Cairns Getting $91 Million Stadium Renovation, but who will Play There?

[@MyUrbanExplorationOnline]

I like the idea of having not only one, but two coming out of the Top End. One being out of Darwin, and the other being Cairns. Doing so would setup a natal showdowns with two northern Australian AFL teams. This can be done with an additional 21 and 22 AFL teams, or capping the number of AFL teams at 20, and maybe relocating two Melbourne teams. Like North Melbourne to Darwin, and an other Melbourne team to Carns

[@Wil.i.am80-gb]

They should just build at a new ground that doesn’t have a running track around it.

[@Jedxster]

Can’t believe they changed plans from a proper rectangular stadium to basically only one grand stand with 15,000 temporary seats

[@FirmNo]

The Olympics seems to be slowly crippling our country. Can anyone imagine how awful it’ll be to live in Brisbane with a few extra million people visiting 😂 traffic is bad as it is

[@banliveexport325]

The money that is being wasted on Stadiums in Australia in the middle of the worst housing crisis ever seen is shameful.

[@Ub3rSk1llz]

you have zero concept of economics.

[@WarwickGank]

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[@eddielong8663]

If you really care about the homeless, then how about you donate your own money to the housing crises?

[@WarwickGank]

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[@WarwickGank]

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[@Phillips-25]

how does this channel not have more subs this is one of the best stadium channels

[@EatMyShortsAU]

Niche topic that's why.

[@TOTN17]

A few things 1. There is a Tennant at Barlow Park that being Northern Pride RLFC who play in QCUP which is Queensland's State Rugby League Competition the club is a feeder club for the Cowboys 2. The Cowboys are considering moving there Womens Team to Cairns 3. North Queensland Fury did not fold because of attendance their attendance was pretty decent especially for such a small market they folded because the owner could not afford to run the team, and they struggled to find sponsors also the FFA did not give the club enough time to find a new owner 4. Football games at the Olympics will be played at Suncorp, CBUS, Sunshine Coast Stadium, Queensland Country Bank, Barlow Park, Accor, MCG and possibly People First depending on if the 2032 Olympics will have Cricket and what happens with The Gabba 5. If the A-League were to return to North Queensland Townsville has the nicer stadium but Cairns is much more diverse when it comes to sport and actually likes Football as Townsville only cares about Rugby League there is also a small town about an hour away from Cairns called Mareeba who's population is mostly of Italian Descent that love Football but I don't think the A-League will return to North Queensland 6. I suspect you don't really like Football very much as you seem disinterested in talking about it when it comes up 7. Cairns has a bigger Airport then Townsville and Cairns Airport is an International Airport while Townsville is only a Domestic Airport 8. As for A-League Expansion, Canberra is next in 25/26 if an owner can be found, Gold Coast is most likely if the league expands past 14, Wollongong is a fantasy plus Wolves are pursuing 2nd Division ATM, Tasmania won't be able to find an owner and Football Tasmania would not be able to prop it up for very long and the APL has made it very clear they will not prop up anymore clubs at this time

[@mikespearwood3914]

Australian Football has significantly more popularity in Cairns as well I've heard.

[@johntom_fnq]

If only the video creator did as much research as you! Spot on

[@JohnnyThe_G]

he probably didn't talk much about soccer because qld and majority of Australia aren't that interested in it? I grew up in north qld till i was 19 and I cant recall anyone I know that was excited about soccer or afl. Rugby league land

[@johntom_fnq]

@@JohnnyThe_G you obviously didnt grow up in Mareeba or Cairns then ir live there now. Both soccer and AFL are thriving, though I personally only rate NRL and many others are in the same boat

[@JohnnyThe_G]

@@johntom_fnq didn’t live that far north but did travel there once a year almost yearly for the sport I did, I know soccer is big in under 12s but never seen much of it in high school or beyond.

[@helenowen5408]

Try spending the fckn money on the Kuranda range that still hasn't been fixed after the floods at xmas. Bread and fckn circuses 🤬🍺🇦🇺

[@rorymcnicol5023]

Will you be making a video about how a new Canberra Stadium is estimated to cost 3 billion dollars?

[@LucasIsBossNo21]

Its a scandal of epic proportions, Barr is an AFL puppet.

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

Cairns did always make way more sense to me as a sports market than Townsville, the same way Gold Coast average 20000 fans to AFL games, A-League in a la Nina year or late season would get fans coming up for games

[@mikespearwood3914]

1:59 So what's the stadium in the background??

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

The money usage here feels so corrupt, like clearly the Gabba needs a rebuild but the indoor and regional venues seem to be getting all the funding. Are we gonna end up like Italy after their World Cup and their oversupply of running tracks?

[@DisFan1996]

Brisbane is a Rugby League town. Waste of money renovating the Gabba for AFL.

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

@@DisFan1996 except it can also host cricket and athletics and concerts...

[@LucasIsBossNo21]

@@albertmiller2electricbooga897 At the current rate honestly yeah. I'd just use Carrara for athletics ala comm games, update the Gabba but not a knockdown rebuild, increase Suncorp to 65/70k and build a 15k stadium for Roar and NRLW.

[@BDub2024]

Where do they play cricket at Cairns etc. any cricket grounds there. Why not get rid of running track and use the oval for cricket and AFL. Its a no brainer really. Mind you, it could be tricky because cricket in Cairns would be played in winter I assume and that would be at the same time as rugby and AFL.

