Nathan "Burns" Central Coast

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

Not having been at Hindmarsh for years I'm interested to know if there's anywhere temp stands could be put up like the old days? (I assume not with the new design)

Simple answer is to kick Adelaide out of the finals and replace them with the Roar and host it at Suncorp.

they could put temp stands up in the corners, would need to close Manton street though, and would only increase the capacity to 20,000ish.
filling in the corners would be good long term.


quick fix for the finals though, similar to the Olympics.

[Dutchy]

They added 3-4 thousand with temporary stands for the Olympics (the reason they redeveloped Hindmarsh) they had stands in all 4 corners of the ground...at the Northern end of the ground the Members grandstand doest go all the way to the goal line like it does at the Southern end and there is quite a bit of room for temp seats...
who would have thought after all the hassle with Hindmarsh getting redeveloped that it might not be big enough!!!! maybe for the future we need at 25,000 minimum stadium?

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

They added 3-4 thousand with temporary stands for the Olympics (the reason they redeveloped Hindmarsh) they had stands in all 4 corners of the ground...at the Northern end of the ground the Members grandstand doest go all the way to the goal line like it does at the Southern end and there is quite a bit of room for temp seats...
who would have thought after all the hassle with Hindmarsh getting redeveloped that it might not be big enough!!!! maybe for the future we need at 25,000 minimum stadium?

future 5-10 season, possibly 35,000, doubt we will ever need bigger than 40,000 though

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/football/ ... 31772.html

FOOTBALL Federation Australia's new chief executive, former AFL heavyweight Ben Buckley, must surely look at the figures and tell himself that he could hardly have picked a better time to switch codes, such has been the growth in Australian crowds and television ratings for the global game.

Season two of the A-League has comfortably beaten the attendance record at matches in the first campaign, while TV audiences have grown exponentially as well, Buckley said at the finals series launch in Sydney yesterday.

Last year, the A-League's first home-and-away season attracted cumulative crowds of 920,219 to its 84 games. This season — almost entirely fuelled by the huge increase in Melbourne Victory attendances — the cumulative audience during the regular season was 1,086,921 — a gain of close to 20 per cent.

The television ratings, said Buckley, had gone up by even more.

"Broadcast figures continue to set new standards for football. Over four million fans tuned into Fox Sports matches, a representative 44 per cent increase on the first year — a fantastic result," Buckley said.

The new CEO, who took up the job in early December, said several milestones had been reached during the season. The most significant was the 50,000-plus crowd at Telstra Dome — a domestic match record — for the A-League clash between Melbourne and Sydney in December.

But, he said, Newcastle had also set a record with a gate of more than 20,000 against Sydney and, last weekend, Queensland Roar had set a new benchmark with a 32,000 crowd for its crucial match with Sydney.

Buckley said the finals would showcase not just top teams, but individuals — such as Newcastle striker Mark Bridge, Sydney's Mark Milligan and Adelaide forward Nathan Burns — who would "form the cornerstone" of the Olyroo side which would bid to reach the Beijing Olympic tournament.

■IF Adelaide defeats Melbourne and hosts the grand final, FFA could shift the February 18 decider from Hindmarsh Stadium to AAMI Stadium — especially if its grand final opponent ends up being Victory.

If Newcastle wins through to the play-off in any Adelaide grand final, the game would stay at the much smaller capacity Hindmarsh Stadium. No decision has been made on where Adelaide would host Sydney should the current champion win through to a decider in South Australia.

The only other venue where the game could take place is Telstra Dome if Victory wins the two-legged major semi-final which kicks off this weekend.



2006-07 CROWDS — CLUB BY CLUB
Club *HG / Average / Lowest / Highest / Total

Melbourne Victory 11 / 27,728 / 15,563 / 50,333 / 305,011

Queensland Roar 10 / 16,465 / 10,040 / 32,371 / 164,653

Sydney FC 10 / 14,999 / 9871 / 20,881 / 149,986

Adelaide United 11 / 12,183 / 8785 / 16,378 / 134,014

Newcastle Jets 10 / 11,442 / 4635 / 20,980 / 114,420

C Coast Mariners 11 / 9828 / 4644 / 15,404 / 108,112

Perth Glory 10 / 7671 / 6251 / 9978 / 76,709

New Zealand Knights 11 / 3092 / 1632 / 7304 / 34,016

*HG-Home Games