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All the best guys - sure hope this turns out better than the EFFC debacle. You want to take a leaf from Claremont and learn what not to do from EFFC.

Unfortunately we won’t have the commercial opportunities like Claremont have given their location but at least we won’t be crowded in by blocks of flats and our ground polluted in dog shit.

But our lease is a fraction of what we would be paying if the Eagles were not our co tenants. And there are some commercial benefits we get from their sponsorship’s. Hopefully we can hire out our new facility like we have done for decades with our current function room which I dare say is possibly the biggest in the WAFL.

I just saw on the Town of VP website that money has been allocated to repair parts of our stand and toilets. 80K. What a waste if they are spending this on the old girl, when they should be going ahead with the redevelopment 

That's insane but what else do we expect from a council.

With all of the money the government is throwing around at sporting upgrades surely ours should be a priority, especially with the womens team coming on board.

$80k is a pittance these days when it comes to buildings and maintenance, This crumbling eyesore of a joint probably needs some basic maintenance just to keep it in an acceptably safe and sanitary state until the redev goes ahead. 

We all look forward to these ground redevs, Lathlain, Freo & Basso for starters.

I thought construction of the new one had already started?

What is the hold up ..been years now.

Senior Seagull wrote:

$80k is a pittance these days when it comes to buildings and maintenance, This crumbling eyesore of a joint probably needs some basic maintenance just to keep it in an acceptably safe and sanitary state until the redev goes ahead. 

We all look forward to these ground redevs, Lathlain, Freo & Basso for starters.

Agree 80k is sfa, barely even a coat of paint these days.

No doubt this is for toilet upgrades to cater for women.

Bazza wrote:

I thought construction of the new one had already started?

What is the hold up ..been years now.

Increase in building costs, but the main thing I heard is the Town of Victoria Park has been incredibly difficult to deal with.

I believe the State Government is now in talks with the council to try to come to a resolution.