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Should the Sydney Opera House be Used as a Billboard

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A bit of a yawn.Certainly a 1st world problem
Posted by runner, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 4:20:30 PM
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More concerned about Jones, he is beneath contempt for his insulting slur on the woman.
It truth nothing is sacred when gambling is concerned money buy influence
Posted by Belly, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 4:36:37 PM
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Hi Is Mise,

Wonders will never cease, this might be the second thing I have agreed with you on in the space of a week.

Of course the Sydney Opera House should not be used as a commercial billboard. It is world heritage listed which means it is placed alongside the Taj Mahal and the ancient Pyramids of Egypt. Would either of these sites be deemed right for having advertising splashed over them?

What it really highlights is how much weight the corporate world has within our society and culture now. The fact that a corporate mouthpiece like Jones can so quickly reverse a decision made by the organisation charged with looking after one of our most significant sites is telling.

We haven't moved that far past the Alan Bonds and Christopher Skases of this world have we.

The Everest is a race for the rich and powerful and boasts that mounting yard access "is be the exclusive domain of the elite players of Australian and international racing."

The Melbourne Cup whose starting entry fee is $600 per horse. "Around 300 to 400 horses are nominated each year, but the final field is limited to 24 starters. Following the allocation of weights, the owner of each horse must on four occasions before the race in November, declare the horse as an acceptor and pay a fee. First acceptance is $960, second acceptance is $1,450 and third acceptance is $2,420. The final acceptance fee, on the Saturday prior to the race, is $45,375."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Cup

The Everest on the other hand only gives slots to those who can stump up $600,000 and then those slots can be traded, bought and sold at will.

This really is the playground of international sheikhs and high flying corporates who have very little to do with ordinary Australians.

The Opera House is appreciated and loved by virtually all of us and it should remain ours.
Posted by SteeleRedux, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 4:45:18 PM
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The purpose of billboards is to attract peoples attention and as over 150,000 cars cross the bridge each day, there may be one or more drivers distracted by the add on the Opera House.

Someone may die.
Posted by Is Mise, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 4:47:26 PM
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No.

That's what billboards are for.
Posted by Toni Lavis, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 5:30:38 PM
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See the article below ironically from the ABC (who should also be defunded for the same reasons of loss of touch with the Australian people)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-08/opera-house-wasnt-meant-to-be-an-ivory-tower/10352042

However, the bulk of the entertainment the Opera House promotes seems to be beyond the means and tastes of the average person.

Even with large taxpayer subsidies being paid to Australian opera and the performing arts, tickets to most of the events at the Sydney Opera House seem beyond the means of most Australians.

Tickets to Spartacus, assuming the average Australian likes ballet, start at about $70. Add to this, travel, meals, drinks and parking, and the standard night out is well over $100 each.

Given the tyranny of distance and the upmarket commercial productions at the Opera House relative to the greater Sydney and Australian market, it is ponderous just how often the average Sydneysider will attend a performance at the Opera House.
Posted by Canem Malum, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 5:30:39 PM
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