Commonwealth Games cancelled
Q : Why the massive Cost blow out!
Q : Why can't Canada / Melbourne or other Capital Cities hold Com Games!
Q : Why only Gold Coast can & will still likely bid for the Games!
Ok! All good questions & Goldie tbb is obliged to share #1 swellnet Comm Games exclusive
Once again the answer is there before us...we all dance around the Elephant in the Room.
Imagine if Vic Premier was informed that the MCG was too small to host King's Show Pony parade.
Would you share that Oz #1 Glittering Prize is not fit for our King...of course not!
Just imagine if a punk posed the unthinkable taboo question...
Q: Is the 'G' grand enough to host a 2nd Tier Athletics meet!...well durr! (Cough!)
Serious & most obvious Question still deserves an answer...
Google Earth / Maps conspire to contrive this very fact.
When tbb went searching to answer such he was met with Ai Cartoon images of MCG.
Even the default Google Map image denies any hope of measuring the MCG...but why hide this!
A: Because it answers the very same taboo question that only punk tbb asked!
Background
213m Length required for Original Olympia Stadium...rules out any nostalgic recreation!
176.91m Olympic Venue Length > Running track
https://www.dimensions.com/element/track-and-field-400m-running-track
Original MCG was once long enough to host both Olympics / Com Games...but alas, no longer
Greed enclosed the Stadium > each year the Ground becomes Smaller.
Yet Folklore screams louder... massive ground, monster hit over the fence...really?
We all assume MCG is some Massive Ground...well it is, in nonsensical circular form for what?
However...Down the ground...end 2 end where it matters most for Athletics...MCG is irrelevant!
Picture a Running Track in yer mind ...here's how that doesn't fit into most stadiums...
177m International Running track > 185m Olympic "preferred operational" Standard
Crew can check Measurements with Google Earth.
Can even check US Colleges for 1956 Melbourne 440 yard dash Olympic Track (vs) MCG
Also modern Measurements with modern 400m Sydney Olympic Park Tracks
(see) Oz Stadiums measuring a suitable length have encroached on Track Contour with Stands...
Running track overlay don't fit Oz Stadiums without massive deconstruction of Grog Stands!
Oz International Stadiums sold out > no longer comply > now Oz has zero Universal Worth..
Oz can no longer hold an International Athletic Event...just 2 tickets to the Boof Bash mate! Cheers!
190m Subiaco 176m Adelaide 175m Perth 172m Hobart 170m Gabba / Goldie 170m Syd Olympic 165m SCG 162m MCG 150m WACA
Oz Athletic Track sized "Large Event Stadiums"
150m WACA > 2x Earth mounds would alter city Flood Dynamics (Doable but not gonna happen!)
*170m Gold Coast (Modular Stand is cleverly designed to accommodate an Athletic Track (Tick!)
Watch just how tight the fit is...inches (Shows how Running Track bosses / Hugs yer seating!)
Now ask how a smaller ended MCG can pull off that magic trick...It can't, ever again...game over!
https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/23b81399a704ba00e065c6d5e0b526ff
MCG non compliance forced the regional games outcome...no choice in the matter!
Eureka Stadium 170m is larger than MCG + has one free end to Extend Running Track.
Watch how diagrams enclose envisaged Stadium without allowing for Running Track!
https://www.gamesbids.com/forums/topic/23854-2026-commonwealth-games-whe...
See how none envisage that a running track is larger > Watch how dream turns sour...
Accident waiting to happen then gotta get packed up > then promise to start again on Stadium!
100% total waste of money for zero legacy! Dan said : "Not gonna sign off on that shit!"
All because no expert ran a tape measure over a running track anywhere in Victoria!
All simply assumed that they just parachute into AFL stadiums as they used to do! WTFU.
https://www.thecourier.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/alexander.for...
