Upgrades at Moorabbin.

[stkfc1]

Apparently facilities are getting upgraded shortly to get ready for when we have our standalone VFL team.
Footy back at Moorabbin?

[Dr Spaceman]

Source?

[stkfc1]

Someone who would know. That is all I can say. Just passing on what I was told.Thought it would be of interest.

[suss]

Needs to happen.

[Waltzing St Kilda]

+1.

Maybe we should ask the AFL for $30 million (half Essendon's fine?) to build a boutique stadium there. Make it the go-to destination for the huge demographic in the south for whom the CBD is too far away. 30,000 capacity, no frills.

[matrix]

Yeah will def go ahead.
Needs to happen and will

Great stuff

[Sainternist]

Most welcomed news, if true.

"I wanna be there at Moorabbin, when the Saints go marching in."

[saintspremiers]

Is this for our own team in the VFL for 2014 season?

Bout bloody time!

[saintbrat]

Is this for our own team in the VFL for 2014 season?

Bout bloody time!

only if you have $500,000 to pop into the bucket.. given our reduced membership and sponsors shy,,,, and facilities will take more than 6 months I would think

[stkildathunda]

This has been in pipeline for quite a while, it's so we can train there and will allow more TAC Cup games to be held there. Not sure it's necessarily being done for a standalone team.

http://m.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south- ... 6601363696

[saint66au]

SW said at a function a couple of weeks ago that a Standalone team is 100% on the agenda but $$$ is the stumbling block..$300,000 was mooted as the cost to get it up and running..that doesnt count the upgrades needed to Moorabbin.

Its something we desperately need but sadly we cant afford it atm. Thank the 10,000 Members who havent renewed in the last 2 years :/

[Junction Oval]

Looking like a much needed "local" training ground option. Future development will be based on funds available - don't hold your breath !

[samuraisaint]

I call b#llsh*t on that. Sorry, haven't heard anything from the club, no mention at all in the papers. Where are we going to get the money to set up our own stand alone VFL club?!? I agree with the concept - Sandy are a joke - but the whole point of us moving away from Moorabbin as a training base was the issue of generating funds through the pokies (1) and the delapidated traing facilities (2). Both things that the joke of a council didn't care to support us on at all.
So things have changed all of a sudden have they? Without any publicity - and we all know how publicity shy councils are don't we?
Absolute tripe.

[matrix]

Its happening
Sure I heard nettle or someone mention it in a press conf this year.

[samuraisaint]

Why? So they can play baseball there again?

[stkfc1]

I call b#llsh*t on that. Sorry, haven't heard anything from the club, no mention at all in the papers. Where are we going to get the money to set up our own stand alone VFL club?!? I agree with the concept - Sandy are a joke - but the whole point of us moving away from Moorabbin as a training base was the issue of generating funds through the pokies (1) and the delapidated traing facilities (2). Both things that the joke of a council didn't care to support us on at all.
So things have changed all of a sudden have they? Without any publicity - and we all know how publicity shy councils are don't we?
Absolute tripe.

Call it what you want. Again I'm only passing on what someone ,associated with the club, told me.And they did mention it was to get us ready for our own VFL team and to update facilities in general for the players.

[58ter]

Was there yesterday. Bowling green is no more and is fenced off

[Bayside Nick]

If we had of moved to Frankston Oval like we should have we would have an iconic ground for training, VFL and preseason. Instead we are using three grounds! Long term goal should be a move to Frankston Oval.

[plugger66]

If we had of moved to Frankston Oval like we should have we would have an iconic ground for training, VFL and preseason. Instead we are using three grounds! Long term goal should be a move to Frankston Oval.

I dont get why it would be any different and apart from Seaford where are the other 2 grounds?

[Bayside Nick]

Moorabbin and Frankston for family days, children's clinics etc...
Frankston would be different because it would be a one stop shop ground - embraces peninsula market, is iconic bayside, in a central activities area, is a VFL ground, training facility and has a stadium and parking and PT to cater for preseason

[plugger66]

Moorabbin and Frankston for family days, children's clinics etc...

Yep but none of those for training. Its no big effort for anyone I would have thought and i fail to see why training at Frankston means we wouldnt have things at Moorabbin anyway. We didnt even have our family day at Frankston oval this year.

[samuraisaint]

I think BN means Moorabbin and Etihad. He has a point though, what is the point of spending money on Moorabbin when we are only leasing it and also training at Seaford? If the council want it developed let them do it - and yes; I live in Kingston so I will be one of those footing the bill if they did that. I think BN is suggesting that Frankston Oval is more central for the general populace and closer proximity to infrastructure, as well as being a local landmark, making it easier to access for people living in the Frankston area. Is that correct Bayside?

[Royston]

3-4 years time for a stand-alone VFL team I'm told....about 1/2 the time of our 8 year re-build !!!

As we'd all understand, funds are the issue. Re do Moorabbin, get it up and going and then start to move towards our stand alone team.

Sounds good - not sure where the $$$ come from though!

[plugger66]

I think BN means Moorabbin and Etihad. He has a point though, what is the point of spending money on Moorabbin when we are only leasing it and also training at Seaford? If the council want it developed let them do it - and yes; I live in Kingston so I will be one of those footing the bill if they did that. I think BN is suggesting that Frankston Oval is more central for the general populace and closer proximity to infrastructure, as well as being a local landmark, making it easier to access for people living in the Frankston area. Is that correct Bayside?

We are leasing it for about another 30 years so it would need another upgrade by then anyway. Isnt Seaford and Frankston about 3km apart. I dont get it myself.

[Moorabbin Man]

+1.

Maybe we should ask the AFL for $30 million (half Essendon's fine?) to build a boutique stadium there. Make it the go-to destination for the huge demographic in the south for whom the CBD is too far away. 30,000 capacity, no frills.

That would be heaven, a return to Moorabbin.