Unfussy and welcoming, a large forecourt area is designed to slow and calmly manoeuvre fans between the site’s two train stations to the main entry gates. To the south and east, the landscape is very much designed to move people expediently. Even for Perth, the overall landscape is big and, except for the massive doughnut in the middle, unencumbered in views with lines of site across its expanse as well as to the CBD beyond.
Hassell was the landscape architect for the project from masterplan to implementation. This became a crucial obligation with a later decision to axe game day parking facilities – a concept very foreign to Perth’s car-loving sensibilities. However, with the government’s recognition of the site’s potential to integrate with future planning, and momentarily cashed-up through revenue from the resource boom, Barnett managed to secure the site with a serious financial commitment to create a purpose-built public transport hub. Burswood was considered the costliest and most undesirable of the sites for several reasons – its geotechnical challenges compounded with no existing public transportation infrastructure, there were few vehicular access points and the immediate area surrounding lacked restaurants and bars for both pre and post-game conviviality. The recommendation was for one multi-purpose stadium with, three possible sites – an area adjacent to the East Perth Power Station, the existing Subiaco Oval site, and, almost a footnote in its announcement, the Burswood peninsula. As early as 2005, a taskforce was established by the then Labor government to review Perth’s existing three arenas and confer with major sports codes to define and locate a stadium for the diverse sporting and entertainment requirements of Perth’s future. In 2011, the Barnett government announced the Burswood Peninsula to be the site of Perth’s long-awaited Stadium. South Carolina says the new elevators “will relieve existing strain on a three-elevator bank that services both coaching staffs, media and other guests to the press box, as well as fans sitting in the 200 and 600 levels.The stadium and its surrounding precinct sit to the east of Perth’s CBD and are flanked on three sides by the Swan River. The elevators will give access to the 200 and 600 levels of seating as well as the press box and will cost $2.4 million dollars to complete. The last part of the expansion will be adding two more elevators to the stadium. “We understand that without more square footage, we can’t start to service all the fans in our home stands and now, we’ve got almost 7,000 additional square feet to work with when we come back and make wide spanning improvements to our restrooms and concessions stands.” There is certainly more work to be done, but we have a long-term vision and are excited about how this project expands a critical footprint in our stadium,” Executive Associate Athletics Director Steve Eigenbrot said via the release. “This expansion is a great start we cannot address the issues with servicing our fans without getting this first phase approved. The announcement states that the patio will expand the concourse behind the current elevators and west towards Gamecock Park “to provide a fun, outdoor space for fans to enjoy.” The announcement notes that, in addition, “two 1,000 square foot pads will be added over the switchback ramps to add valuable concourse space and allow for the relocation of existing concession spaces to improve traffic flow.” South Carolina a 5,000 square foot, patio the most significant addition to the west concourse. The west main concourse is a $2.3 million dollar project that will be completed in 2022. When you consider we just did the largest stadium renovation ever in 2020 and now we are tackling ribbon boards, stadium lights, concourse expansion and new elevators, it’s starting to make a big difference.”
“We have ambitious goals, and we’re thankful that our Board is supportive of our initiatives so we can get started quickly. “We have a great home for football, but there are things that can be done to help modernize the stadium to create more excitement and a better fan experience,” Athletics Director Ray Tanner said via the school release.
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