Is it a grandstand when it has just 412 seats?

They don’t even stand, they sit. Perhaps we could call it a grandsit?

That’s just a handful of people. So perhaps it’s a handstand?

BBQNinja said :

Does it have a roof?

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/grandstand

grand·stand (grndstnd, grn-)
n.
1. A roofed stand for spectators at a stadium or racetrack.

Is Manuka oval and stadium or racetrack? Nope – it is an oval. Stand.

Does it have a roof?

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/grandstand

grand·stand (grndstnd, grn-)
n.
1. A roofed stand for spectators at a stadium or racetrack.

Andrew Barr sure knows how to spend other people’s money on things he likes.

Grand: ajd. Large or impressive. noun. One thousand.

Unfortunately, Mr Barr, it is neither of these. It is just a stand.

Manuka will always be a cluster $%^&.

Just build a the stadium

it’s a not-particularly-grand-stand

So, out of interest, how many people does Manuka oval hold? A pic of the new ‘grandstand’ would have been nice!

Of course it’s not. What a fecking joke this place is. Why would a minister embarress themselves with announcing something like this? Is anyone going to be impressed? You got to be joking. ridiculous.
Maybe if it was a 2,000 seat stand it would be worth a media release and a twitpic, but otherwise, the twitterer is the twit.