If ever there was momentum to justify building a new stadium in Civic, it is now

Berra Ben. A motorsport complex is where the money is. What have you been smoking..

Peeddie. What do you think the biggest tourism money spinner is in the capital?

ill answer quickly for you.
Summernats.
In 4 days, a Motorsport event brings in more money then a month long flower event.
It brings in more money than all our monuments and memorials do in a 12 month period.

Michael Rose is large enough and why do you need to drive?

Michael Rose the civic pool site is easily big enough for a new stadium. What are you smoking…

Anna Kay imagine if it was near literally anything else. It would be full far more often

It will cost nearly as much as a new stadium and will still be lacking. GIO stadium can not be made any better for a reasonable amount of money and that is the problem.

Justin Watson I didn’t know, that sucks. But its really not too bad.

Ash Wettern lol yep! How very cool 👏🏻👏🏻

AbbDon Helen no one drives to a city stadium that’s the point

Park and ride

Jon Billows au contraire … people drive to the city for everything … Floriade, music festivals, food festivals, Australia Day celebrations- the list goes … I live in the city and see the congestion every time there is an event

AbbDon Helen and the Govt should be reducing car parking so that more people take public transport. The reliance on driving is crazy in Canberra.

i took the park and ride to the AWM archives on saturday it was perfect. also would have been perfect if i was going to epic or civic.

the options are there, act govt need to do more to get people to use them

Andrew Millar you are on the money, Andrew. everything you say makes perfect sense.

As much as I’d like to see motorsport return to the capital, I very much doubt it will happen as an annual event. We may get the odd special event but it’s all but dead and buried here. It would need to be held in a warmer part of the year if it were to eventuate. Stats don’t lie though, in only a three year period, the race was costing more than it was worth so no wonder they cancelled it. If all of the vehicles were electric then I’m sure they government wouldn’t have a problem of bringing it back though! If people are really keen then they can go to Goulburn and surrounds because the government is not interested, which is a shame since why should a government get to choose your choice of entertainment. Your money is as valuable as the person next to you.
I agree that we should be taking steps to assure event futures (such as Summernats), but we need to broaden the appeal too. ACT could do this with a new large stadium. Annual events are starting to happen such as the cricket, and it always sells out so people are interested and willing to pay.
I also agree with other comments on here that we should be making efforts to improve our hospitals/health care as they are struggling and need to be improved for all parties involved.

Alison Gerrard well said couldn’t agree more. And where the hell would you park. No light rail this side of town….

Sandra Simpson precisely!

Alison Gerrard i though Canberrans were concerned about their carbon footprint? yet we drive everywhere…

I used park and ride fron Gungahlin to get to the AWM archives on saturday. works a treat. you dont need to drive everywhere

Kirstin Brown why?

Jon Billows not the most family friendly place. Too many busy roads. Parking is a nightmare there.

teach your kids to take public transport with you. If they ever leave the bubble they are gonna have to learn to catch a bus, train or tram

Jon Billows or they can just ride a bike or drive. The transport options near us are lacking.

Kirstin Brown the they should be improved. I think if the transport options in Canberra were better you wouldn’t have the traffic congestion in Civic

Ann. They want to remove the Canberra Olympic Pool and take over the land there.

Dory Johns oh, ok. Is that even enough area for a stadium?

It is once they take in part of Commonwealth Park. The plan is to shift Parkes Way or extend the tunnel. One project I’ve seen removes part of Constitution Avenue so that the Casino and Convention Centre can be amalgamated into a car-free precinct.

James Forge people catch buses and tram in every other city. Why are Canberrans so set on driving everywhere?

I don’t know but the reality is that this is Canberra.

Build a bigger stadium at Bruce.

Problem is the ACT Government are hell bent on no longer maintaining Civic pool so the best excuse is to replace it with a stadium.

