that's what 7-8 billion buys you.
Ignoto
Peter Sullivan (51)
87%ish percent of the worlds population lives in the Northern Hemisphere, so sounds fine to me?
Looking back, the Sydney games were held 15 Sept - 1 Oct. Doing a quick Google search suggests, the average day-time temperatures in Brisbane in July are identical to Sydney's September average. It's also a similar temperature average to the London when they held their games in 2012.
Set piece magic
John Solomon (38)
Is there a final decision on whether the Reds will plan any games at Ballymore once the redevelopment is complete? Surely it would be an ideal facility to host some of the smaller games at? Get some school bands playing and some food trucks with good beer and it would be absolutely fantastic.
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Way too small given the membership numbers, even in the lean years. It's absolutely perfect for the return of the NRC though. Hopefully that's not just wishful thinking on my part.
Set piece magic
John Solomon (38)
Fair enough. The biggest benefit of the upgrade is financial security for the QRU, and by extension Rugby AU no longer having to spend resources shoring up a core rugby state, hopefully anyway. How are membership numbers looking this year?
Set piece magic
John Solomon (38)
Good analysis, thanks for that. Similar situation with the Rabbitohs in the NRL making more money out of ANZ stadium home games, makes sense. Hopefully our crowds build again this year so that we're regularly exceeding capacity at Ballymore and it's all a moot point. Bring on the season
Adam84
Rod McCall (65)
Stadium negotiations in NSW are a bit more complex with different Stadiums offering different hiring agreements based on who owns them.
Queenslands major stadiums are all clean stadiums, so the hirer pays a fee for use and then retains all profits for ticket sales, food/beverage, signage and corporate.
In NSW they have a mix of clean venues and fixed price. Stadium Australia for example offers a fixed price guarantee to teams, but then retains ticket sales and food/beverage etc.
Queenslands major stadiums are all clean stadiums, so the hirer pays a fee for use and then retains all profits for ticket sales, food/beverage, signage and corporate.
In NSW they have a mix of clean venues and fixed price. Stadium Australia for example offers a fixed price guarantee to teams, but then retains ticket sales and food/beverage etc.
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
QRU have put out an progress update, construction is more than a third complete:
stoff
Trevor Allan (34)
As a recovering commercial builder I love the last part of that update - straight out of the Buildcorp PM's monthly report.
Surprised they didn't make them come up with some 'fun facts' like measure the piling in Suncorp goal posts or the concrete in Taniela Tupous or something similar.
Surprised they didn't make them come up with some 'fun facts' like measure the piling in Suncorp goal posts or the concrete in Taniela Tupous or something similar.
RugbyM
Bob McCowan (2)
Another progress update:
Adam84
Rod McCall (65)
QRU doing a bit of fundraising to improve the lighting of Field 1 to bring it up to modern broadcasting standards, by selling 5 Year rights to be locker patrons in the new facility for a meagre $15k each.
It’s technically a tax-deductible donation, not a sponsorship.
It’s technically a tax-deductible donation, not a sponsorship.
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