If we made another grand final will you go?

[Dixie Flatline]

Assuming he understands everything and is passionate, age shouldn't be a worry.
My first final was Adelaide 07 when I was 9 and I still look foundly back on it and am thankful for the experience.
Hope you can get there this year as they'll never forget it!

My youngest is four. He's been to a few games already but this would be a new order of magnitude for him.

 

[abe8009]

Absolutely!! Went 08/12/13/14 and there is nothing like being there for a GF. Don't care where I sit just as long as I'm there. Sat up the top in 2013 and was still worth being there.
Best was last year sitting next to the sydney cheer squad in a small pocket of hawks supporters while their team crumbled then spent the last qtr drinking with Darren Jarman cheering the boys home.

If you get the chance to go, take it

 

[skipjack]

Don't know about you but forking out $350 today hurts a lot more that $75 back then.

No way! In 91 I would have been earning $2 pocket money a week.

 

[Gday1]

The chance to potentially see us three-peat for the first time in our clubs history makes this a no -brainer I think .

 

[Harper_Hawk]

Absolutely!...a win against West Coke and we're on our way.

 

[MightyHawks]

1988 was my first Grand Final and I've been to all of them from 1990 onwards including the 2010 Replay

If I'm still alive in a few weeks I'll be there whether we make it or not

 

[Brishawk]

Been to them all since 1991. I have already booked flights to Melbourne for gf weekend just in case.

 

[MightyHawks]

Average weekly wage in 1991 was about $580. In 2015 it's nearly $1500. I think the prices are more affordable today than 1991.

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/second+level+view?ReadForm&prodno=6302.0&viewtitle=Average Weekly Earnings, Australia~Nov 2007~Latest~21/02/2008&&tabname=Past Future Issues&prodno=6302.0&issue=Nov 2007&num=&view=&

In 1991 if you were a Hawthorn member you were guaranteed a ticket

Now of course, you have to be an AFL, MCC, or premium member for your club to get to the Grand Final

 

[Clarkos_Soldier]

In 1991 if you were a Hawthorn member you were guaranteed a ticket

Now of course, you have to be an AFL, MCC, or premium member for your club to get to the Grand Final

That's true mate. Totally forgot about that little problem.

 

[Dewnior]

If things go to plan, Brian will be playing his 250th in the GF

 

[bigton08]

I dont care if their is no money to feed the kids for a couple of weeks.

I dont want to miss this.

This would be worth the big bucks alone look at the shitme player's expression, that was juda's expression the rest of the evening...2014 was magic!

 

[Brishawk]

Average weekly wage in 1991 was about $580. In 2015 it's nearly $1500. I think the prices are more affordable today than 1991.

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/second+level+view?ReadForm&prodno=6302.0&viewtitle=Average Weekly Earnings, Australia~Nov 2007~Latest~21/02/2008&&tabname=Past Future Issues&prodno=6302.0&issue=Nov 2007&num=&view=&

$350 is 23% of 1500. $75 is only 12% of $580. Wages have increased roughly 3 times since 1991. Ticket prices have increased 4.5 times. Tickets are definitely less affordable in 2015 than 1991.

 

[Clarkos_Soldier]

$350 is 23% of 1500. $75 is only 12% of $580. Wages have increased roughly 3 times since 1991. Ticket prices have increased 4.5 times. Tickets are definitely less affordable in 2015 than 1991.

It would take too long to discuss this economically. It's not that simple. You have to take lots of other things into consideration. A 22" hunk of a tv in 1991 cost you $1500. Today an equivalent tv for our time costs you $1000. A 286 computer cost you $3000. Today something equivalent for the modern times costs you $500 etc etc....you have way more money in your pocket. Thats why despite houses being a lot more expensive people have more to spend. Otherwise we would not see record crowds, record memberships, people willing to pay for fox footy and telstra streaming etc. We have much more money than we did in 1991.

 

[detox]

Went to 13 and 14.

Still yet to see a loss

Would have loved to see 08 though. I reckon that would have been the best.

 

[crazywildhorse]

I went with my Dad and brother-in-law in 2008, it was fantastic, it made going to ordinary games very dull. If I lived in Aus, and had the coin, I would be there for sure.

 

[marklar]

Would have loved to see 08 though. I reckon that would have been the best.

It was incredible. That's what I'm talkin' about!

 

[savagelunchbox]

Been to them all since 1991. I have already booked flights to Melbourne for gf weekend just in case.

What about accom?

That's generally the killer.

 

[crazywildhorse]

It was incredible. That's what I'm talkin' about!

It was. Really raw, exciting and unexpected.

 

[Harry Yorkie]

Flights booked, accommodation booked, GF tickets paid for...just need our boys to hold up their end of the bargain.

 

[bards]

Baring some serious illness requiring hospitalisation, I'll never miss one. Been to 86/87/88/89/91/08/12/13/14. Hated 87 and 12 but the rest were great. My old man had been to every GF that Hawthorn every sued in until he missed 13 following a heart bypass. He made 14 though. It's expensive, but I don't drink, I don't smoke and barely go out due to work, so I find a way.

 

[bigton08]

Went to 13 and 14.

Still yet to see a loss

Would have loved to see 08 though. I reckon that would have been the best.

08 rocked! It was such s hot day but it was amazing and to see Crawfs last game made it all the more special!! The atmosphere was electric!

 

[Ram-Man]

.... I reckon so.​

 

[Brishawk]

It would take too long to discuss this economically. It's not that simple. You have to take lots of other things into consideration. A 22" hunk of a tv in 1991 cost you $1500. Today an equivalent tv for our time costs you $1000. A 286 computer cost you $3000. Today something equivalent for the modern times costs you $500 etc etc....you have way more money in your pocket. Thats why despite houses being a lot more expensive people have more to spend. Otherwise we would not see record crowds, record memberships, people willing to pay for fox footy and telstra streaming etc. We have much more money than we did in 1991.

Some items are relatively more expensive. Some items are relatively less expensive. Tickets are more expensive. If you are spending more on housing and more on gf tickets which are both relatively more expensive, if all other items are relatively the same price you are necessarily giving something up to afford housing and gf tickets. Another test is cpi. At an annual rate of 3% since 1991 $75 is worth $152.45 in today's money. Tickets are more than double that price which means they have risen at a faster rate than both wages and cpi so by no economic measure are they more affordable.

 

[Brishawk]

What about accom?

That's generally the killer.

fortunately my brother lives in Melbourne so will crash at his place.

 

[JoeHawk]

This would be worth the big bucks alone look at the shitme player's expression, that was juda's expression the rest of the evening...2014 was magic!

I could watch this all day. Pity judas wasn't in the frame.