Plan to increase GF ticket allocation

[Shinboner Schem]

The AFL plan will try to raise the number of tickets to each competing club from about 12,500 per club to somewhere near 14,500.

All told, it believes as many as 50,000 people who watch the Grand Final in future years will be members of competing clubs when taking into account MCC and AFL Members.

It will mean clubs will have to sacrifice some of the 1000 tickets they receive from the AFL, and often sell off at lucrative prices.
...

The breakdown of Grand Final tickets goes roughly like this:

* The MCC reserve and AFL members have allocations of about 22,000 tickets. (each)

* The two competing clubs get 25,000 tickets in total.

* The clubs get 17,000 tickets, or 1000 each.

* 1300 go to AFL players.

* The Medallion Club members get 5000 tickets

* 7500 go to AFL sponsors, function invitees and corporates.

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The AFL players are upset at the proposal to reduce their ticket allocation from two, to one each.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...eturn-gf-tickets/story-fn6cisdj-1226142220559


Why is the AFL trying to pinch a lousy 650 tickets from the players?

Surely the answer is as simple as using the 22000 tickets allocated to AFL members better.
AFL members nominate the club they support, why can't the AFL give preference to those that support the competing clubs?
- (Why? because they make more money from having premium AFL membership products of course! )

thoughts?

 

[doodlefeatures]

The AFL do give preference to AFL members who support the teams that are playing in the GF

 

[Collingwood 4 eternity]

I like I presume a lot of AFL gold members see more than our own teams games during the H/A season , thereby boosting those teams attendance figures.

So with that I feel we AFL members are just as entitled as the 2 GF teams supporters to obtain a ticket to the seasons biggest day as part of the 40% of non competing club AFL member allocation.

We pay more than the standard club membership to maintain our Gold AFL membership.

The AFL members area does sellout their section each grand final after all.

 

[PoppedCorn]

woohoo
up from 12500 to 14500

if your team doesnt make it
you dont a thousand bloody tickets given to you
you get enough to send each player on the list
imo

 

[Big Fozza]

it seems to me that the breakdown in OP is about 15 - 20K off. by my math it adds up to 77.8K

 

[doodlefeatures]

it seems to me that the breakdown in OP is about 15 - 20K off. by my math it adds up to 77.8K

Comes to 99800, did you add 22k for both AFL and MCC?

 

[grimface_87]

Why do Medallion Club (Etihad Stadium) members get 5,000 tickets?

 

[manicmagpie]

Surely the answer is as simple as using the 22000 tickets allocated to AFL members better.
AFL members nominate the club they support, why can't the AFL give preference to those that support the competing clubs?
- (Why? because they make more money from having premium AFL membership products of course! )

thoughts?

They already do this.

AFL members all nominate a club of support. The AFL then pays that club the cost of a standard home game season ticket out of the AFL membership fees and you are counted in that club's membership tally.

For the Grand Final up to 60% of the AFL members' area is then available for purchase by AFL members who support one of the competing clubs. I believe the 60% figure basically ensures that any combination of teams would be able to be accomodated. Most combinations would get nowhere near this figure.

All unsold seats are then open to all full AFL members the next day, then Silver members after that.

It's important to remember that AFL members are counted in each club's membership tally. For example, I think that Collingwood have over 10,000 AFL members. This means that the number of Collingwood members who get to attend the Grand Final jumps from 12,500 to 22,500. Still not enough, but when you combine it with the people who are both club and MCC members, and deduct the 3 game members from Collingwood's total it starts to get more reasonable.

 

[Pessimistic]

Anythings better than now and 4000 extra tickets is a fair proportion.

Just one point - I'm assumong its from 2101 - there will be 18 clubs wont there ?

I suppose while theres spare cash they can compensate the other clubs for this

 

[telsor]

I've never understood the need for AFL members.

Dump them entirely, and that's 11,000 more members per competing club that can attend.

Use that dumping to put more leverage on the MCG/Medalion club to cut their allocation and you'd get more.

Apart from that, 1000 per club..OK, a few are needed for corporate sponsors and coterie members, but most are sold off as fundraising to provide tickets to 'grand final breakfasts' and the like. Clubs should be able to return them and get $1000 each, and the tickets then get given to the competing club members (the competing clubs can pay, they get a big enough windfall from being there).

Do all this and you'll have 50-60K for the competing clubs. Who knows, having people who care about the game rather than the 'event' might even provide some atmosphere.

 

[W.C. Fry]

AFL members reserve should get cut in half when a non Victorian side plays in the GF. AFL membership is only useful in Victoria, it certainly wont get you into a game at Subi.

Time for the AFL to make AFL membership useful for the whole of the country - not just Victoria - or scrap the whole thing altogether.

 

[The Goon]

* The MCC reserve 22,000 tickets.
* The non competing clubs get 16,000 tickets, or 1000 each.
* 1300 go to AFL players.
* 7500 go to AFL sponsors, function invitees and corporates.

* The Medallion Club members get no tickets.
* AFL members get no tickets - have to go through their clubs like all other members.

* The two competing clubs get 26,000 tickets in total.


Fixed.

