I am glossing over things yeti. As Drubbing says, a lot of this has been covered before. East Perth was also my preferred site for the stadium.
I just find it interesting that Barnett didn't care about the cost, didn't care about the expensive report that evaluated the different options, didn't care about the history at Subi, didn't care about driving punters through Packer's casino, didn't care about public transport to the stadium, didn't care about no-one being able to drive, didn't care about the risk of floods, didn't care where the footbridge was built etc etc.
But he did care it was called Perth Stadium, it had coloured lights, and you could see it on the drive from the airport.
As I said, he had some weird priorities.