Putting the whole Fraser Park thing aside for a minute, as who knows how real a prospect it is. Before I heard about that I had assumed that Welnix's plan was just to dig in and wait until Sky Stadium needed major refurbishment and then lobby hard for it to be modified to be more appropriate for rectangular sports at that point.
I wonder, would it be a feasible option to try and make that happen sooner rather than later? Would it really be such a great loss to cricket? How many cricket games a year get bigger crowds than the capacity of Basin Reserve? How expensive would it be to do stadium surgery to turn the stadium into something more rectangular and intimate feeling for games with an attendance of >10k? How much more expensive than constructing a new stadium at Fraser Park and associated surrounding infrastructure upgrades? Could the existential threat to Sky Stadium of rugby and football taking everything to a Fraser Park Stadium get them/Council on board with speeding up that timeline?
Because Sky Stadium obviously has everything else going for it in terms of location and transportation.
I wonder, would it be a feasible option to try and make that happen sooner rather than later? Would it really be such a great loss to cricket? How many cricket games a year get bigger crowds than the capacity of Basin Reserve? How expensive would it be to do stadium surgery to turn the stadium into something more rectangular and intimate feeling for games with an attendance of >10k? How much more expensive than constructing a new stadium at Fraser Park and associated surrounding infrastructure upgrades? Could the existential threat to Sky Stadium of rugby and football taking everything to a Fraser Park Stadium get them/Council on board with speeding up that timeline?
Because Sky Stadium obviously has everything else going for it in terms of location and transportation.