Especially not when it involves the saints and dogs.plugger66 wrote:White Winmar wrote:Not if it was unavailable because the AFL got in first.
Im sure they would have needed to book it a year ago. Not sure practice matches have much weight over making heaps of money.
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I started with nothing and I've got most of it left!
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When do the Saints start playing?LTN16 wrote:Game delayed 40 mins..
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White Winmar wrote:Especially not when it involves the saints and dogs.plugger66 wrote:White Winmar wrote:Not if it was unavailable because the AFL got in first.
Im sure they would have needed to book it a year ago. Not sure practice matches have much weight over making heaps of money.
Geelong FC will make money, we will not. This is the sort of commercial decision we as supporters should be informed about as to what benefit is there for our club playing in a land far far away .
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ozrulestrace wrote:White Winmar wrote:Especially not when it involves the saints and dogs.plugger66 wrote:
Im sure they would have needed to book it a year ago. Not sure practice matches have much weight over making heaps of money.
Geelong FC will make money, we will not. This is the sort of commercial decision we as supporters should be informed about as to what benefit is there for our club playing in a land far far away .
How do geelong make any money? By the way where would you have played it?
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Has actually turned out to be a great night for footy! Glad we've picked up the intensity since the first quarter. Loving seeing the young guys get a run!
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Footy is an indoor game.
Why aren't we playing at Docklands?
Why aren't we playing at Docklands?
The rest of Australia can wander mask-free, socialise, eat out, no curfews, no zoning, no police rings of steel, no illogical inconsistent rules.
They can even WATCH LIVE FOOTY!
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It is! But I wasn't.White Winmar wrote:About to? If we played at the home ground of both competing teams we could simply close the roof. Problem solved. But it's fun being contrary, just for the sake of it, isn't it?bergholt wrote:It's about to start pissing down in Melbourne, according to the radar, so if we were playing outdoors here it wouldn't be much better.White Winmar wrote:Again it begs the question as to why we have to play in this shithole, soon to be ghost town.
Why would anyone want with a financial stake want this game played at Docklands? We lose money if we get less than 30k there. This game would have got less than 10k. It might not come out of our pocket but I'm pretty sure the AFL wouldn't be happy opening up a massive stadium just to lose $100k+.
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This has everything to do with looking after Geelong and not us.
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White Winmar wrote:This has everything to do with looking after Geelong and not us.
What do geelong get out of it?
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An early look at their possible Grand Final opponents?plugger66 wrote:White Winmar wrote:This has everything to do with looking after Geelong and not us.
What do geelong get out of it?
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Great irony there… The AFL are happy to send clubs to play at Etihad every single week to make huge losses, but they won't do it if they have to pick up the tab.bergholt wrote:I'm pretty sure the AFL wouldn't be happy opening up a massive stadium just to lose $100k+.
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dragit wrote:Great irony there… The AFL are happy to send clubs to play at Etihad every single week to make huge losses, but they won't do it if they have to pick up the tab.bergholt wrote:I'm pretty sure the AFL wouldn't be happy opening up a massive stadium just to lose $100k+.
Pretty hard when there is a concert there.
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Fair point, but there's a huge difference between a crowd of 22k for a home and away game, and a crowd of 7k for a preseason game.dragit wrote:Great irony there… The AFL are happy to send clubs to play at Etihad every single week to make huge losses, but they won't do it if they have to pick up the tab.bergholt wrote:I'm pretty sure the AFL wouldn't be happy opening up a massive stadium just to lose $100k+.
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Hope Eminem had fun at Etihad
Does anyone know how far in advance he was set to play there....
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Does anyone know how far in advance he was set to play there....
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cricket had a mortgage on the G until late March every year.plugger66 wrote:White Winmar wrote:Not if it was unavailable because the AFL got in first.
Im sure they would have needed to book it a year ago. Not sure practice matches have much weight over making heaps of money.
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I don't think Etihad was booked for the whole week though, we could have easily played Tuesday or Thursday.plugger66 wrote:dragit wrote:Great irony there… The AFL are happy to send clubs to play at Etihad every single week to make huge losses, but they won't do it if they have to pick up the tab.bergholt wrote:I'm pretty sure the AFL wouldn't be happy opening up a massive stadium just to lose $100k+.
Pretty hard when there is a concert there.
The concert wasn't the problem, the stadium deal is obviously just cost prohibitive.
I wonder what the overheads are like to house only 7,000 fans... Surely ticket sales, parking & catering revenue could more than cover it?
We'll also benefit from the event/concert revenue the sooner the AFL own Etihad.
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Rent money Plugger, they wouldn't have opened the gates for free.plugger66 wrote:White Winmar wrote:This has everything to do with looking after Geelong and not us.
What do geelong get out of it?
They'll probably slug both sides extra money on the electricity bill and use of the gumboots on ground staff whilst the mopped up after the storm.
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