Oz Athletic Games compliant 'Aquatic Stadiums'
2006 Melbourne Com Games ( No longer compliant ) see 2009 international changes...
2009 Olympic Pool Depth 1.35m > 2-3m to limit head wash
2009 Deeper Dive ends 6m (Prevent Injuries)
2009 Synchronized Swimming 3m minimum central depth
*2018 ($42m) Gold Coast Aquatic Centre opened by King Charles is 100% Games compliant
Recap all Oz #1 Venues fail Modern Athletic Compliance
Any Oz city would cop extra $billions to retrofit (New) Running Track Stadium / Aquatic Arena
All Gold Coast Venues comply with all Athletic Sports...( Simple as that)
Goldie Mayor naturally only sees Green Lights...for his lone Comm Games Compliant City!
This is not Rocket Science...
Gold Coast Mayor : "We are Games Ready!"
tbb can share it's our duty to bid because we're the only Worldly Commonwealth City that can...
Pause:
tbb can speak with long personal association with Mayor's quest to put Goldie on the Map.
Late '90's tbb / Wife released 2 year study Invisible City...big Double Page spread in Bully.
Gold Coast was not on Maps / Signage / City Boundary was never Gazetted as a place...etc..
Tom was our biggest fan...we even ran joint Mayor Ticket in what was then Oz largest Local Govt.
Nope! We never finished last & scored 13,000 votes & beat out Whiteshoe!
Tom's first crack finished ahead of us behind returning Mayor ( Dad ) of Com Games Star!.
Tom's vision got skewed toward tacky Glitter Strip whiteshoe ethos!
Sure he still wants to put Gold Coast on the map but he knows not why for what reason!
Our vision = Comm Games Lord Mayor of Oz #1 Chartered Constitutional Regional HQ
Note all original Lord Mayors are Constituted...we larger new cities are just gum on their boots!
Here's an example of 2023 Fastest growing Invisible City...(Constitution ignores GC Mayor & City).
tbb's wish is for Goldie Mayor to demand a Royal Charter for Goldie's dutiful save of King's Games!
Anything less is pathetically piss poor & keeps us pegged as Black-eyed Brizzo shoeshine boys!
Dogsbodies that even he despizes...yet he can rise to the occasion to free us from servitude!
https://www.lordmayors.org/
https://www.lordmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/P22-03-01_CCCLM_QR...
Just explaining how to read into Tate's Goldie Promo..
Tom lives for instant pat on back less so long term meaningful life changing City recognition!
"Hero Tom Saves the Games!" (vs) Twice in a lifetime Golden opportunity, yet again goes begging!
Here's another Trick that flies over our Mayor's Head...
Gold Coast #1 Gold Medal City on World Stage...sure our teams suck but Goldie Athletes are #1.
Tom is partly across this...
Says 15,000 of 45,000 Volunteers back up...ready 2 go! Top Marks for that!
This Human wealth can't be understated...most cities don't care & need to employ 10,000.
20 July $1.2b Vic Lemon > Goldie Lemonade (Qld Premier says No!)
"We have the infrastructure legacy facilities maintained to highest standard!"
Athletics Australia support bid!
10 Aug Gina Rinehart's Fleshpot Aquacade will support bid! (Treasurer is nonplussed)
29 Aug $700m -$1b + Vic $360m CG Bond will fund Gold Games...Tom laughed!
Oct : Qld deputy Premier is happy to 'support & advise!'
Nov : Newly elected Com Games Fed' meet in Singapore.
CGF then meet Qld Premier for thumbs up or down...so Tom says!
In the wash Up...Goldie Councilors had no Vote / Knew nothing of Tom's pitch!
https://www.google.com/search?q=Gold+Coast+Mayor+host+commonwelth+games&...
The Pitch
https://www.facebook.com/9NewsGoldCoast/videos/live-mayor-tom-tate-makes...
Lighter side
Good photo of Gold Coast expanded AFL stadium shows very tight end 2 end fit for 2026 Games.
https://www.austadiums.com/news/1304/gold-coasts-bid-to-rescue-2026-comm...
