MCC Members

[favourites]

Something needs to be done by the AFL. Obviously the AFL and MCG must come to an agreement.

About 10,000 seats empty, its happening way too much,it surely isnt that hard to fix.

 

[boric1]

Something needs to be done by the AFL. Obviously the AFL and MCG must come to an agreement.

About 10,000 seats empty, its happening way too much,it surely isnt that hard to fix.

I have to agree. i can't understand it!

 

[chrisjie]

MCC have the power over the AFL. They can't do shit.

I just find it funny how MCC people have to rock up at like 9am to get a good seat because they have no ticketing system? Crazy.

 

[Cohzee]

MCC have the power over the AFL. They can't do shit.

I just find it funny how MCC people have to rock up at like 9am to get a good seat because they have no ticketing system? Crazy.

And can't even drink in your seat.

The bars are quite feral with people trying to down as many as possible before the game starts again.

 

[Ants]

While the MCC is paying $40m a year towards the debts on the two stands, I think they have the right to do this.

And the ticketing is fine. You want a good seat, you queue. Those who want them the most will get them.

 

[beez]

Search function? There are like 10000000000 threads on this already.

Yes, it sucks, but what can you do.

 

[maryjames]

under 85,000 is just not right for a sell out..

 

[godees]

And the ticketing is fine. You want a good seat, you queue. Those who want them the most will get them.

Exactly. that is why it should stay as is.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Something needs to be done by the AFL. Obviously the AFL and MCG must come to an agreement.

About 10,000 seats empty, its happening way too much,it surely isnt that hard to fix.

Its a big ground, everybody gets in on 99% of occassions

 

[jiphoc]

While the MCC is paying $40m a year towards the debts on the two stands, I think they have the right to do this.

And the ticketing is fine. You want a good seat, you queue. Those who want them the most will get them.

Exactly. I find it funny that people get angry about this. The only thing in reality they are angry at is that they are not MCC members or cannot afford to be one.

Seating system imo is the best in the land. Seats on level 2 and 3 as first come first serve works brilliantly and rewards those who want them the most, not just those who have the most spare time during the week to get reserved seats.

MCC membership is the best thing to have for footy and cricket. Best bars, people and seating.

 

[Tay29]

Something needs to be done by the AFL. Obviously the AFL and MCG must come to an agreement.

About 10,000 seats empty, its happening way too much,it surely isnt that hard to fix.

Why? They pay for the right to have a seat even if a MCC member turns up to the ground for the last 5 minutes of a match to use it.

Was it deflating for you that more interest was shown by neutral supporters for Carlton vs Tigers than it was for the match today?

 

[swan14]

Something needs to be done by the AFL. Obviously the AFL and MCG must come to an agreement.

About 10,000 seats empty, its happening way too much,it surely isnt that hard to fix.

By 'happening way too much' you mean the 1 or 2 home and away games that actually 'sell out'? I really don't see how it can upset you that much, as long as you were at the game why have a cry? (aside from losing the game in the last 10 seconds).

The MCC membership fees helped pay for the redevelopment of the MCG so I really can't see why people constantly have a whinge about this topic. Maybe its because they're not members themselves?

 

[favourites]

Was it deflating for you that more interest was shown by neutral supporters for Carlton vs Tigers than it was for the match today?

Yep thats exactly why i brought this up, not because of the 1000's of supporters from both clubs who were told no tickets were avaliable. Not me as I went today.

You have raised good points about payment ect, I just think for days that have full ticketed matches that they make avaliable tickets to MCC members for free up until the night before the game and then sell of the rest to general public.

You must admit it is pretty silly when there is a demand for seats, there are seats there but you cannot sit in that area, so it just remains empty. I have seen it opened up to public before, just not sure why it wasnt done today?

Why do people always turn things into petty arguments? I thought being such a classic finish its not really fair that some supporters got locked out when there were plenty of seats free.

Do MCC members really feel that powerful that they dont want any general public to sit in the area that they almost always avoid?

 

[jiphoc]

Yep thats exactly why i brought this up, not because of the 1000's of supporters from both clubs who were told no tickets were avaliable. Not me as I went today.

