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RussellEbertHandball said:
What is the flow rate of the Swan River? They have almost dammed it up to build that bridge. It isn't that complicated a built is it that they need all that land fill to build it?? Or has a fancy design complicated a basic walking bridge?
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I'm sure I read somewhere that the reason for so much land fill was because the stadium/surrounds were so far ahead of the bridge that they ran out of room on the bank for their equipment, etc. Can't remember where I read it so it could've just been someone with no knowledge of the build. :p
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
What is the flow rate of the Swan River? They have almost dammed it up to build that bridge. It isn't that complicated a built is it that they need all that land fill to build it?? Or has a fancy design complicated a basic walking bridge?
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no idea on flow rate - maybe there is a hydrologist lurking

they had to do all that infill so there was a staging area to put all the bridge pieces. this was originally going to be on the land next to stadium before it was all finished, but due to delay (and finishing off the amenities requiring to be done), they needed to infill more.

but I wonder how much infill costs and if in hindsight, more infill on both sides plus new (smaller) bridge would have been a cost saving.
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
What is the flow rate of the Swan River? They have almost dammed it up to build that bridge. It isn't that complicated a built is it that they need all that land fill to build it?? Or has a fancy design complicated a basic walking bridge?
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Just think its there because it was so delayed. All the construction gear was around the Camfield site, but had to be moved somewhere else. No where else to go besides on the river.
 

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Really need to drop last minute prices looking to attend tonight’s game but $55 thanks but no thanks I’ll watch from my lounge room
 
wal said:
Because it makes no sense whatsover to sell last minute tickets cheaper than membership prices.
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Your buying a seat for a one off game that isn't being used?

The point is to get people to use those seats that will otherwise go empty so you should make them available at a cheaper price to encourage more people to go....
 
wal said:
Because it makes no sense whatsover to sell last minute tickets cheaper than membership prices.
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"I was gonna go to the footy but had something on, now it's cancelled but I still won't go coz it'll cost me more than if I bought the ticket a week ago". Yeah good way to fill the empty seats.
 
hitthepost said:
"I was gonna go to the footy but had something on, now it's cancelled but I still won't go coz it'll cost me more than if I bought the ticket a week ago". Yeah good way to fill the empty seats.
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Why buy memberships if you can get individual tickets cheaper than membership costs?

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jatz14 said:
Why buy memberships if you can get individual tickets cheaper than membership costs?

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Because memberships get you better seats, especially compared to the tickets that you can by the night before a match.
I buy a SACA membership every year. Even if I could get a cheaper ticket to each day's play I wanted to go to by waiting til the day of or the night before, I'd be stuck on the hill, or in the sun etc.
But if I decide tomorrow afternoon to go to the Crows game, because I hear there are tickets remaining and they're now $25 instead of $50, then that might entice me to go - and then, should I choose to, any food/drink/merch I purchase is still at full price.

So it's a win for me, as I got a cheap ticket (when I wouldn't get the value of buying a full membership) and got out of the house. It's a win for the club, as they get an extra bum on a seat which looks good on their attendance tally. It's also a win for them because they got $25 for the seat instead of $0. It's a win for the stadium as they get my $50 for a pie, chips and coke too. And who knows, maybe me getting to this game convices me to go to more games, and then I buy tickets earlier at full price, and maybe go to so many that next season I see the value in buying a membership.

Conversely if I decided tomorrow afternoon to go to the Crows game and found out that it will now cost me $75 instead of $50 for my ticket, do you think I'd go?
 
Variable pricing due to time to buy is not the way to go. Variable pricing due to expected crowd numbers would be a better idea. That's not always easy as weather also plays a part - last week Freo got rain, today is a perfect winter's day.

Eagles last 2 home games have been Tigers now Saints. Don't need to be a genius to work out which game would be more popular with people wanting to buy a ticket.
 

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wal said:
Last minute tickets should be more expensive.
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I can go to games in Melbourne at a drop of a hat for 30 bucks easily. I can’t afford a full membership and with my plans changing tonight I thought it would be a good idea to go. If there is 8-9k seats empty fill up
 
Agreed however that people should be encouraged to get memberships or pre-purchase early. Reward this, but if there are free seats close to gameday encourage people to get them.
 
Billy ray said:
no idea on flow rate - maybe there is a hydrologist lurking

they had to do all that infill so there was a staging area to put all the bridge pieces. this was originally going to be on the land next to stadium before it was all finished, but due to delay (and finishing off the amenities requiring to be done), they needed to infill more.

but I wonder how much infill costs and if in hindsight, more infill on both sides plus new (smaller) bridge would have been a cost saving.
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Mass flow rate is equal to density x area x velocity. Because the density would stay the same but the area descreases, the velocity would increase to compensate (assuming it is a perfect system which it isn't). So the mass flow is likely to be similar but the water moving through that passage will be a fair bit faster than elsewhere along the river.
 
rippersnipper said:
Mass flow rate is equal to density x area x velocity. Because the density would stay the same but the area descreases, the velocity would increase to compensate (assuming it is a perfect system which it isn't). So the mass flow is likely to be similar but the water moving through that passage will be a fair bit faster than elsewhere along the river.
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Just as it would around Heirisson Island (?) not far downstream.
 
Mattpolick18 said:
can freo move back to subi or something this is embarrassing to WA sports that they can only get 33k
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Weather ended up being fine (albeit freezing) but I was seriously contemplating staying home as I was expecting heavy showers given the past week.
 
holybishop said:
Weather ended up being fine (albeit freezing) but I was seriously contemplating staying home as I was expecting heavy showers given the past week.
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There were some heavy showers in the morning
 
30k-40k is around what you'd expect both WA teams to pull when they are in struggle town.

When the Eagles are down again we''ll get similar results with crowd numbers.
 
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