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In my view, opening a smaller stadium is not the solution to teams that can't fill Marvel - that's not the stadium's fault.
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Yeah, to improve the experience for those sitting on their couches who (somewhat ironically) can't handle seeing a few empty bays at the stadium on TV, spend that extra few hundred mill on CGI'ing a packed stadium for the low drawing games in Melbourne.What does using a smaller Melbourne stadium do for smaller clubs that Marvel doesn't, apart from looking less empty on TV? Charging a higher price per seat or membership due to supply and demand?
Have a ground that actually is full, has atmosphere and is an intimidating venue for the travelling opposition...create an actual home ground advantage.What does using a smaller Melbourne stadium do for smaller clubs that Marvel doesn't, apart from looking less empty on TV? Charging a higher price per seat or membership due to supply and demand?
Home ground advantage only occurs against interstate sides.This year eight clubs will play "home" games at the MCG
Carlton
Collingwood
Essendon
Geelong
Hawthorn
Melbourne
Richmond
St Kilda
How many games at a ground do you need to play for it to be familiar? How many make you a tenant? Are Carlton with 9 MCG games a tenant?
The MCG is no teams sole home ground.
It predominantly hosts large neutral BLOCKBUSTERS where both sets of supporters have ample access to seats and the normal factors that generate an advantage to the "home" team dont hold true.
Well there you go.I would rather a non-Victorian club because I think there is a home state and home ground advantage, but the record shows that playing an MCG tenant on grand final day is not a near-insurmountable obstacle.