PavSandHill
Team Captain
Over the years the amenities at Subiaco Oval has stayed static or deteriorated depending on your point of view. I haven't/read much by way of praise, but there maybe some I'm unaware of. I haven't been to every vendor around the ground, but from what I have seen, nothing leaps out at me as a cut above, ......... anything.
Now our game day enjoyment is being bombarded by visuals, and primarily I'm talking electronic media, but don't restrict to just one medium, after seemingly every passage of play. The constant referral by radio commentators to "this" scoreboard or "that" mark of the day is obviously revenue raising for the station, and we can switch off, but it's getting harder to avoid the visual bombardment.
When the electronic billboards in front of the fence turned up, I questioned if there was, or could be a distraction to the players factor that hadn't been considered. Now we have sponsors advertising, messages, etc etc etc being bombarded all around us. The actual cost of the amenities, tickets,food,beverages etc aren't exactly cheap, compared to what is available elsewhere. The advertising, the visual flashing distraction around the ground, not relating to the match, ie stats, replays, coach reaming players like Hall, etc etc, if that actually related into better amenities, well ok, maybe......
However I don't think it does. I can't get a bolt fixed in a seat I've had for nearly 10 years. Our, I was going to say fees, lease goes up annually and we pay about $10-$25 (casual enquiry on a number of ticket options across clubs Vic, & others) per person per game. (Based on my 2012 lease) considering the cost factor here, and the fact the new stadium is years away, and annual seat leases are only going to rise, was 2012 value for money.
Given the Arena experience at the Hopman Cup, is my flask and "sammy" at the footy at risk? Give everything that has happened in the transition from member to "annual seat leasor", can I actually demand better amenities, now, whilst they're hammering me with their advertising? Is it visual pollution?
Or is it just a waste of time?
Now our game day enjoyment is being bombarded by visuals, and primarily I'm talking electronic media, but don't restrict to just one medium, after seemingly every passage of play. The constant referral by radio commentators to "this" scoreboard or "that" mark of the day is obviously revenue raising for the station, and we can switch off, but it's getting harder to avoid the visual bombardment.
When the electronic billboards in front of the fence turned up, I questioned if there was, or could be a distraction to the players factor that hadn't been considered. Now we have sponsors advertising, messages, etc etc etc being bombarded all around us. The actual cost of the amenities, tickets,food,beverages etc aren't exactly cheap, compared to what is available elsewhere. The advertising, the visual flashing distraction around the ground, not relating to the match, ie stats, replays, coach reaming players like Hall, etc etc, if that actually related into better amenities, well ok, maybe......
However I don't think it does. I can't get a bolt fixed in a seat I've had for nearly 10 years. Our, I was going to say fees, lease goes up annually and we pay about $10-$25 (casual enquiry on a number of ticket options across clubs Vic, & others) per person per game. (Based on my 2012 lease) considering the cost factor here, and the fact the new stadium is years away, and annual seat leases are only going to rise, was 2012 value for money.
Given the Arena experience at the Hopman Cup, is my flask and "sammy" at the footy at risk? Give everything that has happened in the transition from member to "annual seat leasor", can I actually demand better amenities, now, whilst they're hammering me with their advertising? Is it visual pollution?
Or is it just a waste of time?
