Punt Road Oval Redevelopment [merged]

[WilliamPowell]

no matter how you dress it up the club has stuffed this up. Inflation was running hot in 2022/3 so why didnt they lock in a builder prior to this, and commence straight way

also was approved mid 2022?

when you rely on the state government to sort you out with funding you end up with absolute chaos.

From Dec 2022

http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/index.php?topic=27449.msg737301#msg737301

Says permits approved late 2022, going out to tender in 2023 with builder to be appointed 2nd qtr of 2023

Only $15 mill fprmcthe state gpvt Frankie, and $15-$20 mil from the federal govt.

no matter how you dress it up the club has stuffed this up. Inflation was running hot in 2022/3 so why didnt they lock in a builder prior to this, and commence straight way

also was approved mid 2022?

when you rely on the state government to sort you out with funding you end up with absolute chaos.

💯 and let's forget we had good 5 years of sustained successes winning 3 flags should have capitalised on it .

Incredibly simplistic. 5 years of sustained success doesn't mean you have a spare $50 mil lying around 

Not sure how you've come up with your assumption

Agree they should have started earlier but it is clear the Club has not wanted to go into large debt. And I have no issue with that.

But they should have started earlier this year. Perception to a degree is everything and if people saw they were going ahead and doing this then they actually would have had more success with their fundraising endeavours

Waiting has cost them. Granted no one would have foreseen the season from hell we had but the season from he

 Has a had a massive impact


Finally re this:

Fair point and agree. In saying that Gale was running the project and who's bright idea was the brick and fundraising that was embarrassing. Rather the club was upfront from the begging members we're left in the dark way to long not enough transparency.

There's a board sub committee regarding the development and it would have been their collective idea around the brick by brick campaign. Yes  as CEO Benny would have been heavily in actioning the plans but again to suggest he is the sole person instigating the plans is ...well.. wrong

Absolutely,  agree they needed to be more open about the entire drawn out saga.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

no matter how you dress it up the club has stuffed this up. Inflation was running hot in 2022/3 so why didnt they lock in a builder prior to this, and commence straight way

also was approved mid 2022?

when you rely on the state government to sort you out with funding you end up with absolute chaos.

It wasn’t possible to get labour at half decent pricing through this time because your tax was overpaying the same labour double the rates to build infrastructure that we don’t need or waited too long to start.
I am not proposing we rely on state govt money but contrasting what has happened to the cats.

I struggle with one dimensional, ignorant posting. Sending my apologies in advance for challenging your ill informed diatribe.

Kind Regards.

[Go Richo 12]

As a president of a sporting club that is undergoing major renovations to the tune of millions, it’s been a frustratingly slow process. You pay $60k for a master plan, you get funding promises from both sides of politics at state and federal level. Then you have to consult ( the objections are ludicrous), then it goes to tender, then the money goes to local government, then they hold onto it for as long they can ( it’s earning them interest), then the funding gets released to the successful tender who don’t have capacity to start straight away……it was a 8 year process for us.

[Tigeritis™©®]

There are ways to get things done very quickly.

Some people just need a little extra motivation to get the paperwork and permits done.

Make them an offer they can't refuse.

[one-eyed]

The Doozy's have arrived....

Fragments from a doomed grandstand
#PuntRdOval #gotiges

https://x.com/Jonesracing82/status/1871106618689245278

[one-eyed]

Due to the impending redevelopment of Punt Road Oval, the VFL Tigers will be playing home games at various venues throughout the season.

Source: RFC website

[Tiger Khosh]

‘Impending’

It’s been yearssssss since this went to tender

[Knighter]

This whole process has been a complete balls up so far.

[WilliamPowell]

First muted in 2018

Announced it was going to happen 2020

After appeal by some group planning permits finally granted late 2021 or early 2022

Told it would start in late 2022 early 2023 with completion  end of 2024

2025 and it still hasn't started but will sometime in the next couple of months and won't be finished until 2027...

Nearly 10 years in the making 

To say it's been a long drawn our statement is an understatement. Little wonder members a d supporters are frustrated

[taztiger4]

First muted in 2018

Announced it was going to happen 2020

After appeal by some group planning permits finally granted late 2021 or early 2022

Told it would start in late 2022 early 2023 with completion  end of 2024

2025 and it still hasn't started but will sometime in the next couple of months and won't be finished until 2027...

Nearly 10 years in the making 

To say it's been a long drawn our statement is an understatement. Little wonder members a d supporters are frustrated

serious, only 7 years since conception.

Research Hawthorns Dingley project

[WilliamPowell]

serious, only 7 years since conception.

Research Hawthorns Dingley project

Not comparing apples with apples Taz

Dingley is a starting from scratch project. Which in the beginning had no govt funding thanks to their former president

Since they got their funding they've gone full throttle and it's almost finished. The actual turnaround from when they got their permits to construction commencing to completion will be much quicker than us.

[Francois Jackson]

serious, only 7 years since conception.

Research Hawthorns Dingley project

Not comparing apples with apples Taz

Dingley is a starting from scratch project. Which in the beginning had no govt funding thanks to their former president

Since they got their funding they've gone full throttle and it's almost finished. The actual turnaround from when they got their permits to construction commencing to completion will be much quicker than us.

  "Thanks to the former president" Thats very funny.

Kennett should have just bent over and take it like a true commo. To get the "funding' right.

[WilliamPowell]

serious, only 7 years since conception.

Research Hawthorns Dingley project

Not comparing apples with apples Taz

Dingley is a starting from scratch project. Which in the beginning had no govt funding thanks to their former president

Since they got their funding they've gone full throttle and it's almost finished. The actual turnaround from when they got their permits to construction commencing to completion will be much quicker than us.

  "Thanks to the former president" Thats very funny.

Kennett should have just bent over and take it like a true commo. To get the "funding' right.

What's so funny Frankie?

It's a known fact.

Even good old Jeff sooked it up because Hawthorn didnt get funding while he was president. He claimed in his sooking that they didn't get funding because he was critical of the govt and the then Premier. Within 6 months of him going from Hawthorn they got funding.

Or in your world us it just pure coincidence?

[one-eyed]

CEO Shane Dunne provided an update on the Punt Road Oval redevelopment which is due to commence imminently.

“The Punt Road redevelopment is a significant project we continue to work on,” he said.
 
“We are really close to appointing a builder, so we are working through that process at the moment. But it is going to take a lot still to get this done and there is still a funding shortfall.

“We are hugely thankful to our funding partners, particularly the Federal and State Governments and the many in the Tiger Army who have contributed to this redevelopment.

“There is still a way to go, and we are going to continue to fundraise as we progress the project, but it's getting ever so close now and it is a really exciting phase for us, and I can't wait to see the building come out of the ground.”

Source: RFC website

[Diocletian]

Will be the club's headstone.