Membership Prices

[2005]

Sure thing clown.....we coukd get rid of that monstrosity next to the O'Reilly as an improvement and wipe out the Members and Ladies Stands and toss out tradition and atmosphers all in one go. I think we must be attending different games of foot ball.....what are you watching? Do you remember the final many years ago against the Weagles in torrential rain.....and 30k that turned up to watch a dour struggle.....roaring our team on!!!! to win!
You can't replicate that at Homebush.

The Eagles game was at Homebush .
You must be on what Cuz got

[Bear]

The SCG is a decrepid concrete jungle held together with barbed wire, just like the MCG was 10 years ago. I'm outa the Brewongle and into the Trumper - that will have modern facities like ANZ.

Whilst the MCG has been re-built magnificently with it's traditions maintained, the SCG lags decades behind.

Nothing will ever diminish the memories. The old fogies were whining about the MCG Members being knocked down too... until they got their fantastic new facilities. Now they're as happy as a pig at full forward.

[Bear]

I think you've got you're venues confused. That final against the Weagles in the pouring rain was at Homebush. And the atmosphere at the Roos final this year was brilliant, even though there was just over 19,000 there.

As for the SCG, the only tradition associated with the Members and Ladies stands is a kind of retro-snobbishness and elitism.

he's talking about 1996 final H&A round i think

[givekidsakick]

I think you've got you're venues confused. That final against the Weagles in the pouring rain was at Homebush. And the atmosphere at the Roos final this year was brilliant, even though there was just over 19,000 there.

As for the SCG, the only tradition associated with the Members and Ladies stands is a kind of retro-snobbishness and elitism.

Yes the Members & Ladies Stands are elitisit.

The final I recall was the first final in 1996 (after Plugger kicked the point}....we got robbed of our seats and wound up standing in the pouring rain sharing a bottle of Glen Fiddich . Great night.

[givekidsakick]

The Eagles game was at Homebush .
You must be on what Cuz got

Obviously a game that you did not attend.....30,000 in a sold out game came to watch.....before your time?

Can you hook me up with Cuz's Broker.....I hope its the registered brand.

[liz]

The Eagles game was at Homebush .
You must be on what Cuz got

Obviously a game that you did not attend.....30,000 in a sold out game came to watch.....before your time?

Can you hook me up with Cuz's Broker.....I hope its the registered brand.

Two different games. One in 1996 - one of the most awesome games ever and one that saw the birth of the "Syyyd-ney" chant. And then a fairly mediocre game in 2004, where the Wiggles played as if they were more concerned with messing up their hairdos than playing a game of finals footy.

[2005]

Obviously a game that you did not attend.....30,000 in a sold out game came to watch.....before your time?

Can you hook me up with Cuz's Broker.....I hope its the registered brand.

Father times catching up with you knackers.

Wasnt a Final as you stated it was Round 22 1996 and it was a ripper watching it at the pub in Melbourne. You better lay off the gear dude !

[givekidsakick]

Father times catching up with you knackers.

Wasnt a Final as you stated it was Round 22 1996 and it was a ripper watching it at the pub in Melbourne. You better lay off the gear dude !

i thought it was a final because we got robbed of our usual seats in the O'Reilly....the stand was taken over by the Weagles.....a time when it used to cost about $15 for a walk up start. Before we were forced into "reserved" seating....it certainly was different paying $6 to crossover to O'Reilly......and then pick your seat according to when you turned up......many people wandered around talking to mates and shifting about from game to game....a relaxed afternoon in the sun sucking cold ones. Success has brought the Great Rip Off that the Club is now foisting on its loyal members.

[givekidsakick]

We presently sit on the concourse, in front of the O'Reilly Stand. I recall last year our family membership was around $580 (I think). This year it is $970. We expected an increase, but 80% defies belief. Our seats (without rain cover, access to the grandstand bars, and the most difficult to get to and exit from) are now rated as the equivalent of gold seats in the Bradman and Trumper stands. What a joke.

If this is how the Swans acknowledge the current economic climate, and how they intend to shore up the membership against West Sydney, then I'm at a loss to explain their logic. Colless' blathering at the start of the very glossy and no doubt ridiculously expensive membership brochure is so removed from our reality as to be a bad joke.

