Punt Road Oval Redevelopment [merged]

[FooffooValve]

Worth noting that the original stand was built by the Richmond Cricket Club, on the back of a debenture scheme instituted in 1913 by the RCC President, who laid the foundation stone. Granted, it was built to largely accommodate football crowds.

[pmac21]

You can't leave a derelict, unusable stand there no matter what age it is.  Totally agree that Punt Road as a football venue (to watch) is an embarrassment. 
The change room set up for visiting teams is pathetic. 

New proposal looks great and will add so much value.

[one-eyed]

Jack Dyer jnr is in support of the redevelopment.

The Club has given the Dyer family a guarantee that the new stand will be named after Jack Dyer.

Source: 7news.

[one-eyed]

City of Melbourne Council just resolved to advise the Minister to approve the proposed redevelopment of Punt Road Oval including the demolition & replacement of the JDS.


https://twitter.com/rfcswallace/status/1521406096878972929


Live feed: https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-council/committees-meetings/meeting-archive/Pages/Future-Melbourne-Committee-3-May-2022.aspx

[Broadsword]

Great news!

[camboon]

Good news . Jack Dyer stand 2

[one-eyed]

Tigers’ plan to tear down historic Punt Road stand gets thumbs up from council

Cara Waters
The Age
May 3, 2022 — 7.33pm

KEY POINTS
* Richmond Football Club wants to demolish the Jack Dyer Stand at Punt Road Oval.
* The Tigers had vowed to leave Punt Road if its $65 million plan to redevelop the ground was not approved.
* The City of Melbourne approved the demolition and voted to recommend the redevelopment proposal to the state planning minister.


The City of Melbourne has approved the demolition of the historic Jack Dyer Stand at Punt Road Oval as part of a redevelopment of the ground by the Richmond Tigers AFL club.

The council will recommend to Planning Minister Richard Wynne that the $65 million redevelopment of the oval go ahead.

Richmond had vowed to leave Punt Road if its plans to demolish the stand, which was built in 1915, and redevelop the ground were not approved.

At the council’s Future Melbourne Committee Meeting on Tuesday night, Laura Thomas, director at Urbis and town planner for the Richmond Football Club, said the redevelopment required the demolition of the historic stand.

Thomas said the decision was not taken lightly, but the stand was not fit for modern purposes.

She said the club’s primary aim was to secure its long-term future at Punt Road Oval, with the redevelopment to double the oval’s capacity from 4000 to 8000 spectators.

Heritage groups are opposed to the demolition of the 107-year-old stand which was renamed in 1998 after the Richmond legend known as “Captain Blood”.

Richmond has pledges of $30 million from the state and federal governments for the planned redevelopment, which will include a revamp of facilities for women’s football and space for the club’s Indigenous Transition School and Korin Gamadji Institute (Indigenous learning centre) and for the Bachar Houli Foundation.

The council voted unanimously to recommend Richmond’s proposed redevelopment to Wynne.

“This development really represents the future,” Lord Mayor Sally Capp said.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/council-approves-plans-to-demolish-historic-punt-road-stand-20220503-p5ai4l.html

[cub]

Very sad day!
Can’t replace history and soul
Plastic world
🐅 forever 😞

[Andyy]

Very sad day!
Can’t replace history and soul
Plastic world
🐅 forever 😞

Bitter sweet.

JD stand was stuffed and condemned basically.

[WilliamPowell]

Right call, albeit a sad one

Best facilities in the land. Benefits all of us

[The Machine]

The correct call has been made

[TFL]

I must say I have generally been opposed to this happening.

I do know that the condition of the stand isn't great however and that's a big issue with the increased use of the ground.

The design of the new stand does provide some similarity to the original JD stand which i think is very tasteful.

It does set us up for the future and have come around to this all happening now.

[one-eyed]

From Rhett Bartlett twitter:

MAY 2, 1914:
Foundation stone of Richmond Grandstand was laid.

MAY 3, 2022:
(1 day after its 108th anniversary; approval given to demolish Grandstand. Re-named Jack Dyer Stand in 1998).


https://twitter.com/rhettrospective/status/1521444042491723776

[Rampsation]

Thank god this was decided by a proper council and the lefties and tree huggers at the city of yarra. Great decision.

[1965]

Thank god this was decided by a proper council and the lefties and tree huggers at the city of yarra. Great decision.

Amazing what a difference one missing word makes.