Purpose built stadium is a Stark contrast to Vic's MCG Mosh Pit & Mars Mission Launch Stadium.
However...it don't come as easy as it seems...look a little closer...closer...
Look carefully at Goldie photo & see front left Track Marshall pinned against Seating barricade.
Pretty sure there's footage of fan's arms / flags overhanging the track lanes...real tight it is!
Sadly the MCG or Mars or many Oz cities can no longer hold such Grand Athletic Events...
Greed is #1 reason why Oz can't have nice things...Burp! Fuck that shit off...bring on the Footy!
So tbb never knew...happy to share the truth of the matter > Tracks no longer fit in Oz Stadiums!
In regard to MSG a lot of AFL footy fans wouldn't be happy if our footy season was interrupted, especially for teams whom home ground is the MSG any loss of home games is a disadvantage.
In regard to money and cancellation etc, its just crazy that you can bid and commit to something that you havent ensured you can afford.
Madison Square Garden..? huh?
basesix wrote:Madison Square Garden..? huh?
I didn’t think the MSG was big enough to host a footy match .
new sport with the knicks maybe.. footsketball..?
Gents- it may be easier if U drop the additives ( msg ) .
We just say The G .
Indo - NOTHING gets organised at the G during Winter other the AFL .
( Maybe , if given 8 years warning and now that Dan is going , we might vacate the G for 2 weeks in Winter for an Olympic Games , maybe ? I think they should move the Olympics to our summer . Cricket can be played anywhere imho .)
Our football , and cricket , get priority , always will .
We organise our Yearly ( some , their Life ) calendar around days like Boxing Day and ANZAC Day @ The G .
Eg ,A Sydney girl/boy says to boy(girl)friend from Melbourne that she/he wants to get married on Boxing Day @ 2pm .
She(he) says U can pick the location .
He(she) says , The G .
Reckon his misses uses the MSG in his dinner and all that salt has cooked his brain?
Nice defensive whinge about losing his team’s home ground too; nothing gets a Collingwood fan more triggered than the perennial suspicion that the AFL are out to get them in some way.
I was there the day Turnball got a hat trick at the MSG.
Unforgettable.
Ha ha MSG whoops...was in a rush.
My wife's mother use to love to pile that shit on everything
It's like your opinions Info - you pile that shit on everything :)
Imagine that people having opinions in a forum, who would have thought such a thing could happen, you should try it one day instead of just attacking people with views you dont agree with its far more interesting.
BTW. I comment on roughly about 25% of forum topics maybe less that aint everything.
Pop Down wrote:Gents- it may be easier if U drop the additives ( msg ) .
We just say The G .
Indo - NOTHING gets organised at the G during Winter other the AFL .
( Maybe , if given 8 years warning and now that Dan is going , we might vacate the G for 2 weeks in Winter for an Olympic Games , maybe ? I think they should move the Olympics to our summer . Cricket can be played anywhere imho .)Our football , and cricket , get priority , always will .
We organise our Yearly ( some , their Life ) calendar around days like Boxing Day and ANZAC Day @ The G .
Eg ,A Sydney girl/boy says to boy(girl)friend from Melbourne that she/he wants to get married on Boxing Day @ 2pm .
She(he) says U can pick the location .
He(she) says , The G .
100% AFL has priority over everything in Vic during winter months and the MCG is the heart of AFL
indo-dreaming wrote:BTW. I comment on roughly about 25% of forum topics maybe less that aint everything.
I think this needs fact checking!!
Wheres my calculator.
25% x 85% of those forums equals...?
:-P
I am a member of the MCC ( when I reach 50 years , in 5 , everything is free ) .
The G is run by the Melbourne Cricket Club .
It's the hardest club in Melbourne to get into .
Money can't buy entry .
Put both daughters down the day they were born , as just getting Restricted membership takes about 20 years .
We ( the MCC ) love telling the AFL how to behave at OUR ground .
