Gather Round 2026

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Had a password freakout but all sorted

Tickets purchased

On the wing, perfectly positioned, good row... hang on, Melbourne vs Essendon what the...?

 

[DJ75]

This is from the email

As a Crows Member with game access, you'll have access to the exclusive member pre-sale for our match, where you'll be able to purchase one of the following ticket optioins per Gather Round barcode:

• Discounted Reserved Seat in Category 1, 2 or 3
• Discounted General Admission Standing ticket on The Hill
• 4-Match Multi Pass
• Ticket into The Pepsi Collective - a premium viewing experience from level three of the Riverbank Stand, complemented with access to bespoke food and drink options and entertainment in the William Magarey Room.

I did the Collective thing two years ago. It was great. A different vibe and a bit of fun.
But this was when there was a double header and you had time between games to enjoy it. For one game? I can't see the point.

 

[MatthewB]

Had good seats went to pay for them, wouldn't accept my credit card for some reason, timed out and straight back in got shit seats and went to change them froze on me, now at the back of the queue, guess not going this year

 

[FR0GGY]

Bay 527 after it only giving me companion tickets to start with.
And that is why you need multiple devices/browsers.

 

[FR0GGY]

I did the Collective thing two years ago. It was great. A different vibe and a bit of fun.
But this was when there was a double header and you had time between games to enjoy it. For one game? I can't see the point.

I think the club did a collective thing a few years ago but the experience was far different

 

[GameofSloanes]

Ticketek suuuuuuck. Something fishy with the browser on my work computer apparently, the site wouldnt let me access it (never had a problem before, it was ticketek not work blocking me), so couldnt get on there, eventually got on with my phone 30k in queue. still at 9k........

 

[DJ75]

Finally got in. Nothing but very top of Riverbank stand offered.
Timed out. Kicked back to the end of the queue. Not sure I'll bother.

 

[kirky]

Finally got in. Nothing but very top of Riverbank stand offered.
Timed out. Kicked back to the end of the queue. Not sure I'll bother.

How the **** does that work? Its one hour in.

Here’s an idea for Ticketek. Give existing members access to their seats for 24 hours, if they don’t accept and pay within that timeframe, they go into the general pool.

 

[GameofSloanes]

How the **** does that work? Its one hour in.

30k in queue, can buy up to 10 tickets each

 

[Millsie69]

Pardon the intrusion, but just wondering if you guys who are only purchasing tickets to the Crows game see many sections of tickets available in each category?

I'm trying to buy 4-game passes for myself and some mates, and all that have been available the whole time have been up in the last rows of the Riverbank Stand (f*ck that for the prices being charged!)

 

[kirky]

30k in queue, can buy up to 10 tickets each

But aren’t those seats at the top of the Riverbank Daily seats?

This is probably another ****up by the AFL and those clowns, Dillion and Crew.

 

[FR0GGY]

How the **** does that work? Its one hour in.

Here’s an idea for Ticketek. Give existing members access to their seats for 24 hours, if they don’t accept and pay within that timeframe, they go into the general pool.

But it’s not a crows home game, they have to give Carlton equal go.

 

[SugarShane]

Finally got in. Row DD. Great for bras, not so much for footy. Jeeeeezus.

 

[cleanhands]

Finally got in. Row DD. Great for bras, not so much for footy. Jeeeeezus.

It is if you are sitting behind

 

[crows dude]

Great Seats. Row C Section 302 in Western Side

 

[kirky]

Tickets acquired - upgraded to Cat 1 - in Bay 140.

 

[GameofSloanes]

Got decent tickets, bay 538 row J. Weird that others seemed to get worse tickets despite getting in before me? Also, why when you are on a limited timeframe and are accessing via the ticketek app (where you are already logged in), do you need to log in again, and add charity donations that if you think about it too long mean that your time is up? Such a shit system

 

[crows dude]

Got decent tickets, bay 534 row J. Weird that others seemed to get worse tickets despite getting in before me? Also, why when you are on a limited timeframe and are accessing via the ticketek app (where you are already logged in), do you need to log in again, and add charity donations that if you think about it too long mean that your time is up? Such a shit system

Dont think about it. Once seats are offered. Accept them and move on. Had no problem

 

[MatthewB]

Finally got tickets, same bay as our season tickets couple rows down

 

[JimmyTheScoop]

Our seats are in the Western side of the Oval near the coaches race? Did they open up the Western side for the public?

 

[kirky]

Our seats are in the Western side of the Oval near the coaches race? Did they open up the Western side for the public?

The whole ground is available.

I’m a Essential Crows and SMA member (Western Stand) and our tickets for those game are in the outer (Bay 140). It just gave best available.

 

[crows dude]

Our seats are in the Western side of the Oval near the coaches race? Did they open up the Western side for the public?

Its a clean stadium. Same as finals.

 

[crows dude]

The whole ground is available.

I’m a Essential Crows and SMA member (Western Stand) and our tickets for those game are in the outer (Bay 140). It just gave best available.

SMA and Essential Crows???

Why would you have both? Waste of Money unless you are selling your crows to a mate each year and then you you use your AOFM for yourself.

 

[kirky]

SMA and Essential Crows???

Why would you have both? Waste of Money unless you are selling your crows to a mate each year and then you you use your AOFM for yourself.

And that is exactly what I do.

Always had two memberships. Still cheaper than paying for a golf membership .

 

[RicMcHart]

I finally got thru to the end of my queue at 10:33am and I was offered seats at the back of section 542 which I did not like. I tried multiple times for other locations but Ticketek kept offering seats in the nose bleed sections before I was timed out.
I got back into a queue at 10:45am at number 25,906 and got to the end of the queue at 11:30am and by then all the best seats were already taken so I was forced to accept seats on level 5 on the eastern side for fear of missing out for the second year in a row.
Bloody Ticketek!!!