Time for some sense on Waverley

[Pessimistic]

Interesting reading on the ongoing Heritage case on waverley.
Perhaps if the AFL had treat people with more respect (before they 'discovered' that fans are their customers this year) over the waverley issue they might not be fighting this ridiculous situation.
I supported waverley as a home ground for hawthorn but that is in the past and heritage listing would be no good. There would be no chance for improvements which would have been what the ground needed.

Perhaps If the AFL agreed to spend ALL the proceeds on footy in Victoria (not neccessarily AFL clubs) their opponents might let them re-develop. I think the AFL intends to spend a big proportion in other states and this is plain WRONG. WA SA QLD and NSW do very well via other means. They've already wasted money on homebush which will never be needed there for footy.

As for a report that the AFL claim that waverley is uneconomic - well they're the experts, aren't they ? how much are the doggies paying per game to play at colonic ?

Also heritage listing would encourage the 'long room' boys to list that fibro stand at the MCG and make the rest of us try to develop the MCG around them.

Why not invest some of the money to replace the whole northern side of the MCG (Members pavillion included) and have a MCG capacity of (say) 120,000 - with a good proportion set aside on GF day for those fans who attend regularly (can be verified by 'smart card' these days)

I believe current plans are to develop with a MCG version of the medallion club which will mean LESS seats for ordinary people.

 

[Grendel]

Im with you Pess on the idea for the redevlopment of the Northern stand. Why not the Ponsford as well? If anything that needs doing more so than the Nth.
If they are considering more of the 'medelling' theatre goer type membership boxes/seating, that just shows how much contempt they have for the 'everyday' footy fan. (Not that we need reminding of that). The farce the colcomical has been this year proves that any further push towards this type of reserved seating wont sit well with the general public. The outcry from ess/blues fans even this week with having to pay ridiculous booking charges on top of an entrance fee should have the head honchos at the AFL sit up and take notice.
There is only so much that the average fan can take.
Kill the body and the head dies, to borrow from and old boxing phrase. One day they might take notice of it.

 

[Bernie]

Perhaps they should have let the MCG scoreboard fire burn on and taken the insurance !

My understanding was that they were going to continue the Southern Stand design around thru' the Northern. Which, I suppose means more exclusivity.

I just wish they'd call the Southern Stand something else. Any ideas ?

 

[magpie greg]

The Collingwood deal with the MCG is that when the Northern Stand is rebuilt, it will house the Collingwood social club and member reserved seating area for both Collingwood home games and away games. The Social Club will not be abel to be used by other clubs unless with prior arranegment with Collingwood. In other words, they will relocate the Social Club at Vic Park to the MCG. That is why they didnt got to Colostomy Bag Park

 

[dons_r_tops]

I'm with you both on the 120,000 at the G idea this would both enable more fans to go to big games and also keep the prices reasonable due to the availability of seating. Also Imagine having 120,000 at the G for a grand final it would also cut out some of the wind there at ground level and the stands would be mostly protected from the rain without the grass dying. If collingwood get a deal like that at the MCG good luck to them maybe The AFL and Eddie aren't as bitter to each other as it seems.