They don't like that and tried to build their own ground , VFL Park , in whoop woop haha . Its now a nice little neighbourhood with some training facilities ) .``
The people went , of course , but didn't like it .
There are two real centres of Melbourne imho .
Our spiritual centre is The Shrine ( ANZAC Day ) .
Our sporting spiritual centre is The G .
Horse racing ( Flemington ) , Tennis ( Laver Arena ) , Art ( NGV ) , Surfing ( Bells ) etc fanatics may add these places .
The G holds 100,000 people .
That's where teams , on the last Saturday in every September , battle for The Holy Grail .
Supporters of every team want to see that contest .
Do , or die .
Didn’t have you down as a connoisseur of a cheese platter and cheeky chilled white from the Peninsula there @pops. Pop up to Hotham during the season when the Dees aren’t doing too well? :))
Your assumption is right Mr :) but guessing it a fluke :))
Mum is Dutch so am half a cheese head but stopped drinking a while ago .
Wild enough imho .
All clubs supporters are members of the MCC .
I have to sit next to F..ken Collingwood supporters . Really .
Lots of banter , never any trouble in the Members .
U could get thrown out !!!
Only once in 100's of games did I want to hit one bloke .
GF v Ess and we were getting smashed . Had no sleep the night before as waited in the queue for fn 18 to get Dads Special fn Seats , which I just got .
You would dive for how ever many seats U needed ( me 3 ) and put a blanket on it .
U could F off and no-one would touch your blanket and have some lunch .
Civilisation imho .
Don't know who said it , but luckily mum was sitting next to me .
As I was about to stand , she put her hand on mine .
I am scared of my mum !
Unlike Ron Barrasi , I didn't die due to the Dees thinking they were a team of champions , not a champion team against Carlton .
As the great John Kennedy said " Winning this game is NOT about life or death .
It's more important " .
The Board of the MCC are , like , another club .
As close to Melbourne has to a peerage . Supreme Court Judge like .
One year , due to a one in a million technicality , an Outsider got elected .
Anyone can put their names up and you can't do ANY electioneering .
Dad suggested I put my name up , just in case .
As he was on his death bed , I said I would .
I rang a guy I knew on the board .
Told him I was thinking of putting my name up as , U never know .
He said the technicality was fixed and if the MCC ever need me , they will let me know .
I felt much better , knowing my club to be in good hands .
Civilisation , Melbourne style .
GuySmiley wrote:Didn’t have you down as a connoisseur of a cheese platter and cheeky chilled white from the Peninsula there @pops. Pop up to Hotham during the season when the Dees aren’t doing too well? :))
Then straight up to Noosa once the grand final is over of course!
Now you’re showing off knowing a board member:)
Ever use the urinal in the old members stand with the tiny novelty window so you could look over the bowlers arm as he delivered the ball mid slash @pops?; they were the days!!
Cheers to that @GF, of course Noosa yes
Ay! Ease up on VFL park @popdown!
While u were scoffing wine and cheese, i was out in the burbs with the riff raff getting splinters in my arse in the rain! Used to frequent Waverley quite a bit. I actually loved it.
Funny thing was, dad used to take me fishing for red fin in the little lake outside vfl park when i was a little tacker. I just thought it was a big factory. Then one day he said we're going to the footy, that's on tv. I was puzzled that he drove to our fishing spot in the datk, except it wasn't dark, all lit up by the huge floodlights. I remember my jaw dropping walking into the 'factory' and seeing it all open up beneath me. Spectacular!
Fun fact, i played a game of little league at the G for a swans v Richmond game. Can tick that off the bucket list! :-P
Get Nicked SR lol !. I was there when Jimmy ran across the mark . For football in Winter it was fn Antartica .
I often thought the hole ( I do like Waverly and grew up , not in Toorak , but Blackburn ( was forest haha ) and Forest Hill ) smelt like penguins as soon as we drove out there ( no fucken train lines ) .
I can't remember the lake and love how red fin found their way in . Maybe a Cat's supporter .
