I have thought about this a lot in the past.
Here are a couple things.
- To do any of the below. First thing we would need to do is dig the field out and sink it into the ground so that we can have seating starting at current ground height of PB stand side. I want to make our stadium like a cauldron.
- Lower PB seating would be the same vertical as Parra and take up the same space as current lower PB seating but more seats available due to added vertical.
- Knock down middle PB stand and turn into corporate boxes with upper PB being extended out and more vertical. Underneath middle PB upgraded toilets, bar & food vendors.
- Continue PB lower seating all the way around southern & hill sides. This would continue around some of the ET side.
- Knock down ET & Southern Stands.
- Rebuild an a L shape stand extending the length and width of the field on the Southern & PB stands that overhang a walkway between lower seating and start of stand. Again similar to Parra.
- On ET side on the new lower PB level of seating would be the locker rooms with a small amount of seating/disabled seating on top of them
- There would be added bathrooms, food vendors and merch incorporated in the Southern and ET stands.
- I have done nothing to family hill. Keep it as is but would be good to add a roof over the top coming out of the new ET stand and swinging around adding some cover for when it rain or is really sunny.
I have a great image of it all in my head but am hopeless at drawing so I have done a small map to hopefully explain it all better.
I know this is all fantasy and most likely impossible but if we had unlimited fund this is how I would do it.
It would allow us to modernize the stadium while still resembling what we currently have and works with the space we have by just making everything more vertical and on top of the area we already use.
Last note. I would not put the COE at shark park. Look at all the other COE. They all have multiple fields and are stand alone buildings.
Having it at the stadium would take up space that we don't have.
Should put it at Kareela or elsewhere