plugger66 wrote:casey scorp wrote:plugger66 wrote:Just tell me the last time a new stadium was built more than 5kms from the City of Melbourne in the last 10 years.
We all know there hasn't been a new stadium built more than 5kms from the City of Melbourne in the last 10 years.
But I think the debate isn't about the past - it's about the future.
Think beyond Melbourne, if you can, and up to the burgeoning growth areas of Queensland. The major urban growth area of Queensland is the Gold Coast.
Skilled Park is located in the suburb of Robina in the Gold Coast City Council. It was opened in March 2008 and is the home ground of:
* NRL club Gold Coast Titans
* A-league club Gold Coast United which will join the A-League in 2009.
It seats 27,400 spectators.
It is more than 5km from Brisbane - in fact it is 75 km from Brisbane.
Now we are comparing Casey to the most popular tourist area in Australia. You really are a funny man.
You really do take the cake.
You asked a question – where had a stadium been built more than 5km from the City of Melbourne?
You get an answer you don’t like, so you misrepresent the answer.
Nowhere in my response did I mention Casey. I simply pointed out to you that Melbourne wasn’t the only place where stadiums were being built, and provided you with an example where a stadium was being built 75 km from the State capital in Queensland.
The Gold Coast has a permanent population of around 480,000 people (they aren’t tourists). It has similar demographic characteristics to the rest of Australia.
It might be a popular tourist area, but it is the fact that it is a major population area, with significant growth, that is the driving force for attracting elite national sporting code clubs and hence stadiums.. There is no doubt that the tourism will help with attendances, but it isn’t the primary consideration.
Kids 0-4 (GC) = 5.9%
Kids 0-4 (Aust) = 6.3%
15-54 (GC) = 55.4%
15-54 (Aust) = 55.8%
65+ (GC) = 14.1%
65+ (Aust) = 13.3%
Full time workers (GC) = 59.1% (of workforce)
Full time workers (Aust) = 60.7% (of workforce)
Part time workers (GC) = 30.0% (of workforce)
Part time workers (Aust) = 27.9% (of workforce)
You ought to do just a bit of research instead of just responding with puerile comments - come to think of it my 14yo son can debate with more logic. Let's call it sub-puerile.