I bet there were yabbies in there . They seem to have invaded Melbourne in the 50/60's .
Tasty , to .
Perhaps U were there for first the silly pigama cricket game under lights ( I loved Packer shaking the establishment .
The G decided to get Lights as soon as we saw how good they were .
North and Collingwood played the first game under lights at The G .
I had a 21st to go to so wore Black Tie .
Fucken Collingwood supports kept ordering drinks off me , haha , they thought .
That sounds like a great place for a pee , smiley . I have missed that one ( have seen a few ) .
I waited about 8 or 9 years to get Restricted Membership .
My mum and I were in the Plebs part of the members , on the fence .
Dad had HIS seat ( for 30 plus years somehow ) in the Partrician section , the Smokers Stand .
He would wave his cigar , sometimes haha , after a goal .
SR - was sure U were a Hawk . They were the only ones who liked that place haha .
Dermie running through the huddle was right up there for me , to . Loved it , hated him , mostly .
If its a test , Belgrave line :))
Ohhh shiiiit i do feel for you @popdown. That Stynes incident must still haunt dees fans. I remember listening to that on the radio in my parents restuarant...we were all losing it.
Haha nah missed the cricket. One of the highlights i did see was when Dermie ran through the Essendon, huddle at 3/4time. As a bombers fan we were seething at him. It all happened right in front of us as he got the goal disallowed at 3/4 time and steamed off towards the huddle. The crowd were baying for his blood, it was classic.
Yep yabbies too!!
And Cats are my second team...spent alot of time in Geelong and G.O road.
Ahh Blackburn. Not sure if that was on the Dandenong train route that me and all the multiculturals from the area would travel on. Not many Aussies out that way mate! I was one of very few.
That’s it Arctic Park … I was there the night the lights went out and Saints supporters ceremoniously removed a point post and set fire to it 30 out on a slight angle but my fondness memory was the day Sheedy started the tradition of scarf waving after flogging the Eagles; the Dons supporters went off.
haha sick @guysmiley.
We were a rabid bunch out that way!
GS - Loved Sheedy's scarf waving , hated him , mostly , to .
The Saints supporters had every right to burn a point post .
Thought they should have kicked a goal ( post down ) and burnt it to ( as the VFL probably missed an electricity payment ( renowned stingers with everything except their own pay rises ) .
They needed light for kick to kick .
No mobiles back then .
Mathews snapped a point ( Glenferrie ? ) post that got in his way ( probably with an elbow which was quite Lethal :) .
Mathews snapped a point ( Glenferrie ? ) post that got in his way …. Right pocket in the outer at Windy Hill, saw it with my own two eyes!
Check this @pops, reckon this is in the new stand but you (literally) get the picture
GS - That is exactly what the MCC members would want .
Keep the quaint past pastimes preserved !
We have put some of the old Splinter Givers ( old wooden seats ) up on the walls .
Lovely art , in OUR humble ( lol ) opinion .
We love that sort of shit !!!
Old bats , balls , stumps , footballs , jumpers , bloody bails and probably , somewhere , a Box ( There is a museum in the Members ) , all sorts of stuff that is useless today .
No Umpire stuff that I can remember seeing , which is good , imo .
They are in the middle of a lot of photo's doing umpiring stuff , though , which is enough .
So many old paintings of games and people , long gone !
We are a bit sentimental with the old stuff !
Women are ( Full - now ) members to , so have helped us blokes with this feelings stuff for ages , before I was even born .
50/50 gender with new entrants now .
In the Stands the gender split is almost 50/50 .
Always has been .
Only male game that has this , I think .
Melbourne guys go to the football to watch a game and to meet girls from the right team ( not football team ) .
That's why they behave so nicely !
Very handy imho .
GS . I went on a few football trips .
We had a rule - What happened on a trip , stayed on a trip !
I played my final games at the XYZ .
Our end of season trip was fun .
We did take our wife's and partners .
Other guy's wife's and partners to .
Had a Talent Quest on the Saturday night .