 

[doodlefeatures]

Without AFL members the Great Southern Stand wouldn't have been built, and without MCC members the ground wouldn't hold anywhere close to 100k so if neither existed the ground would only old 60k and people would still be missing out

 

[THRILLHO]

Why do Medallion Club (Etihad Stadium) members get 5,000 tickets?

Help sell Medallion Club tickets is my guess.

Shave 2000 from the MC instead of the players. Problem solved.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Anythings better than now and 4000 extra tickets is a fair proportion.

Agree.

I've never understood the need for AFL members.

Dump them entirely, and that's 11,000 more members per competing club that can attend.

AFL members attend neutral games -> boost crowds -> earn bonuses for Commission

 

[Kwality]

The AFL/MCC members allocation is too high - the AFL types who join the AFL rejecting club membership are a blight on Grand Final day, club members of competing clubs should come first.

The MCC are receiving another $25 mil from the taxpayer this year to improve the facility - the ordinary taxpayer, not the privileged few MCC members. The taxpayer should be demanding a reduction in the MCC seating come Grand Final day. Its not as if the MCC really pay rent on the ground, the fee is returned to them every year by the ground owner the MCG Trust as a grant.

5000 seats from these people returned to the people, the taxpayers, the members of the competing clubs.

 

[PortBrillance]

Should be 30k for each team. 60k all together. Nothing less

 

[2009premiers]

The AFL/MCC members allocation is too high - the AFL types who join the AFL rejecting club membership are a blight on Grand Final day, club members of competing clubs should come first.

The MCC are receiving another $25 mil from the taxpayer this year to improve the facility - the ordinary taxpayer, not the privileged few MCC members. The taxpayer should be demanding a reduction in the MCC seating come Grand Final day. Its not as if the MCC really pay rent on the ground, the fee is returned to them every year by the ground owner the MCG Trust as a grant.

5000 seats from these people returned to the people, the taxpayers, the members of the competing clubs.

The taxpayer funds have paid for next to nothing throughout the history of the ground.

 

[Zagg]

The AFL/MCC members allocation is too high - the AFL types who join the AFL rejecting club membership are a blight on Grand Final day, club members of competing clubs should come first.

The MCC are receiving another $25 mil from the taxpayer this year to improve the facility - the ordinary taxpayer, not the privileged few MCC members. The taxpayer should be demanding a reduction in the MCC seating come Grand Final day. Its not as if the MCC really pay rent on the ground, the fee is returned to them every year by the ground owner the MCG Trust as a grant.

5000 seats from these people returned to the people, the taxpayers, the members of the competing clubs.

AFL members are members of their clubs. I think the problem is that AFL members of non-competing clubs also get a proportion of GF tickets.

If you're not a member of either competing team then I agree you should be well back in the queue, but if you're a member of the team in the AFL reserve that's fine by me.

Do MCC members contribute anything towards their clubs? Combined with the fact that the MCC members is only ever full for 1 game a year tells me that their section is too large...

 

[ManWithNoName]

The AFL/MCC members allocation is too high - the AFL types who join the AFL rejecting club membership are a blight on Grand Final day, club members of competing clubs should come first.

The MCC are receiving another $25 mil from the taxpayer this year to improve the facility - the ordinary taxpayer, not the privileged few MCC members. The taxpayer should be demanding a reduction in the MCC seating come Grand Final day. Its not as if the MCC really pay rent on the ground, the fee is returned to them every year by the ground owner the MCG Trust as a grant.

5000 seats from these people returned to the people, the taxpayers, the members of the competing clubs.

The most ignorant, stupid, nonsensical post I've seen in some time.

 

[2009premiers]

Combined with the fact that the MCC members is only ever full for 1 game a year tells me that their section is too large...

How often is the rest of the stadium full?

The finals have shown the MCC more full than the public section so far.

 

[ManWithNoName]

How often is the rest of the stadium full?

The finals have shown the MCC more full than the public section so far.

I'd like to see less MCC seats and more public seats but ultimately it's their ground and they deserve to have as much room as they like.

 

[doodlefeatures]

For the Hawks v Cats game in week one the AFL area was basically sold out and the MCC was 3/4 full - the rest of the ground was half empty, the top deck of the Southern Stand was almost completely empty

 

[ManWithNoName]

For the Hawks v Cats game in week one the AFL area was basically sold out and the MCC was 3/4 full - the rest of the ground was half empty, the top deck of the Southern Stand was almost completely empty

Stop being sensible. AFL Members and MCC Members are undeserving and never show up to anything. Club members who attend 2 games a year are clearly more deserving.

 

[MarkT2]

Medalian club should get no tickets at all. If people want Docklands tickets then that's fine but the AFL shouldn't give them MCG access at all let alone GF access. MCC is a bit different because it is tied in with the ground rental deal but 22k is too much in principle IMO and principle aside they don't always get used.

AFL memberships shouldn't even exist but given they do they should get about 15k and 75% should be priority allocation to completing clubs on a pro rata basis. Give players 1 ticket each and give some tickets to clubs for officials and sponsors - maybe 750 to each club.

The AFL have to have some tickets for staff and sponsors. 7,500 seems a lot though. Not one ticket shoud be available for a radio show competition or travel agency package and every one that is should be traced and the original recipient should be excluded from future allocation.

Unless I am missing an allocatoin tnhat would leave around $45k to competing clubs which should be allocated pro-rata to full membership numbers.