Punt Road Oval Redevelopment [merged]

[Andyy]

If in doubt, just blame Dan. Bloke has been off on sick leave for 6 weeks now haha

If there's any way they can keep the stand and build around it that would be nice.

[one-eyed]

More than 100 years of precious footy memories

Well done the National Trust for highlighting the significance of the Jack Dyer Stand in the face of its demolition by Richmond Football Club as part of Punt Road Oval’s re-development (Sport, 21/4). The stand is over 100years old and has witnessed much of football history, as well as being the former home of the Richmond Cricket Club. Spectators have watched their heroes play from here. Memories of premierships are well and truly etched in its fabric.

Given that the club is currently well-funded, wouldn’t it be fitting to celebrate the Tigers’ heritage by restoring the stand to its former glory, as well as providing new or upgraded facilities for training, the AFLW, Bachar Houli Foundation and other excellent initiatives? To say that the re-development is crucial to the club staying at Punt Road Oval is a rather narrow and self-serving argument. I watched the club’s re-development announcement, where President Peggy O’Neal spoke of “tradition” and “community”. Where was she standing? In front of the Jack Dyer Stand.

- Annette Cooper, Camberwell

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/more-than-100-years-of-precious-footy-memories-20210423-p57ly1.html

[camboon]

Maybe we can just relocate it , it’s just past it’s use by date, in many areas including ohs ,what about outing at KB oval

[one-eyed]

From Prez Peggy O'Neal:

Our place - the Swinburne Centre - is also at the forefront of much of our work.

The planned redevelopment is critical to ensuring the Richmond Football Club remains in its historic homeland long-term.

Among other things, we want to provide the proper facilities to support our elite AFLW program and to enable us to broaden and deepen our community work.

We are hoping to commence the final design phase shortly and we look forward to sharing more detail with you in the not too distant future.

We have $30 million committed to the project thanks to the Federal and State governments - about half of what will be required to complete the redevelopment.

We will soon embark on a major fundraising program to secure the balance.

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/962825/from-the-president-june-2021

[one-eyed]

Richmond are hosting an information session on the redevelopment of Punt Road Oval, and the establishment of the William Cooper Centre, Tuesday 23 November at 5.30pm.

Attendees will be provided with an overview of the redevelopment, progress on the planning and funding components and get a preview of what the future will look like.

I’ve been wondering where the redevelopment was at and whether we were going to proceed, pretty keen to hear an update!
-the Journey

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2297566937190272/posts/3060286420918316/


From the comments:

This will be interesting. I believe Jack Dyer Jr is pressing hard for the Dyer name to be retained either or after Charles Coopers name or as a stand alone on the pavilion.

Well Jack Dyer resonates with Richmond supporters not Charles Cooper.
Compromise …
Jack Dyer Stand and Charles Cooper function room

[one-eyed]

Here are the designs for the New Jack Dyer Stand:





https://twitter.com/Tigers_of_Old/status/1463039828593823752

[Rampsation]

Looks really good

[WilliamPowell]

It was a brilliant presentation

It is a $65 million dollar project.

Currently they have $30 million from the State and Federal governments

When completed Punt Road Oval will be the same size (dimensions) of the MCG

Will have capacity for 8k spectators

It will also have underground parking

This project mean we stay at Punt Road forever.

Club will be launching a fund raising drive shortly

Full details here:
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/club/punt-road-oval-redevelopment

[camboon]

Kept the name and some of the history, looks good ,I’m a fan

[pmac21]

Yes time to move forward whilst staying in our heartland.  Looks great 👍

[Rampsation]

With a 35 million shortfall I think the sale of our gaming license is inevitable. If we could get $15 million that leaves a 20 million gap. Its a bloody big shortfall still but im sure the supporters will come up trumps and make major inroads into it.

[one-eyed]

Video: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1032856/punt-road-redevelopment?videoId=1032856&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1637630040001

[one-eyed]

More pics:







Punt Road to be converted from current size ...


... to MCG size:

[WilliamPowell]

With a 35 million shortfall I think the sale of our gaming license is inevitable. If we could get $15 million that leaves a 20 million gap. Its a bloody big shortfall still but im sure the supporters will come up trumps and make major inroads into it.

I don't think getting out of pokies is bad thing. Think that has been on the board for a while just need other revenue streams to cover the loss of income the pokies generates

The Club has a huge advantage in that it has 100k members. If every member was to kick in $100, then that's 1/3 of what's needed.

 ***not saying people have to or should just giving an example***

[Rampsation]

No but I think if we all contributed over a 2 or 3 year period... those of us who can and want to I supposed its possible.

Id like to see the club set up an account that we can just contribute to via debit/credit card or just transfer money into from our bank accounts. Id probably make a weekly donation of say $20 thats $1040 for the year.

Even set up a development donation payment link on the website. Anyone could go in put in their details including card details and make a donation at any time.