[@TOTN17]

Cazlays Stadium is the main Oval up there and has hosted AFL fixtures in the past and hosts some AFLW fixtures

[@BDub2024]

@@TOTN17 i'm a bit surprised that the town could afford two stadiums for the different codes. I'm not sure it can be justified. But I'm not a Qlder tax payer.

[@merkeziodgerker7371]

​@@BDub2024Barlow Park and Cazalys Stadium have been here for decades, they're not just randomly being built now

[@jimrogers2390]

Can't see the A-League getting another North Qld team considering how hot it gets in summer and how poorly the league has been doing in terms of general interest. The league has struggled to make a mark in Brisbane and other major cities and it seems to be getting worse.

[@TOTN17]

@@jimrogers2390 QLD actually has the 2nd highest participation for Football in Australia the problem is there is only 1 team and that team has been run like shit for a bit over a decade now

[@donaldjgumpofficial5754]

The team names are so trash in that league.

[@titoelcolombiano]

Cowboys NRLW team will be playing there

[@NoovaRB]

Wish the Rabbitohs still took an NRL home game per year there

[@LucasIsBossNo21]

This isn't needed. A 20k rectangle and a Suncorp upgrade to 65/70k is far more needed in Brisbane. Then for the Olympic football you'd have Sydney probably Allianz, AAMI, Suncorp, 20k Brisbane, GC, Sunshine Coast and Townsville would be plenty for that and Rugby Sevens. And Canberra will need the Feds to fund a lot of a new stadium there with the antics of the ACT Gov with their new "costings" for a stadium

[@TOTN17]

The Estimated cost to turn Perry Park into a 15K Stadium is about $200 Million and the concept art has it looking like a Rectangle Version of People First Stadium

[@TOTN17]

The most likely scenario for a small rectangular stadium is that the Eastern Stand at Ballymore will be replaced with a 5K Stand which will also be a sports performance centre giving the venue a Seated Capacity of 8010 plus the Hill, Roar will either end up at Ballymore or back at Redcliffe while Reds would stay at Suncorp

[@LucasIsBossNo21]

Still a better investment than 90m for Cairns, that'll probably blow out further on a white elephant that will at best get a few NRLW games. At least Perry Park would mean Roar have their own ground, freeinf Suncorp up for concerts in the NRL off season and would be ideal for a few lesser drawing Reds games and NRLW. Could also play a game or 2 there for magic round. Plus Ballymore has fk all PT near it and Roar already tried Redcliffe and the crowds were awful.

[@TOTN17]

@@LucasIsBossNo21 $200 Million for Perry Park never gonna happen

[@GazzOak69]

Suncorp upgrade will not work unless a few changes are needed….. such as removal of restrictions of 20 events over 30k and maybe pull down a few houses or whatnot to allow for space

[@BDub2024]

A League is far too big. Expanding is ridiculous. They should have stayed at 8 teams and focused on a quality product. Use the other competitions as tier 2.

[@TOTN17]

@@BDub2024 no expanding was the right call otherwise without expansion we would not have the Nix or the Wanderers and Auckland so far seems to be doing everything right off the pitch

[@BDub2024]

@@TOTN17 I feel the A League is losing numbers and support. I suppose ave stats per team may back that up. The exposure in my city is almost nil now. I reckon they needed to back the teams in first to make them strong and win the support.

[@TheGreatLordDufus]

Townsville makes far more sense than Hobart for the A-Leagues. And Cairns probably more sense for the NSD if it happens, simply because there is a rectangular venue capable of holding more than 1000 people and Tasmania is committed bankrupting itself building the greatest white elephant in the state's history. Neither the NSD or further A-League expansion looks likely as things stand. Even the announced Canberra is in big trouble, with Auckland questioned to a lesser extent, given the financial problems the operators or the A-Leagues are in.

[@TOTN17]

Auckland so far seems to be doing everything right off the pitch

[@TheGreatLordDufus]

@@TOTN17 The little I've read is that the APL finances are more of a concern on the Auckland expansion than the prospective club. Canberra is reportedly in trouble from both the APL and club side of things.

[@TOTN17]

@@TheGreatLordDufus Auckland FC is owned by Bill Foley who owns the Vegas Golden Knights NHL Team and AFC Bournemouth in the Prem financially Auckland is not a concern for the APL

[@BDub2024]

Why would anyone consider a sporting team in Wollongong? I've never been to NSW or Qld, but why try to stack sporting teams when there are already ample in NSW for instance.

[@TOTN17]

@@BDub2024 some football fans want the Wolves in the A-League because they were in the NSL and not ethically aligned but fail to realise that they don't have the money

[@PjRjHj]

Best say nothing at all

[@BDub2024]

@@TOTN17 it seems stupid to have teams outside the capital cities. If its A league it should be in the major cities only.

[@MrCordycep]

They kind of have one in the form of the St George Illawarra Dragons formally the St George Dragons and Illawarra Steelers. The Dragons brought the money while the Steelers would bring the players.

[@TOTN17]

@@MrCordycep They also have a NBL Team the Illawarra Hawks who are only 1 of 2 founding teams left the other being the Brisbane Bullets but unlike the Bullets the Hawks are the only team in the NBL that has played in every season as the Bullets went bust in 2008 and did not rejoin until 2016