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  • BSA5
    Senior Player
    • Feb 2008
    • 2522

    #16
    Originally posted by jono2707
    The Hopetoun has been closed for quite some time now - not sure what's being done with it - probably an apartment conversion or something.....
    I know. That's what I meant about the "if that's the only way it could get open and profitable again" part.

    It would still be weird to see it become a sports bar, but better than the impending fate of the Excelsior....
    Officially on the Reid and Sumner bandwagon!

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    • Cheer Squad
      Sydney Swans
      • Apr 2007
      • 1948

      #17
      Originally posted by jono2707
      Maybe the days are gone of a 'social club' being a physical thing and they're being replaced by 'virtual social clubs' such as RWO?
      God, what a depressing thought that is.

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      • BSA5
        Senior Player
        • Feb 2008
        • 2522

        #18
        Originally posted by Cheer Squad
        God, what a depressing thought that is.
        Agreed. How are you meant to have a beer over the internet?
        Officially on the Reid and Sumner bandwagon!

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        • Untamed Snark
          Senior Player
          • Feb 2011
          • 1375

          #19
          Originally posted by BSA5
          Agreed. How are you meant to have a beer over the internet?
          There's an ap for that
          Chillin' with the strange Quarks

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          • CJK
            Human
            • Apr 2006
            • 2170

            #20
            I wish I was drinking now. Does that count?
            -

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            • jono2707
              Goes up to 11
              • Oct 2007
              • 3326

              #21
              On the internet I can look great, know everything and be charming and witty without a even a sip of beer.....

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              • i'm-uninformed2
                Reefer Madness
                • Oct 2003
                • 4653

                #22
                Originally posted by stellation
                many many years ago some friends of mine and I that used to bounce around in bands together .
                What did you play - both instrument and musical styles?
                'Delicious' is a fun word to say

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                • Peace
                  On the Rookie List
                  • Mar 2010
                  • 598

                  #23
                  Originally posted by BSA5
                  Agreed. How are you meant to have a beer over the internet?
                  That is a VERY scary thought...

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                  • Cheer Squad
                    Sydney Swans
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 1948

                    #24
                    Originally posted by Beaussie
                    Hopefully someone at the Swans look at the Lions set up as a model to follow. Finding a suitable location will be the real problem in Sydney.
                    Originally posted by R-1
                    The funny thing there is that Springwood is practically in Logan, a long way from anywhere.
                    If you have a look at a map, you'll find that Brisbane is about as far away from Springwood as Sydney is ....from Homebush!

                    Maybe finding a suitable location in Sydney won't be that hard after all.

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                    • Xie Shan
                      Senior Player
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 2929

                      #25
                      Originally posted by stellation
                      I assure you, when we were thinking it through (and from memory it did get to relatively serious levels of investigation) it was all musos or former musos looking for a viable way to keep it open for live music first and foremost- it was a venue that was dear to our hearts. I think the estimate was it would probably take away 40 out of the roughly 320 days of music they were doing at the time through hosting smaller club functions, gameday (home and away etc.).
                      That's interesting Stella, as a music fan myself I think it could have worked. IMO, 280 out of a possible 320 days of live music is better than none at a pub that's boarded up and waiting for someone to do something with. From a Swans perspective the initial outlay would be a lot less than establishing a new club somewhere else. I wonder if it would be worth revisiting.

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                      • Xie Shan
                        Senior Player
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 2929

                        #26
                        In case anyone was wondering...

                        Club Swans and the Sydney Swans

                        Basically, the Swans have clarified that the closure of Club Swans has no financial impact on the football club as they didn't own the social club. The football club (excluding Club Swans) still recorded a loss in 2010 but this was more due to the cost of starting up the Swans Academy.

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                        • AnnieH
                          RWOs Black Sheep
                          • Aug 2006
                          • 11332

                          #27
                          About bloody time.
                          They should have turned it into a brothel years ago. Would have made the club a whole lot more money.

                          Should make our bottom line look a bit better, now that we're not tossing money down the drain.
                          Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
                          Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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                          • swansrule100
                            The quarterback
                            • May 2004
                            • 4538

                            #28


                            bit on it here
                            Theres not much left to say

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                            • Kanga
                              On the Rookie List
                              • Aug 2007
                              • 274

                              #29
                              And I thought North was the only team in financial trouble!!

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                              • jono2707
                                Goes up to 11
                                • Oct 2007
                                • 3326

                                #30
                                Originally posted by Kanga
                                And I thought North was the only team in financial trouble!!
                                What do you mean? We're not in trouble! Sydney is a veritable goldmine with loads of money and thousands, no millions, of AFL fans waiting in the wings, especially in the greater west!!

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