Part of their mcg deal. They get complete access to the insides stand level 1 and 4 for away games. As of this year they get limited access to level 2 when they play away games against other mcg tenants. Tonight they had full access to level 2.
The away access memberships cost more, and very few members of any club pay to have them.
Still a great Thursday night crowd and the third largest Saints H & A match ever!
You can argue all you like, go have a look at Collingwood's MCG map and you will see that the Ponsofrd is reserved for them for their away games and always has been. They have also sold out their legends memberships which is the membership that gives home and away access to reserved seats and bays.
Adelaide Oval has always been stupidly overpriced. Genuinely preventing your average Australian from being able to take the family to the footy. Category 1 tickets starting at $116 for some games is just ridiculous. They charge more than finals cost.
Yep those prices in hard economic times for a lot of working people who are struggling to make ends meet are just not right and could also be a drag on crowds at AO.
It isn't more expensive outside of Melbourne, aside from West Coast games. Port Adelaide games work out to be the cheapest in some cases.
I don't know who you think was complaining, but those other stadiums across Australia would include the MCG, which I believe is located in Melbourne.
i take your point re MCG - fair call, but even tho more expensive than melbourne, the MCG are still cheaper than elsewhere i am pretty sure.
They're not cheaper when you factor in travel costs, that's the key point. MCG & Marvel GA seats are $27 but when adding on fares for public transport or parking, the average attendee is paying as much or more than the $35-$40 GA tickets in other states.
Strong from the crows. Hopefully crowds like this will hold up
Ticket sales won’t look good for this one because it’s a replacement home game for us so there is no need to reserve seats. It will be just under 45 like it always is, the 50k last year round 23 was an outlier because of pink lady game.
If they perform and play like that, there won’t be many crowds north of 40k for the rest of the year.
Looks about 16k
If you have a reserved seat, you just rock up. If you have a GA membership, you just rock up. Why would anyone pay extra to reserve a seat?
Because people don’t all have memberships and GA members may want to sit on level 1 or 2 and not level 4. Only 4 bays on level 1 are GA today in the Ponsford.
