According to a still in effect 1784 law, it is illegal to eat pretzels in Pennsylvania unless you have a parrot on your shoulder. You are also legally required to share if the bird demands it.
The saga of Waverley Park — Melbourne's car-dependent suburban AFL stadium with a planned seated capacity of over 150,000 (not a typo!)
A really good run down by @philip on the plans by the AFL (and its predecessor, the VFL) to build the world's largest stadium in outer-suburban Melbourne.
Unfortunately, a planned railway line past the stadium to Rowville was never built. That meant a massive 25,000-spot car park as the only real means to get there.
While most of it has been demolished and redeveloped for housing, the oval itself still used by Hawthorn Football Club as a training and administration centre.
@jedsetter@ajsadauskas@nictea@philip@fuck_cars depends on your idea of 'Melbourne'. Those suburbs with AFL teams named after them are reasonably well planned, the sprawl beyond less so