What other cities have their stadium in the CBD? Only ones I can think of is where the stadium is 100+ years old so it was not the CBD when built

James Forge docklands in Melbourne. Adelaide oval is essentially a brand new venue. Optus stadium in Perth is located close to restaurants, bars and transport as is bank west. Hindmarsh stadium in Adelaide is on the edge of the cbd. Sydney football stadium certainly wasn’t 100 years old

The problem with Bruce is it’s location there is nothing to do pre or post game. Upgrading it won’t change the horrible location

Jacqueline Von Renouard congested 😂. Canberra has never seen congested. Several hundred cities around the world have inner city large sporting stadiums because they are the only ones which are economically viable. The further away they are the less used they become. Inner city stadiums bring people and spending into the economic centre. It’s good for public transport use, restaurants, cafes, shops, hotels. The times of the day these are used isn’t when most people are already in the city (working hours) so it keeps the businesses sustainable for longer periods and will not add congestion at already busier times. Canberrans will survive a bit of activity in the city centre.

Andrea Kerr Homebush Arenas? Hardly inner city. Having it outside of the city centre isn’t going to stop people from using restaurants, cafes, hotels and shops before and after the game. I agree that Canberrans could survive a bit more activity, but it doesn’t have to be the city centre. Spread the love😊

Jacqueline Von Renouard then you have the same problem as Bruce. Nothing around it to do. Go visit bankwest, Optus stadium, Adelaide oval and hell even the mcg. You will see the benefits of a cbd venue

Jacqueline Von Renouard but there is other infrastructure around Homebush it isn’t sitting out there on its own.

Bruce has enough housing nowadays to support more restaurants bars etc. Stanleys is often packed even with no sporting event on.

It is not impossible to have dinner in Civic, Belconnen or Woden and then catch one of the free buses to the current sporting locations.

James Forge Stanleys has now closed due to lack of business.

Adam Sutton It’s a nice idea but the benefit of the city is that you better realise the economic impact to the city. Each event will bring in customers to bars, cafes, restaurants and retail. You don’t get that with a more isolated location.

Aaron Walker you build that too

Russell Hadley been saying this for years!!!

The train already runs past epic just build the stadium near the stop

Russell Hadley yes so all the people can use the restaurants and cafes, shops and hotels before or after the games, oh yeah there is nothing there. Build it inner city like all the really modern forward thinking cities around the world. May as well leave it at Bruce if you want a useless venue which has no infrastructure around it.

But at Bruce and Epic you have space to build stuff around it like they have at Olympic Park. If people want to go to bars it is a short, free, tram ride away. MCG is not in the city and attracts big crowds.

Peter Evans the MCG is still walking distance from the city, or you can take a tram to the door. At the moment you cant do either of those with Bruce

Peter Evans it’s a ten minute walk from the centre of the CBD

That’s been in the hands of the Barr Government for a long time. Problem with building the ice rink first is that it’s not going to generate anywhere near the millions of dollars a footy stadium will.

Yuri Shukost- I think you need to lie down – let’s build a $320m stadium for 30,000 used once a fortnight for half a year, when it only gets a crowd of 10-15K per event, and think that it generates a profit…..while the rink is currently at capacity with all ice sports, and will generate a daily income all year round from general skating sessions……

You’ve seen Bruce Stadium full once in the 25 years since the Raiders were last in the GF. Maybe we need to build 2 stadiums with that kind of attendance……

They’ve put the Ice Rink out for tender. However its going to need about $35 million of private funds to build and the government will provide the land for basically nothing.

Justin Watson if the ACT Govt won’t pay for a $35m rink that can pay itself back – how the fook is it going to afford a $320m stadium that will never pay itself back. Ever…..

Darren Sault A stadium would not get used just once a fortnight. It would be used for both the Raiders and Brumbies, and potentially a new soccer team over the summer months. Not against getting a new ice rink, but the need is greater for a new multi purpose stadium than a rink.

Peter Bojkowski still won’t stack up.

An indoor multi use stadium would – but Government won’t commit to it. And if they won’t commit to a smaller indoor one, they won’t commit to a larger outdoor one.