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You are kidding arent you?
West Coast have operating revenues over 50% higher than Norf. We made a profit of $5m in 2006. We won a flag. We averaged more fans in Melbourne than a Melbourne based side (Norf) who argue that they need more home games to maximise revenue and yet you cant outdraw an interstate side?
North are so far off the mark it isnt funny. Your claims to massive crowds, bandwagon etc are laughable. It didnt happen in the 90's when you had your greatest side and player.
The WAFC rent arrangment with West Coast is complex but has been published and discussed on this board. The 30k breakeven at $5.5million is just a couple of numbers pulled out of your arse.
North are a rabble.
West Coast are the definitive anti-Norf. We are everything a modern club should be, Norf hark back to a pre-war era of chook raffles and friends and relations. Ahhh, the good old days.
West Coast have operating revenues over 50% higher than Norf. We made a profit of $5m in 2006. We won a flag. We averaged more fans in Melbourne than a Melbourne based side (Norf) who argue that they need more home games to maximise revenue and yet you cant outdraw an interstate side?
North are so far off the mark it isnt funny. Your claims to massive crowds, bandwagon etc are laughable. It didnt happen in the 90's when you had your greatest side and player.
The WAFC rent arrangment with West Coast is complex but has been published and discussed on this board. The 30k breakeven at $5.5million is just a couple of numbers pulled out of your arse.
North are a rabble.
West Coast are the definitive anti-Norf. We are everything a modern club should be, Norf hark back to a pre-war era of chook raffles and friends and relations. Ahhh, the good old days.
If you do not believe what I have posted about break even marks for melbourne stadiums then research it, you will find plenty of media reports in the Melbourne papers, most will be from the Geelong CEO who has researched the cost to his club of being forced to play more and more games at TD/MCG for home games rather than at Skilled.
We did benefit from the 90s era, in 1990 we averaged 22k for games in Melbourne, by 96 we had around 12k members. Despite having a lean rebuilding period since 2000 we have more than doubled our membership and the average attendance to our games in Melbourne have close to doubling.
The off-field issues have been a significant obstacle reducing the extent of that growth. We still have one of the largest group of junior supporters, there is the potential to significantly increase our supporter/membership base.