Absolutely ANYTHING goes !
About 15 acts with 2 compares .
I went on a trip , saw the fun ( their girls were legendary in the league , teams loved playing us b/c of them ) and decided to join them as soon as I got a job as was at Uni .
We were in the the next 6 GF's and won 4 ( We went back to back to front , we said ) .
Showing off now :)
Geez, I’ve got some stories about cricketers and their carrying on with the ladies including some involving a former Pakistan politician, the Indies filthy on and off the field!! A good thing that the players partners now tour as well these days
Who could that be I wonder?
Got it in one tube shooter, personally saw autographed jumpers and balls he “gifted” ladies presumably for services rendered displayed in the members seemingly as trophies; quite the eye opener seeing cricket ladies act like this.
Then there was the West Indians who regularly went missing overnight on tour before we get to the real reason an Australian was dropped from the team never to play in the baggy green again!!
11-16 Nov 2023 Com Games Grand Poobah delegations from 72 Colonies meet in Singapore Resorts
Opening Ceremony + Interactive Workshops > Com Games Presentations (All without Athletes?)
https://www.commonwealthsport.com/news/3786116/gabon-and-togo-join-the-c...
How to scam more pretend Venues to score another week long all paid exotic Pageant for delegates!
https://www.commonwealthsport.com/news/3786116/gabon-and-togo-join-the-c...
Yes! Tough Gig! Can see why they need a hand...running outta Resort freebies!
New Prez has a 3 point plan!
https://www.commonwealthsport.com/news/3786169/chris-jenkins-obe-elected...
Allow peasants to muck in / Institutionalize Royal Sporty Gromz / More sustainable for more hosts!
(Fact remains! Nations still need a Universal size Track Stadium > Oz Capital Stadiums are too small!)
How can other smaller Com Nations build Largest Stadiums on Earth to run the King's 400m Race?
Bombshell News!
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231115-extensive-work-to-find-ne...
Com Games are still very much hittin' on Oz to Host 2026 Com Games...
They reckon all are working on Oz to Host 2026-2027 Games....( Surely gotta be WA )
tbb thinks so coz outside of Goldie, only Perth Stadiums are large enough to fit a 400m track.
They do say they might mix it up...
Being in Oz...possibly trade off some Gigs or some Giant Bogan Grog Fest.
Also say that 3 other regions are only outside interests...so! This ain't over till it's over!
This Gig marked the official end of Goldie bid ... coz Goldie tbb invited BBC to relay the News.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67609960
4th Dec Gold Coast rules out Hosting the Com' Games
Dan & Anna are gone > Guess the Goldie Mayor Tom's gotta drive the Stake thru the Heart
Feds / State & Deputy Mayor all told Tom to let it go...enough's enough!
Within a month of Vic dropping the 2026 King's Baton...Alberta 2030 almost beat them to it...
A month later & Goldie were stuck with hosting a blacked out 2018 / 2026 / 2030 & on & on so on!
Queen is Dead...Long live her Baton Relay...there is nowhere left to run...or is there...
4th Dec Goldie Mayor was willing to combo Perth...(Here's that news...lookin' desperate...never know!)
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/next-commonwealth-games-could-be-hel...
As said...The King ain't lettin' Oz off the Hook!
tbb is tippin' Perth to draw the short straw! (No official Bid is in Play but Oz is under the Pump!)
Outside fav...New Tas Stadium Opening ( Have a laugh if the Track is 395m round + 5m Pie Queue!)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/15/australia-has-three-months...
Pretty sure ALP backed Voice to get up > Flick Kings Games & Go for Gold Reppo Reffo Coins
Albo flicked Games too Early > Lost the Voice Bet > 2024 King is on Coins Forever > No Reppo Reffo!
Run it through yer Heads...Gonna look a bit rich splashin' money for coin but not Comm Games...
Kings Head in all Shops & in all hands...all will feel guilty in trading coin without Games!
