you can also catch the Gold Coast express train into the city. For events they let you travel for free.
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you can also catch the Gold Coast express train into the city. For events they let you travel for free.
Bellerive was originally chosen for cricket, and it does seem to rain less on the eastern shore - important for cricket. Denis Rogers being a Clarence man who later headed the TCA and CA quite probably had something to do with it as well.
It is a rubbish location for getting to and from though. KGV would be a much better football location, more easily accessible from central Hobart and basically anywhere except the eastern shore. The showgrounds for parking, and maybe run shuttle buses from Elwick and the DEC parking.
Yes, Dire Straits played 2 concerts at KGV in 1986. 25k the 17k at the Saturday & Sunday gigs. It was terrific. We managed to smuggle some rum in, stuffed in our socks!!
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers also played at KGV in the mid 1980's.
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I can't believe McDonald's and KFC have been giving away lots of tickets for todays game in Hobart to and yet lots of people have been unable to get them that want them.This is a game against Geelong not GWS or Gold Coast and most of these people will most likely just throw these away.
Correct.
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I wonder if the AFL will actually listen to this request or just ignore it.
It might be the thing that shuts Tasmanians up. If every club played here once a year that would be great. 5 down south, 4 up north and better developmental pathways.
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Yes you could be right,it will be interesting to see how many turn to the Geelong game in Hobart today considering the huge amounts of freebies they are giving away.
The only thing that will shut us up is having our own team.
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So this Tassie Hub, is the AFL ready to suck our dicks or?
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According to some on here we don't give out freebies, but the truth is ALL clubs do
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An AFL team is Tasmania. It's only a few years away, i will be so proud!
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But why give out freebies to a game against Geelong,I heard of Soo many missing out.
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That's beyond me as well, but that's how the AFL operates and i don't know why.
Why give out freebies when you can sell out tickets is the question that needs to be asked.
We understand whyb the AFL give out free tickets for games involving GWS and the Suns, as despite the BS they are about as popular as cancer
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Any chance Richmond vs North could be played in Tasmania Next week?
Richmond home game, so, no. Even if it got moved, it would probably not be to Tassie.
It looks like Hawthorn v Collingwood will be at York Park.
is this Collingwood's first regular season game in Tas? I remember seeing Saints and Collingwood many years ago in a preseason at York Park, but can't recall them playing a proper match.
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Yes it will be their first regular season game in Tasmania,will definitely be a big contrast to the game in Launceston today crowd wise.
From memory that was a practice match, not even pre-season cup. I think it would be the Pies first game for points in Tassie. Collingwood don't go to secondary grounds often.
Eddie really spat the dummy when they played North at Manuka, some time around 2000.
They played a preseason practise match at North Hobart Oval in 2000.
Against Melbourne. A lot of 2nds players
Malthouse was coaching them so it wasn't just a 2nds knock up match.
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We played a pre season game in Tasmania in 2015 against Hawthorn.
Apart from having a tiny population, isn't Tassie an economic basketcase?
Ok, I just remembered that as it was the last AFL game of any sort in Hobart until North Melbn turned up.
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