You have raised good points about payment ect, I just think for days that have full ticketed matches that they make avaliable tickets to MCC members for free up until the night before the game and then sell of the rest to general public.

You must admit it is pretty silly when there is a demand for seats, there are seats there but you cannot sit in that area, so it just remains empty. I have seen it opened up to public before, just not sure why it wasnt done today?

Why do people always turn things into petty arguments? I thought being such a classic finish its not really fair that some supporters got locked out when there were plenty of seats free.

Do MCC members really feel that powerful that they dont want any general public to sit in the area that they almost always avoid?

Well we avoid the general public often for a reason.

We pay a lot of money for the right to sit in those seats and the right to go to any game we want and not to have to inconveniently reserve a ticket so people who did not have to wait 15 years to be able to sit there can have a free ride.

The MCC is for premium viewing and has a very controlled crowd which creates a very good family atmosphere and superb viewing conditions. Allowing general public in would wreck all that and the MCC will risk tarnishing there name.

About the demand for seats.... What are you going to say the same thing for the club members who don't turn up, or the AFL members who don't turn up? Your argument is flawed as you talk as if they where the only empty seats in the ground.

 

[favourites]

It wouldnt allow you to be mixed. Just open up that top bay where obviously no one wants to sit anyhow. I see your point, I'm just playing it from an outsiders view.

Most of the other seats were filled today. The glaring emptiness was to the right of the ponsford stand, if you were there today you would know what i mean. Its almost not attached to the MCC as it is.

And it has happened before that its been opened up for general public. Round 1 last year for instance, and also the carlton Collingwood match last year, so it does happen.

 

[swan14]

Yep thats exactly why i brought this up, not because of the 1000's of supporters from both clubs who were told no tickets were avaliable. Not me as I went today.

You have raised good points about payment ect, I just think for days that have full ticketed matches that they make avaliable tickets to MCC members for free up until the night before the game and then sell of the rest to general public.

You must admit it is pretty silly when there is a demand for seats, there are seats there but you cannot sit in that area, so it just remains empty. I have seen it opened up to public before, just not sure why it wasnt done today?

Why do people always turn things into petty arguments? I thought being such a classic finish its not really fair that some supporters got locked out when there were plenty of seats free.

Do MCC members really feel that powerful that they dont want any general public to sit in the area that they almost always avoid?

Well we avoid the general public often for a reason.

We pay a lot of money for the right to sit in those seats and the right to go to any game we want and not to have to inconveniently reserve a ticket so people who did not have to wait 15 years to be able to sit there can have a free ride.

The MCC is for premium viewing and has a very controlled crowd which creates a very good family atmosphere and superb viewing conditions. Allowing general public in would wreck all that and the MCC will risk tarnishing there name.

About the demand for seats.... What are you going to say the same thing for the club members who don't turn up, or the AFL members who don't turn up? Your argument is flawed as you talk as if they where the only empty seats in the ground.

god it's bad enough having to put up with the general public who get into the members with visitor's tickets.

Just putting it out there, but I feel Collingwood MCC members shouldn't be allowed to bring their mates to games. It just destroys that 'mcc' feel when you have to put up with sitting near them.

 

[telsor]

It's crown land, the MCC just 'lease' it and act as ground managers.

I think it should be put up for tender.

 

[jiphoc]

god it's bad enough having to put up with the general public who get into the members with visitor's tickets.

Just putting it out there, but I feel Collingwood MCC members shouldn't be allowed to bring their mates to games. It just destroys that 'mcc' feel when you have to put up with sitting near them.

Had a classic at today's game. Pie supporter with 3 of his Bombers mates in front of me. Gave his mates so much crap while Pies looked like they where going to win, then the goal and he just walked out and left without a word and never came back.

if you were there today you would know what i mean

I sat in the second level MCC so it is a bit hard to see behind me .

god it's bad enough having to put up with the general public who get into the members with visitor's tickets.

Those people generally are civil as the price for visitors tickets is very expensive as I believe (honestly don't know the price. Just swipe my card) they also are more often then not family members or members.

