AUSTRALIA of this sort has been run in Australia , and maybe the world . The notion of a fans user group has been such a resounding success that PwC formed a similar group for consultation on the Western Sydney Stadium project .
Multi-purpose A geometrical headache presents itself at multi use stadiums around the world . To accommodate cricket , which is played on an oval or circular field , AFL , athletics or equestrian sports an oval shape is required , and most stadiums are oval or circular . Football ( soccer ), rugby and many other sports are played on a rectangular pitch . “ Accommodating rectangular sports
in an oval configuration is always challenging ,” says van Dommelen . “ The brief included something quite novel . Instead of restricting the design requirements for viewing to sight lines to the pitch ( or C values based on a focal point ), it introduced a concept of key viewing elements – the visibility of key areas of the field such as sidelines , try lines and penalty areas to be viewable from the seating for the various sporting uses . Also incorporated was a concept around the extent of obstructions affecting views to the field of play to minimise the proportion of seats that will be built with obstructed views . A Seating Bowl Report demonstrating performance
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