Well, Richmond had less than 20k at a home mcg game about 10 years ago so, yknow, juggernaut and all..same crowd numbers which had Fitzroy kicked out
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Well, Richmond had less than 20k at a home mcg game about 10 years ago so, yknow, juggernaut and all..same crowd numbers which had Fitzroy kicked out
Or maybe the Tassie fans are voting with their feet and boycotting the AFL. Sick of being taken for a ride by the two blow insBe interesting to see if Hawks got more than 10k. Were there restrictions in TAS ?
Seemed a small crowd given the weather was literally perfect for football. And the game was an absolute cracker too.
Ticket prices are becoming a joke. I'm stupid enough to pay whatever price put in front of me for an away game but I just can't imagine how a family can take the kids to the game and pay $75 a ticket to get a decent seat and sit in the pouring rain.
lets hope soOr maybe the Tassie fans are voting with their feet and boycotting the AFL. Sick of being taken for a ride by the two blow ins
those crowd numbers are what got Fitzroy kicked out
I reckon you are spot on esp now the Hawks and North are bottom dwellers and play similar teams.Or maybe the Tassie fans are voting with their feet and boycotting the AFL. Sick of being taken for a ride by the two blow ins
I don't think the umpire's cheat as such but are just very poor ATM and what would you expect with an ex player mate as chief of umpiring who never umpired an AFL match!Caller on SEN this morning saying family of 5,2 Adults 3 Children cost him $350+ to go the footy saturday,general seats.
disgraceful
my personal opinion at the moment,the tripe that the AFL has turned this game into and the blatant favoritism shown by cheating umpires in several
games ive watched,you couldnt pay me to go...the AFL is a con at present,im not buying
Someone is lying when they say a match is a sellout and then thousands don't bother to turn up - which I don't believe!Logged on to buy tickets to Dees v Richmond Friday morning. Ticketmaster website said there were only 360 tickets left. Gave my membership number to some Richmond mates so we grab tickets together and ended up with Level 1 seats with no cover, right near the Deescheercringe squad, lol.
Was shocked when there was only 56k there.
Yep I was shocked as well you would think with Richmond playing and the Melbourne MMC members turning up it would have been at least 65,000.Was genuinely surprised how low the Richmond Melbourne crowd was. Thought that would have been at least over 60k
It’s what I’ve tried to point out a few times. There is a lot of people doing it tough in Victoria. It has a 6.5 billion dollar deficit and 17,000 left last quarter. There’s a lot of people that just can’t afford it. Imo it will change but not for a fair few years.
If they want to charge $75 a ticket or whatever that is up to them, but it is going to hurt crowd numbers. There are a lot of games in Victoria, you can pick and choose or you can watch at home. A few times a season I liked to roll into a quiet afternoon game through GA - I am not going to do it this year.
Or maybe the Tassie fans are voting with their feet and boycotting the AFL. Sick of being taken for a ride by the two blow ins
AND?Hawks have been in Tasmania about as long as Essendon has been at Docklands.
Thats my point. With the economic issues Victoria has the average person on the street just doesn’t see it as a good price for entertainment. If your at home with a family it’s way way more cost effective to have Foxtel/kayo if your family is a footy family. If you don’t live and breath footy though you wouldn’t even give that type of price a second glance.
I’ll also add as a family you could take them all to the movies then A very very nice meal out then home in relatively short time all without sitting in the cold or the rain. And most likely have money left over.
“Mr Martine was also questioned about how the government would repay its debt, following revelations in the budget last November the Victorian government had recorded an operating deficit of $6.5bn compared with a forecast surplus of $600m in the last financial year.”Not entirely sure that the economic issues in Victoria are as dramatic as that. But what they are doing with the ticket pricing is a disincentive to attend.
Was genuinely surprised how low the Richmond Melbourne crowd was. Thought that would have been at least over 60k
Top of the Olympic looked pretty empty. Wouldn't surprise if they stopped selling those tickets to try and force people into the expensive seatsRichmond member allocation was exhausted, concession ticket upgrade price for what was left was $38. People aren't going because members have already paid their annual membership and are being slugged premium prices for a ticket on top of it
AND?
The groundswell of anger and resentment towards Hawthorn and North by the Taswegians is growing by the week.
Perhaps it’s better left for the other thread though