This argument is pointless. Every MCC member would crack the royal sh!ts if general public was allowed access to those level 4 seats without a visitors pass. If is still after all the best seats in the house. Once again I will repeat 15 years waiting on that damn list... me and my fellow members have earnt the right to those empty seats and our $400 a year in fees is reason on top of that.

 

[Copernicus]

Yes I suppose the MCC wouldn't want to mix with the rabble would they?

Snobby prats.

 

[Invigoration]

Stop being jealous peasants.

 

[blue judd]

Well we avoid the general public often for a reason.

We pay a lot of money for the right to sit in those seats and the right to go to any game we want and not to have to inconveniently reserve a ticket so people who did not have to wait 15 years to be able to sit there can have a free ride.

The MCC is for premium viewing and has a very controlled crowd which creates a very good family atmosphere and superb viewing conditions. Allowing general public in would wreck all that and the MCC will risk tarnishing there name.

About the demand for seats.... What are you going to say the same thing for the club members who don't turn up, or the AFL members who don't turn up? Your argument is flawed as you talk as if they where the only empty seats in the ground.

Mate who the hell do you think you are the queen? Shut your mouth you dick head you are giving the rest of us a bad name...

 

[Grey Smith Bar]

Well we avoid the general public often for a reason.

We pay a lot of money for the right to sit in those seats and the right to go to any game we want and not to have to inconveniently reserve a ticket so people who did not have to wait 15 years to be able to sit there can have a free ride.

The MCC is for premium viewing and has a very controlled crowd which creates a very good family atmosphere and superb viewing conditions. Allowing general public in would wreck all that and the MCC will risk tarnishing there name.

About the demand for seats.... What are you going to say the same thing for the club members who don't turn up, or the AFL members who don't turn up? Your argument is flawed as you talk as if they where the only empty seats in the ground.

Couldn't have said it better myself. The best part is waking up on GF morning, looking at the weather, and deciding if you should go.

 

[Rimmer]

MCC members end up paying whether they attend or not. As has been said in this string too they are paying off the redevelopment.

As well, it is effectively a lifetime commitment ... if you let your membership lapse you have a 20 year or more waiting list to get back.

It would be nice to always have a full stadium when great games are being played but I think we have earned the right to be a bit slack occasionally and not all turn up to games.

 

[Giants FC]

After waiting so long, and paying so much money, to have the right to sit in those seats; why the **** don't MCC members exercise that right?

Thi was a pic I took at the Carlton v Essendon game - the MCC members stands out like a sore thumb:

Why wait so long, and pay so much money, if you're not going to go? It doesn't make sense.

 

[Bort]

Yesterday morning, in another thread, I said this about the arvo's match:

And there will be a reasonable number of no-shows. This nearly always happens with the fully reserved, sold out matches. People buy their tickets, then something crops up and they don't attend. And because it will be of the empty seat in that row and three empty seats in this row variety it won't be as obvious as a large bank of empty seats in the nose-bleed section of the MCC Reserve.

The number of no-shows can be quite significant. The round 1 Rich/Carl match was a sell-out, and the actual attendance figure suggests there was about ten thousand no-shows.

The ground capacity is about 100,000. The crowd at yesterday's game was just under 85,000. Were there 15,000 unused seats in the MCC Reserve? If the answer is yes it'll mean that more than half the MCC Reserve was empty.

What denies club members entry into the game is not the MCC's policy, but the AFL's policy of fully-reserving the match. As with the round 1 Rich/Carl match (which had a crowd of just under 87,000) there would have been more than ten thousand no-shows at yesterday's match.

And it has happened before that its been opened up for general public. Round 1 last year for instance, and also the carlton Collingwood match last year, so it does happen.

I don't remember all the specifics of those matches, but I don't think either were described as fully-ticketed and/or sold out. Had yesterday's match not been fully-ticketed I imagine the MCC would have opened up their stand, because there would have been a lot of people milling outside trying to get in. With the fully-reserved, sold-out matches those people don't try to get in, because the AFL tells them not to bother. It's the AFL's "21st century" policy that saw 10 thousand or so empty seats in the general public area.