When Mint runs the next Sport set. (Kaboom!) all gonna be guilt tripped to run Games as a trade off!
Be a Royal Joke it will...All look at Coin & weep...we fucked him over...didn't we!
All new Oz Money instantly burns our palms as worthless trash...ever guilt trips us to owe our king!
Exactly! Disrespectful Royal subjects are not worthy to embrace our King on our Coins!
Got enough brass for the King's Head sports Coin Collection just not his relay Baton. (Unaustralian!)
We boxed ourselves in...Damned if we do but way more guilty everyday our King looks at us...
2024 Day 1 of endless guilt sets in...All Hail our King! There is no other nothing but Commonwealth!
Still gotta Host the Kings Games...suck it up...King is on the Coins...want's his Royal Stadium!
Out of this World it is!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-01/world-first-coin-of-2024-minted-i...
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=772058461634045&set=pcb.772059024967322
Cost of Olympic Ideal White Elephant Crisis.
Vic / Qld Premiers couldn't measure up...see ya!
Brizzo Gumtree Ad : [ Seeking Olympic Bog Standard Anything for billions of dollars! ]
Goldie Mayor :
[ Prince Charles likes the feel of his new King-size Aquatic Centre ]
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/britains-prince-charles-...
[ Official Stolenwealth running track can black out bog standard Aryan Athletes during Ceremonies ]
https://www.facebook.com/Sunrise/videos/gold-coast-commonwealth-games-cl...
NSW Premier :
[ On strict condition ya let Supasal win 4 Gold Medals in our Ideal Bogan Whitewater Wavepool ]
https://www.sportzhub.com/article/celebrating-olympic-legacy-at-penrith-...
Makeshift Qld Premier : [ Thanx Guys...Not sure if that will sustain Brizvegan's bruised egos! ]
Should lock in yer bog standard Commonwealth Olympic ideal rorts before ya bid...well durr...Next!
12 April 2022 Regional Vic (Conditional Bid) > Cost Blowout = 18 July 2023 Cancel
Aug 2023 Christchurch Mayor bid to host 2026 CG backed by NZ First > 2030?
London / Scotland said it's possible they could save their Kings' arse!
16 Oct 2023 Gold Coast / Perth-Magnate GR Joint Bid
4 Dec 2023 States / Feds refuse to back bid > Gold Coast pull out.
4 Dec 2023 British Govt rule out further support to salvage Games!
11 March 2024 Malaysia were offered $150m to host Com Games
Govt didn't want to fund the games: Reliant on Vic Bond + Delay to piggyback 2027 SEA games.
22 March 2024 Clash of Games was a bridge too far & pulled out.
3 April 2024 CGF hit on Singapore with same $150m carrot (This was rejected)
8 April 2024 Ghana recently hosted March 2023 African Games & were also offered the $150m
11 April 2024 : CGF to cover all Glasgow costs to likewise repurpose 2014 CG facilities
End of April : CGF are riding on last minute cost neutral confirmed Glasgow bid?
Clyde's Goldie Dream Tour was interrupted for an urgent Royal Life Saving mission
https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/commonwealth-games/glasgow-ma...
Mascot's work is never done...off to save the New King from a rather prickly situation.
Oz hopes & prays that Clyde can salvage the Royal Australian Mint Tour!
NZ Reviews Comm Games Bids
https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/18/aucklands-dumped-commonwealth-games-bi...
Qldurr explains why AFL (King Eddie) can't get his Brisbane Fliptop Showpiece
Eddie carries on like a pork chop...reckons Old stadiums can't do Olympics (Biggest load of Shit!)
[factcheck] LA Memorial Stadium hosted 1932 / 1984 + 2028 Olympics.
[factcheck] MCG + All AFL stadiums are to puny to host a Junior athletics meet!
Eddie's mates got greedy and encroached upon MCG Olympic Track denying Vic international athletics.
Cycle of greed would deny all future athletics in any AFL procured Olympic Stadium...Greed kills it!
