Official Club Meet up before Geelong Game & ticket info

[Cher]

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Pre- Match Meet Swans v Geelong Sunday 18th July Skilled Stadium

Swans Supporters are invited to a pre- match gathering at__The Barwon Club (109 Moorabool St, South Geelong)._There will be Swans_merchandise available to check out from 11am and meals will be available for some lunch before heading to the game._ Booking for lunch is essential_please contact The Barwon Club on 03 5221 4584.

To assist with numbers attending could you please rsvp to [email protected] or call 03 9867 4146.

Swans v Geelong Tickets
If you would like to reserve a seat at Skilled Stadium please contact Ticketmaster. Your membership will give you entry into the ground (subject to capacity) however there are only 4000 standing room spaces available and the_rest of the game is ticketed.

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I guess that the Sydney based members didn't get this email so I sent a reply to rsvp for about 10 people, The Barwon Club is a couple of minutes walk from my place, and I had already suggested a drink there before the game, but wasn't sure if they opened before 12.

[GoBloods]

how far is this place from the ground ?
also , i will be catching a train from spencer st to geelong , Does anyone which railway station is closest to the ground ( i believe it is geelong south ?) and is this far from the ground ?

[robbieando]

Originally posted by GoBloods
how far is this place from the ground ?
also , i will be catching a train from spencer st to geelong , Does anyone which railway station is closest to the ground ( i believe it is geelong south ?) and is this far from the ground ?

Geelong South is the nearest station and its right near the ground, in fact you'll see it when you get off.

[Cher]

Originally posted by GoBloods
how far is this place from the ground ?
also , i will be catching a train from spencer st to geelong ,

South Geelong Railway Station is the closest, you can't see the ground from the Station but if you're on the right side you'll see it from the train a couple of minutes before you arrive.
Its about two blocks walk to the ground and the Barwon Club hotel is another couple of blocks past Kardinia Park, towards the river.

[Cher]

More News fron the Melbourne Office

Melbourne members gain FREE GENERAL ADMISSION entry to the ground. Due
to reconstructions at the ground, on the day there will be only 1500
General Admission Standing room available. Therefore if you are planning
to go to the game we recommend you get there early to ensure you are
permitted entry. Turnstiles open at 10.45am.

If you wish to pre-book your standing room you can do so by contacting
Ticketmaster on 1300 136 122 for only $5.50.

Parking is available off Park Crescent and is $7.00 - However all Ford cars park for FREE!!!!!!
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[Rob-bloods]

Geelong Fiasco

Ticketmaster7 is acting up at present and showing no tickets in doubles or more at all!

Plus single student tickets are $40 with a Swans Vic membership!

It is a bloody stitch up!!

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Re: Geelong Fiasco

Originally posted by Rob-bloods
Ticketmaster7 is acting up at present and showing no tickets in doubles or more at all!

Plus single student tickets are $40 with a Swans Vic membership!

It is a bloody stitch up!!

I called them and they were going to slug me with a $7 "service fee".

Will try and get to the Capitol Theatre this week to buy one. Peter tells me that there are new Ticketmaster outlets springing up all over town. Heaps easier than online bookings or through a call centre.

Would just rocking up when the gates open on Sunday be somewhat foolhardy?

JF

[Cher]

Re: Re: Geelong Fiasco

Originally posted by JF_Bay22_SCG
I called them and they were going to slug me with a $7 "service fee".

Will try and get to the Capitol Theatre this week to buy one. Peter tells me that there are new Ticketmaster outlets springing up all over town. Heaps easier than online bookings or through a call centre.

Would just rocking up when the gates open on Sunday be somewhat foolhardy?

JF

Hasn't Denise organised your ticket thought the Melb office?

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Re: Re: Re: Geelong Fiasco

Originally posted by Cher
Hasn't Denise organised your ticket thought the Melb office?

For the CS area but I still need to buy a GA ticket into the ground from what I hear.

JF

[robbieando]

I got my ticket in the mail today and it didn't have a barcode, so I would suggest JF, that you get a GA ticket into the ground just in case. I will follow this up with the club during the week.

[Tilt]

Geelong

Skilled Stadium hasn't changed much from the early 1900's so therefore they have no barcode facilities for scanning tickets. Therefore many of the tickets for Sunday's game won't have a barcode on them.

Also, you are braver than Kirky if you go down there without a ticket expecting to get one at the ground.

[Cheer Cheer]

Originally posted by robbieando
I got my ticket in the mail today and it didn't have a barcode, so I would suggest JF, that you get a GA ticket into the ground just in case. I will follow this up with the club during the week.

I just called the Swans office and that ticket you get is your reserved seat as where to sit and your actual melbourne membership gets you into the actual ground.

I assume JF has to buy a GA ticket to get into the ground as he is not a Melbourne member.

But robbie just use your melbourne membership to get into the ground, then use your ticket for your reserved seat inside the ground. Confirmed by Lucinda at the office today.

[Nico]

This ticketing at Sleepy Hollow is quite strange. I read on here that 150 GA tickets are held for match day.

Ticketmaster at Myer Eastland in Melb tell me the following at 9.30am today.

Only single seats available, no area set aside for Swans members, under 1000 GA seats left at end of trading Monday, Geelong's aim is to have the ground fully ticketed for Geelong supporters so they can pre-sell the whole seating area for the season (guess allowance is made for opposing CS), is the most expense ground.

Looks like in the future they aim to lock out most opposition supporters.

Iwas happy to get standing room but there was a lady before me who had 3 Swans AFL Memberships who could not get 3 seats together, 4.30pm Monday. She was not young, say late 50's and she said it was not worth it to travel there then stand at her age. She just looked at her husband, fanned the 3 tickets in her hand and shrugged her shoulders and walked away disgusted. You don't have to be genuis to know what they were thinking.

The Ticketmaster lady said she had a few Swans supporters in the same boat during the day. Mind you it is no better for Melbourne based Brisbane supporters. They have 2 bays this week at the MCG in the upper deck of the Southrn Stand for members. How bad is that. The rest is allocated to Collingwood members. You reckon they are not spewing. And with limited ground capacity it is probably fully ticketed so you can't just walk in and sit down in certain areas.

So chances are for us in the future if we are fixtured at Geelong then one game on our ticket is useless. Bit more food for thought for Mr. Morwood.

[GoBloods]

i bought my ticket on monday afternoon at the capitol theatre in sydney...they were selling only reserve areas seats, gold , silver and bronze , of which bronze were the cheapest at $38 ...they weren't selling general admission. they said g.a's were only available at the ground on sunday. obviously not wanting to risk going all the way to geelong without a ticket and missing out , i bought a $38 ticket. i am a position where i can afford this but it must make life hard for people who cant. especially as g.a's are only $20

[DST]

Looks me and the boys (three of us) left it too late to get a reserved seat at the game so will be watching it on channel 9 live. Tried yesterday afternoon at 4.30pm and they had no further seats left other than signle seats in different bays.

Just too far to drive the hour down and stand for the whole game and tyen drive back.

DST