❓ Mr McGrath asks the Minister for Sport and Recreation about key elements of the Perth Stadium Project Definition Plan. The Minister outlines features like video screens, team facilities, seating, and technology.
AnsweredQoN 534Legislative Assembly
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PERTH
MAJOR SPORTS STADIUM — PROJECT DEFINITION PLAN
534. Mr J.E. McGRATH to the Minister for Sport and
Recreation:
Yesterday I attended the announcement of ''The new
Perth Stadium Project Definition Plan'' for the new stadium at Burswood.
Could the minister outline to the house some of the key elements of the plan
and explain what Western Australians will have to look forward to when the new
stadium is completed?
MAJOR SPORTS STADIUM — PROJECT DEFINITION PLAN
534. Mr J.E. McGRATH to the Minister for Sport and
Recreation:
Yesterday I attended the announcement of ''The new
Perth Stadium Project Definition Plan'' for the new stadium at Burswood.
Could the minister outline to the house some of the key elements of the plan
and explain what Western Australians will have to look forward to when the new
stadium is completed?
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Before I answer the question, I acknowledge the children and
staff from Halls Head Primary School in the electorate of the member for
Dawesville who are sitting in the Speaker's gallery. Welcome to
Parliament; I hope you have an enjoyable day.
I thank the member for the question. It was terrific to release
the project definition plan for the new stadium yesterday. That plan can be
accessed on the stadium website. The document outlines the project definition
plan. I want to start my answer by saying that it has been a comprehensive
planning program. Populous, one of the world's leading architectural
firms, has said that it is the most comprehensive stadium it has ever been
involved in. As I said yesterday, it gives me great confidence as sports
minister to see the work that has gone into this stadium. This plan provides a
rule book to going forward to the next stage of the stadium, which is the
procurement phase. Just so members understand, because I heard some comments to
this effect yesterday, that rule book does not include the design of the
stadium. The rule book outlines everything that goes into the stadium and all
of that. The design now takes place as part of the procurement process. The
estimated cost of the infrastructure for the stadium, including the plaza, is
$690 million. The surrounding sports precinct, which we can do because we now
have a site that we own and it has room to build on, will cost $70.2 million.
The escalation cost will be $142.4 million, which will go through to the
completion date of 2018.
The stadium will have a series of first and best facilities
for stadiums in Australia. It will have two of the biggest video screens in
Australia. It will have the highest standard of team facilities. There will be
five change rooms for football—designated home team change rooms for
the West Coast Eagles, dedicated home team change rooms for the Fremantle
Dockers, dedicated visiting team change rooms and two auxiliary —
Mr M.P. Murray interjected.
Mr T.K. WALDRON : I
know it is hard. It will be a good stadium. Although there will be 11 different
categories of ticketing, the general admission seats will be the roomiest in
Australia. People who just want to go along and see the footy will have
comfortable seats. At the back of those seats there will be modern dining
facilities and areas to buy drinks et cetera where people can sit down. For the
ladies, the stadium will have the highest ratio of female toilets of any
stadium in Australia. My wife and four daughters are pretty happy about that.
This 60 000 seat stadium will have some of the best
sightlines in Australia. The media will have some of the best media facilities
for cricket, football and all the other sports. The technology used in the
stadium will be something we are not used to in Australia. It will be
outstanding. Part of the costing also includes a backbone for future technology
to enable technology that we have not used yet to be installed in the future.
Several members interjected.
Mr T.K. WALDRON :
Members do not like it.
The SPEAKER : I would
like to hear the minister's comments in silence so I might at least be
able to hear them. It seems that everybody in this place wants to make a
comment about what the minister is saying.
Mr
T.K. WALDRON : There will be 85 per cent roof coverage for the people
who will go and watch sport at the stadium, which I think is a terrific
innovation. The playing surface, obviously, will be for a multipurpose
facility, so it will be reconfigurable for rectangular sports. We are using the
bump-in seating, which is, I think, a much better way to go.
Mr J.C. Kobelke :
Will you take a question on sightlines, minister?
Mr T.K. WALDRON :
No, I will explain the sightlines to the member later, because I know he has an
interest.
Several members interjected.
Mr
T.K. WALDRON : The member does not know how to read it! I make the point
that I am happy to talk to the member about sightlines, because I know he has
an interest in it and I can go through that with him.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Thank
you, members!
Mr T.K. WALDRON : I
want to try to get through it, Mr Speaker; I do not want to take up all the
time.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members, this is the second question today. With the greatest respect to the minister,
I would like to hear the end of it and make some progress in question time.
Some of you, I am sure, would like to ask a question too, but you are not going
about the right way of doing that.
Mr
T.K. WALDRON : I will get through the rest as quickly as I can, but it is
important that I talk about the sports precinct, because it really complements
the development of this stadium. As I said, we can do it out there. It will
provide parkland, services and other facilities around the stadium, which will really
make a difference. There will be active and passive recreation 365 days of the
year. It will be a vibrant new entrance statement to the city. When we look at
it, we will have Kings Park at one end of the city and we will have another
outstanding recreation park bookending the other end of the city. I think it is
outstanding. There are 11 different premium products available.
