australians... (or anyone really)

[trabantland]

So it looks like February is free from all major sporting events

Not really, that time of year is very busy in Melbourne when CAAAAAARLTON wins the pre-season comp.

 

[Axver]

The sporting events are : -
aussie open tennis mid - late january
afl pre-season ( wizard cup ) - march
commonwealth games - march 13-25
melbourne grand prix ( pushed back until april due to commonwealth games )

So it looks like February is free from all major sporting events

Am hoping for indoor , simply because indoor wouls mean about 10 shows , whereas stadiums would only mean about 5 or 6

Call me greedy if you want !!

Axver how was BOSTON ??

Hm, I thought the Wizard Cup was in February, And there's no cricket tours? Well, let's hope February IS free, as that would make scheduling a lot easier for U2. I personally am torn between arenas and stadiums - Boston was INCREDIBLE, the most amazing experience (I've written a lot in my LiveJournal, there's a link in my signature) - but I'd also like to experience stadiums and I firmly believe New Zealand will only get a concert if U2 play stadiums. I think they could break even with a single stadium show in Wellington, while two arena shows (they'd do one in Christchurch and one in Auckland) would make a loss.

 

[Axver]

January 2nd Brisbane Entertainment Centre was the last I heard as opening nite from Acess All Areas. Has this changed and when did it?

Access All Areas published a schedule but there was utterly no confirmation of it.

Has anyone confirmed if AAA's Melbourne dates (6, 7, 9, 10 January) at Rod Laver Arena DEFINITELY clash with the tennis?

 

[bono_man2002]

It MAY clash with Practice. The open starts on January 16th.

I dont know if a Concert stage would damage the arena to much before the open?....hopefully they can just announce some god dang dates already!

 

[thatsnotmypuppy]

As for no sport in February - while corret you have to realise that the main venues in Melbourne - Rod Laver and Vodafone Arena and Telstra Dome/MCG will be offlimits for approximately 3 weeks prior to the Commonwealth Games. This is to replace some seating, put up all the bunting and decorations, install additional video screens/tv positions and to set up security.

Like the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games are logistical nightmares - thus Rod Laver for instance has a window of 9 days after the tennis and before the CG lockdown - those dates are all booked at this point - hopefully one of these bookers is the U2 promoter - but if not, U2 will not be able to play Rod Laver until well after the CG's - late March, early April.