Is all development good development? no! Here We recommend sustainable development.by 0813 studio interior designers Sydney, NSW.

I personally do not have problem with Ms. Berejiklian. However, her decisions and proposals made over the past several years just have been quite questionable and her determination of building some monumental major projects as her legacy when she leaves the office. This is another development that is not necessary. 

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The old stadium. The Sydney Football Stadium, commercially known as Allianz Stadium and previously Aussie Stadium, was a football stadium in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia. Built in 1988 next to the Sydney Cricket Ground, the stadium was Sydney's premier rectangular field venue for rugby league, rugby union, and football. Capacity: 45,500 (venue capacity)
44,000 (seated capacity). Over the past decade, development plans have been going back and forth. In 2012 Sydney Cricket Ground Trust announced a master plan to redevelop Sydney Football Stadium, as well as Sydney Cricket Ground and the surrounding area, with a vision "for the SCG and Allianz Stadium is to create an exciting new concept for Sydney’s central sporting precinct - a revitalised, world-class, sports and recreation facility for NSW and Australia". The development of Sydney Football Stadium would have included a new fully covered roof and a new LED facade mesh for the stadium which would allow the exterior to change colours to suit the home team, similar to Munich's Allianz Arena. As well, development to the surrounding area would have included a new public plaza between the Sydney Cricket Ground and Sydney Football Stadium, new transport infrastructure, new underground car parks (4,100 cars) and development of the surrounding parkland. The scheduled start date for the project would have commenced after the completion of the Sydney Cricket Ground redevelopment, in January 2014. In early 2015, the video screens were replaced with large High Definition screens similar to the one at the Dally Messenger Stand at the SCG.

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In September 2015, the New South Wales Government announced a proposal to replace the SFS with a new 50,000 to 55,000 seat venue.[8][9] The proposed new stadium was cancelled in April 2016, with the SFS to be refurbished instead.

March 8, 2019, the NSW government announced that the stadium will be demolished (5).

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The new stadium, similar capacity, similar multi-purpose use, slightly different shape - rectangular, with more modern technology. 

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Question: the new stadium is not larger or having more capacity, then why demolish the old one rather than a well-planned refurbishment, just for the sake of building something brand new? It is indeed the LNP way and their only way to stimulate the economy by massive infrastructure building, however, demolition a stadium with only 30 years life is definitely a overkill. Just to serve as a reference, the standard life span of a stadium is 50-70 years. It's unbelievable in today's world where every other country is promoting and adopting sustainability, our government would just adopt the old school ruthless method just to demolish something quite decent and start fresh just for the sake of it. Where is the feasibility report? When asked the reason why, the official answer has been extremely vague. "We need a state of the art stadium to match with Sydney as an international city" is not justifying the development.

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We would recommend a $200M refurbishment - that will keep the original bone structure of the stadium, but adding a modern touch with new technology, a new canopy with digital lighting and auto closure system and all the soft refurbishment of all finishes and fittings. 

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