Just to let members know, the
procurement process for the stadium and the sports precinct will commence in
December 2012. Already we have expressions of interest for the preconstruction
site works, which will commence by mid-2013. That work prepares the site ahead
of the main stadium site works. It is not the reason we will not start building
until 2014, as was claimed today on radio; we are doing it early so we can do
that well and do not have to waste any time later, so it is common sense. We
expect to award a contract in the first quarter of 2014 and start construction
by late 2014, ready for the 2018 AFL season.
I acknowledge the task force and
everyone who has worked so hard for the last 12 or so months on this. It has
been extensive work and it will be a magnificent stadium for the people of
Western Australia, for all those who go to watch sport there and all those who
use it.
staff from Halls Head Primary School in the electorate of the member for
Dawesville who are sitting in the Speaker's gallery. Welcome to
Parliament; I hope you have an enjoyable day.
I thank the member for the question. It was terrific to release
the project definition plan for the new stadium yesterday. That plan can be
accessed on the stadium website. The document outlines the project definition
plan. I want to start my answer by saying that it has been a comprehensive
planning program. Populous, one of the world's leading architectural
firms, has said that it is the most comprehensive stadium it has ever been
involved in. As I said yesterday, it gives me great confidence as sports
minister to see the work that has gone into this stadium. This plan provides a
rule book to going forward to the next stage of the stadium, which is the
procurement phase. Just so members understand, because I heard some comments to
this effect yesterday, that rule book does not include the design of the
stadium. The rule book outlines everything that goes into the stadium and all
of that. The design now takes place as part of the procurement process. The
estimated cost of the infrastructure for the stadium, including the plaza, is
$690 million. The surrounding sports precinct, which we can do because we now
have a site that we own and it has room to build on, will cost $70.2 million.
The escalation cost will be $142.4 million, which will go through to the
completion date of 2018.
The stadium will have a series of first and best facilities
for stadiums in Australia. It will have two of the biggest video screens in
Australia. It will have the highest standard of team facilities. There will be
five change rooms for football—designated home team change rooms for
the West Coast Eagles, dedicated home team change rooms for the Fremantle
Dockers, dedicated visiting team change rooms and two auxiliary —
Mr M.P. Murray interjected.
Mr T.K. WALDRON : I
know it is hard. It will be a good stadium. Although there will be 11 different
categories of ticketing, the general admission seats will be the roomiest in
Australia. People who just want to go along and see the footy will have
comfortable seats. At the back of those seats there will be modern dining
facilities and areas to buy drinks et cetera where people can sit down. For the
ladies, the stadium will have the highest ratio of female toilets of any
stadium in Australia. My wife and four daughters are pretty happy about that.
This 60 000 seat stadium will have some of the best
sightlines in Australia. The media will have some of the best media facilities
for cricket, football and all the other sports. The technology used in the
stadium will be something we are not used to in Australia. It will be
outstanding. Part of the costing also includes a backbone for future technology
to enable technology that we have not used yet to be installed in the future.
Several members interjected.
Mr T.K. WALDRON :
Members do not like it.
The SPEAKER : I would
like to hear the minister's comments in silence so I might at least be
able to hear them. It seems that everybody in this place wants to make a
comment about what the minister is saying.
Mr
T.K. WALDRON : There will be 85 per cent roof coverage for the people
who will go and watch sport at the stadium, which I think is a terrific
innovation. The playing surface, obviously, will be for a multipurpose
facility, so it will be reconfigurable for rectangular sports. We are using the
bump-in seating, which is, I think, a much better way to go.
Mr J.C. Kobelke :
Will you take a question on sightlines, minister?
Mr T.K. WALDRON :
No, I will explain the sightlines to the member later, because I know he has an
interest.
Several members interjected.
Mr
T.K. WALDRON : The member does not know how to read it! I make the point
that I am happy to talk to the member about sightlines, because I know he has
an interest in it and I can go through that with him.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Thank
you, members!
Mr T.K. WALDRON : I
want to try to get through it, Mr Speaker; I do not want to take up all the
time.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members, this is the second question today. With the greatest respect to the minister,
I would like to hear the end of it and make some progress in question time.
Some of you, I am sure, would like to ask a question too, but you are not going
about the right way of doing that.
Mr
T.K. WALDRON : I will get through the rest as quickly as I can, but it is
important that I talk about the sports precinct, because it really complements
the development of this stadium. As I said, we can do it out there. It will
provide parkland, services and other facilities around the stadium, which will really
make a difference. There will be active and passive recreation 365 days of the
year. It will be a vibrant new entrance statement to the city. When we look at
it, we will have Kings Park at one end of the city and we will have another
outstanding recreation park bookending the other end of the city. I think it is
outstanding. There are 11 different premium products available.
Just to let members know, the
procurement process for the stadium and the sports precinct will commence in
December 2012. Already we have expressions of interest for the preconstruction
site works, which will commence by mid-2013. That work prepares the site ahead
of the main stadium site works. It is not the reason we will not start building
until 2014, as was claimed today on radio; we are doing it early so we can do
that well and do not have to waste any time later, so it is common sense. We
expect to award a contract in the first quarter of 2014 and start construction
by late 2014, ready for the 2018 AFL season.
I acknowledge the task force and
everyone who has worked so hard for the last 12 or so months on this. It has
been extensive work and it will be a magnificent stadium for the people of
Western Australia, for all those who go to watch sport there and all those who
use it.
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