We have been loyal members for over ten years, but we (and another family alongside us) are now lost to the Swans. The cyncism the Swans have shown in only having two bays in the entire ground priced comparatively to last year's concourse price has irretrievably broken our bond with the club. Clearly not all previous concourse holders can access that price structure, so people are coerced to pay a huge premium compared to last year, or not renew.

Even family ticket holders in the new silver zone are up for an additional 40%.

If your cost has fallen, then you are very much in the minority. Good luck to the team for 2009, but the club has broken our hearts and we won't be there with them next year.

We started off with a block of 11 seats in the O'Reilly which included a family package. The family package will go with only a single renewal possible this year. Most certainly we will drop another 2 seats. Most of these people were rugby league people who walked away from the Murdoch takeover, some were Kiwis....all converts that I got to join up in 1996. If we renew it will be only 3 people

[Wardy]

There will be changes in membership amoungst many next year and for many reasons - the "unholy trinity" included. It doesnt mean that our love for the Swans has diminished, it just means that peoples priorities if life change as life goes on. No one should be made to feel as though they are abandoning the club just because of they choose not to renew membership. You dont know the reasonings behind it, nor have you the right to judge - and at the end of the day - its only footy.

[AnnieH]

Yes the Members & Ladies Stands are elitisit.

The final I recall was the first final in 1996 (after Plugger kicked the point}....we got robbed of our seats and wound up standing in the pouring rain sharing a bottle of Glen Fiddich . Great night.

The Members and the Ladies Stands are National Trusted.
The SCG couldn't rip them down even if they wanted to.

[Bear]

The Members and the Ladies Stands are National Trusted.
The SCG couldn't rip them down even if they wanted to.

This doesn't prevent agreement in ripping them down. There would obviously be negotiations etc about what would replace them... but national trust listing is not a guarantee they stay up.

[desredandwhite]

Also, that would not have been the first final in 1996 if Plugger kicked a point.

It was either week 1 against Hawthorn (which featured the Daryn Cresswell mark and goal from the square), or week 3 against Essendon.

As per an earlier post of mine, there's only a smallish number of people who are complaining:

1) People who now sit in premium stand
2) People who now sit in gold concourse
3) People who used to have season tickets

As their prices have gone up - in the case of season ticket holders, by quite a substantial amount! However in their case, they are also getting access to finals tickets, voting rights and access to functions. Whether or not that is worth the price hike.... is another question.

I don't see a lot of people who are complaining that the same seats they had last year are now suddenly a few dollars cheaper.

However in introducing different levels of seating, that was always inevitable. If you lower some prices, you will have to raise others in order to maintain the same level of revenue. What we don't know yet - is what effect it will have on membership numbers in the groups above.

[liz]

Also, that would not have been the first final in 1996 if Plugger kicked a point.

It was either week 1 against Hawthorn (which featured the Daryn Cresswell mark and goal from the square), or week 3 against Essendon.

As per an earlier post of mine, there's only a smallish number of people who are complaining:

1) People who now sit in premium stand
2) People who now sit in gold concourse
3) People who used to have season tickets

As their prices have gone up - in the case of season ticket holders, by quite a substantial amount! However in their case, they are also getting access to finals tickets, voting rights and access to functions. Whether or not that is worth the price hike.... is another question.

I don't see a lot of people who are complaining that the same seats they had last year are now suddenly a few dollars cheaper.

However in introducing different levels of seating, that was always inevitable. If you lower some prices, you will have to raise others in order to maintain the same level of revenue. What we don't know yet - is what effect it will have on membership numbers in the groups above.

Aah...the voice of balance and reason. What are you thinking Des?

[Mel]

Bloody hell! Ours are going up too much to afford - looks like we won't be renewing At least I'll be able to wear my '10 years' pin watching the games on tele

Our seats at the SCG are Platinum. We were moved into them two years ago after they demolished what would have been 'gold' seats for the new scoreboard. Our crappy seats at Homebush are gold. I'm not paying nearly $500 for them. I can't afford that much money right now My folks won't be renewing either by the sound of it, so that means my niece and nephew are gone too

I was looking forward to escaping from two babies once a fortnight next year too. Maybe I'll make it to the odd game if I can find somebody who will go with me.

I'm very unhappy with the price hike. I was expecting $20 or so, but this is too much.