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16 May 2012, 10:47 (Ref:3075214) | #51 | ||
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The facilities are permanent, but the road (please note - it is not a street, and should never be described as such) is used to service the various parks and houses around the circuit.
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The reason it would cost $100 mill+ to build a racetrack in Australia is most of it would be spent on studies on the Enviromental impact,Dont touch the trees,Endangered frogs, Bribes for councillors so a permit will be given and Paying Union bosses off so the job will run smoothly!!!!! Building the track is the cheapest part.!!!!!!
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Did I start an argument?
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17 May 2012, 02:54 (Ref:3075544) | #56 | |
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Yeah, who needs a facility like Homebush when there is a circuit up the road, built right next to a tip and mostly stinks to high heaven?
And why have a event right at your hotel doorstep like the Gold Coast when you do the pleasant drive an hour or so to the paperclip . . . or two and a half hours to the other side of the Darling Downs. Much more fun to do the two hour run to Phillip Island or Winton than be able to walk to Albert Park from the Melbourne CBD. Having all this variety just won't work will it? |
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17 May 2012, 08:42 (Ref:3075586) | #59 | |
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A permenant track has year round sustainability. A temporary street circuit does not.
How would the setup/tear-down costs over the duration of the current contract compare to funding a new track? |
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Hmm, I race and spectate on a regular basis at Eastern Creek and I think I've only ever noticed a problem with smell probably less than 1 in 10 times I've been there.
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I live about half way between PI & Sandown - so both are much easier than a CBD location.
PI is great if you can get away from the over bearing security goons, |
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Yeah, I wonder about that, I've been there many times at diffeent times of the year & I'm yet to notice it.
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The last time I remember it getting a bit ripe out there was when I was travelling along Ferrers Rd, on the southern side of WSID/EC. That was maybe 6 or 7 years ago, but I didn't actually go to the track itself on that day.
The only other time I recall, was at the '93 Challenge. I think this was before they finished The Great Wall of Dirt on the outside of Turn 1. |
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The Government is not killing the race. They're simply refusing to pitch in any more money because they don't feel the NSW taxpayers are getting the returns that were promised.
V8SA is asking for more money because they're losing each year on the event. And with Archer Capital having taken over since the original contract, they're only in it to make money. So the people that want it aren't willing to pay for it. And there's no upside for the Government, electorally or financially, to keep the thing going and they have such a large majority that if there's a backlash (which I doubt) they won't be voted out on this issue. And as others have pointed out, Homebush is not a wasteland without V8s. The businesses in the area (except the hotel) don't actually want the V8s there because it affects their businesses. The place is in use 52 weekends a year but is not over-crowded because the facilities and activities are well spread out. |
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