AFL fuelled Council of Mayors to bid for Olympics...ALP were not on board.
Only when all boxes were ticked did Qld Premier bid for AFL Gabba makeover Olympic Games!
Ok! Whole of Oz heard of ridiculous Cost Blowouts...but why?
Vic / Qld [ALP] have large Union base
Vic / Qld are growing [L] Red Union Base
[L] Opposition are courting Union Power to win back Govt.
Qld / Vic Unions play ALP (vs) [L] to win audacious 100-150% base Contract increases.
Resulting in [L] opposition Leader siding with Premier on Games Venues / Union Demands.
Council of [L] Mayors continue pushing their Conservative Commerce Masters AFL Flip Top mandate.
Below Table explains how Bipartizan Union Demands blows out Eddie's hot headed Flip lid AFL rant.
Vic is slightly different but does equally penalize outta town Stadium builds in similar ways.
ALP / [L] both signed off on Unions base demands > these two made the news...
2x Pay on 121 Brisbane rainy Days = 33% added cost blow out
50kms travel $1,000wk = 50% > 100%+ upwards cost blow out...
Why?
Qld Labour Base @ Coomera (Northern Gold Coast) > Rail / Roads / Engineer Base @ Bne CBD
Apply 50kms to beneath Games Projects
Sunshine Coast Rail ($1,000 wk extra Labour / Engineering > Full duration) [Cancelled]
SC Bruce Hwy ($1,000 wk extra Labour / Road Engineers > Full duration) 50/50% Feds
Victoria Park AFL Stadium ($1,000 wk extra Labour > Full duration) [Cancelled]
Gabba AFL Stadium ($1,000 wk extra Labour > De-Reconstruct) [Cancelled]
Suncorp Stadium ($1,000wk extra Labour > reduced project timetable) [Approved]
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QE2 Stadium (No extra Labour /Transit fees) Extra Games Transit cost (1 month) [Approved]
Coomera Connector ($1,000wk extra Engineering > reducing towards Bne CBD) [Cancelled]
Gold Coast Stadium ($1,000wk reduced Engineering > Max Games Fans Transit impost) [Cancelled]
GC Airtram ($1,000wk extra Labour / Road / Rail Engineering further from CBD) [On hold]
Note this last Tram project is 50kms from All Union bases > blows out the most from $2.6 > $7b
Mayor's / Media don't cost these Union extorted project cost blowouts but ALP / [L] leaders would.
That's why [L] Leader is happy to back up & support each reduced ALP Games / Transit Projects.
Unions are controlling & dictate each Party's Games Projects...not Eddy!
Eddy never exercises commonsense...All wish for a new stadium but it needs companion workforce!
Again! Just yesterday AFP took control of new built Bne Port Covid Ghost camp..
This was perfect for games workers / Athletes but [L]Mayors / AFL never sussed Union labour impost!
Think! Can house each worker less than $1,000 wk (Correct!) So! Where's wot Plan...well durr!
Nearly all Fed Infrastructure cancels are Regional Rail...($1,000 wk extra + 2x longer premium wages)
Clear to see that Govts / Parties / Unions are centralizing growing migrant power base.
Meaning less Regional Rail / Road / Schools / Hospitals > More jobs in CBDs = Mass ramped Unit living
This should better explain why Eddie goes mental & why AFL feel they got fleeced...
Simply the rise of Union Power...as both Parties are in lock step on Stadiums / Transit.
Clear to see > the above union formula dictates all > Not NRL (vs) AFL
Tip : If [L] Mayor's / AFL bid for a new Flip Lid QE2 Home Stadium...the Maths ticks all boxes...Winner!
Big news just announced from the Vicco government.
“We have informed Commonwealth Games authorities of our decision to seek to terminate the contract and to not conduct, not host the games,” he told reporters today.
He said the forecast figure of $2.6 billion, was looking to more than $6 billion.
“I cannot stand here and say to you that I have any confidence that that even $7 billion number would appropriately and adequately fund these games.”