Autopsy AFL Game Day experience is getting worse every year.

[Aristotle Pickett]

The Docklands is a very uninviting stadium.
The MCG is all concrete with no historical stands left.
Both these stadiums have no grass, no trees, wall to wall advertising, digital video adds on the fences, expensive junk food, expensive beer.
The upper deck at the G is unwatchable.
The security and bag checks are over the top.

Let's face it, it's all designed for corporate sponsor exposure on TV now.

If I were to make changes I would:
1/ Stop selling the catering and alcohol rights and provide normal priced food and some healthy food.
2/ Get rid of digital advertising
3/ Bring back white apparel for all umpires. Take advertising off umpires and off the ball and off goal posts.
4/ Provide a grassed area and trees .
5/ Cut the price of upper deck tickets in half.

 

[rumply]

I'd just bring back streakers.

 

[the harry]

Wouldn't mind being able to have a conversation during quarter breaks without the music and some hack pushing maccas cafe

 

[#23 Hill]

Anyone know what percentage of the AFL's income is from crowd attendance?

 

[jim boy]

Awesome - lets also bring back one long concrete wall feeding into an open sewer to be a urinal and put a limit of two toilets in the G for women.

 

[00Stinger]

yeah absolutely no parkland, grass or trees near the MCG

 

[00Stinger]

Anyone who doesn't notice any parkland around or near the G is clearly blind

 

[Bald]

I enjoy the experience at Marvel

 

[rumply]

I enjoy the experience at Marvel

Yeah I'd rather the G but a couple games a year at Marvel helps mix it up a bit.

 

[Bald]

Yeah I'd rather the G but a couple games a year at Marvel helps mix it up a bit.

I think it helps that I live in the west so getting to and from is easy, but honestly I think it’s great. Can certainly be improved but we’re not doing that by reduced bag checks and removing digital advertising as the op has suggested

 

[StonesThrow]

I love blinding digital advertising, kiss cam, dance offs, crap music and expensive rubbish. It's living

 

[Mitchell Madness]

The viewing experience isn't bad at Marvel.
The trip to get there is a nightmare if you have to drive though

 

[FRUMPY]

The Docklands is a very uninviting stadium.
The MCG is all concrete with no historical stands left.
Both these stadiums have no grass, no trees, wall to wall advertising, digital video adds on the fences, expensive junk food, expensive beer.
The upper deck at the G is unwatchable.
The security and bag checks are over the top.

Let's face it, it's all designed for corporate sponsor exposure on TV now.

If I were to make changes I would:
1/ Stop selling the catering and alcohol rights and provide normal priced food and some healthy food.
2/ Get rid of digital advertising
3/ Bring back white apparel for all umpires. Take advertising off umpires and off the ball and off goal posts.
4/ Provide a grassed area and trees .
5/ Cut the price of upper deck tickets in half.

Tell me you're getting old without saying 'im getting old'

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Anyone who doesn't notice any parkland around or near the G is clearly blind

In the ground. You can't see anything but concrete and advertising in the ground. The adelaide oval has it right.
The MCG was obsessed with gettin a 100,000 capacity which is only relevent once a year. They knocked down every historical stand.
Even when there's 25,000 people there it's a souless experience.

 

[FRUMPY]

The viewing experience isn't bad at Marvel.
The trip to get there is a nightmare if you have to drive though

Plenty of trains coming from all directions.....park at a station 10-20mins out of the city.

 

[FRUMPY]

In the ground. You can't see anything but concrete and advertising in the ground. The adelaide oval has it right.
The MCG was obsessed with gettin a 100,000 capacity which is only relevent once a year. They knocked down every historical stand.
Even when there's 25,000 people there it's a souless experience.

Boxing Day
Grand Final Day
Anzac Day
Carl v Coll
Carl v Rich
Coll v Rich
Rich v Ess

Ive just named 7 days off the top of my head for the reason they want it so big

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Tell me you're getting old without saying 'im getting old'

Yeah nah, having a ground that's functional, aethetically pleasing and welcoming is not that hard.
If I wanted to be swamped by concrete and advertising , I could watch it on TV on a road.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

I watched the practice match at Arden street and it was an absolute pleasure.

 

[FRUMPY]

I watched the practice match at Arden street and it was an absolute pleasure.

Maybe stop going to AFL and go to local footy - get back to the grass roots you so desire (local footy is great btw, especially if you support a team)

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Boxing Day
Grand Final Day
Anzac Day
Carl v Coll
Carl v Rich
Coll v Rich
Rich v Ess

Ive just named 7 days off the top of my head for the reason they want it so big

80,000 is enough. The upper decks are an insult to watch sport from.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Maybe stop going to AFL and go to local footy - get back to the grass roots you so desire (local footy is great btw, especially if you support a team)

Maybe they could have developed the stadium with the people in mind to have an enjoyable day instead of thinking of more ways to ecploit people for $$$$.
It is ruined now imo.

 

[00Stinger]

I think it helps that I live in the west so getting to and from is easy, but honestly I think it’s great. Can certainly be improved but we’re not doing that by reduced bag checks and removing digital advertising as the op has suggested

Does it take long to get inside Marvel these days?

Don't think I have been there since pre covid but want to take my son to a game this year

 

[00Stinger]

In the ground. You can't see anything but concrete and advertising in the ground.

Yo you want parkland inside a stadium? lol

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Yo you want parkland inside a stadium? lol

No, I want something that is built for spectators like the Adelaide oval.

 

[RonnieRaven]

Stadiums are fine over priced food and drink I can cop but paying money for a ticket only to be bombarded with advertising through audio/electronic boards non stop and s**t music blared out the speakers at every opportunity really grinds my gears.
It’s totally destroyed the essences of going to live sport.