Home games at Skoda Stadium?

[jono2707]

There were 3 of us (2 regulars and a guest) out of our normal group of 11. 4 or 5 of them opted for the Alexandria Hotel - and I don't really blame them due to the weather. However it cleared up ok and I didn't get very wet, and we do sit in the open in the O'Reilly Concourse. A very poor crowd overall but the weather here all weekend has been terrible and frankly, lots of supporter aren't into the Swans that much that they're willing to go through all the hassles of getting there and back at a funny time.

The idea of playing our games at Skoda Stadium is one of the zaniest I have seen during my time on here.....

[Cheer Squad]

Huh? Is it 1989 or is it 1996? The correct answer was round 2, 1996, when we drew 10,965 to watch us play Freo. And I think you mean 'Swans game at the SCG' not 'smallest crowd at the SCG', as the Roos drew 7k when they played Port Adelaide at the SCG (what a marketers' nightmare!) in 2000.

It's a tough competitive market; in some ways GWS can make things better for the Swans (mostly with the 2 local derbies a year), but in many ways they will make things tougher, and I'm sure everyone associated with the Swans went into 2012 with open eyes in that respect.

Yes, you're right. I missed counting the Freo game in 1996. And yes, I did mean 'Swans game at the SCG'.

I still think the way in which we lost to the Tigers and the Saints did us a lot of damage in the fickle Sydney market.

[erica]

I went, I cheered and I enjoyed seeing a trouncing. My choice, my decision. I doubt that it means I'm somehow morally superior to people who stayed away.

Honestly, it's ridiculous to rubbish people for not going. There's more to life than footy, as difficult as some on this list seem to find that idea. We all still love our Swannies.

[GongSwan]

I wish I could get to more games, it's not always easy, but a move to Skoda stadium wouldn't encourage me to go more often, I don't even know where it is

[Jewels]

I went, I cheered and I enjoyed seeing a trouncing. My choice, my decision. I doubt that it means I'm somehow morally superior to people who stayed away.

Honestly, it's ridiculous to rubbish people for not going. There's more to life than footy, as difficult as some on this list seem to find that idea. We all still love our Swannies.

Yep, spot on Erica.

[alison.z]

I went, I cheered and I enjoyed seeing a trouncing. My choice, my decision. I doubt that it means I'm somehow morally superior to people who stayed away.

Honestly, it's ridiculous to rubbish people for not going. There's more to life than footy, as difficult as some on this list seem to find that idea. We all still love our Swannies.

+1. Each to their own - I was there and that's all I can control!

[goswannie14]

I wondered how long bewfore someone could find a negative out of a 92 point victory.

[Cheer Squad]

I wondered how long bewfore someone could find a negative out of a 92 point victory.

Maybe.

But there's no denying that yesterday's "turnout" would have seriously hurt the club's bottom line. I'm amazed that so many posters on this thread don't appear to care about that.

[jono2707]

A lot of us care about it - in fact I'll be contacting the club this week to clarify some of the ticketing issues that seem to be impacting us this year.

I generally miss one or two home games per year due to other engagements that I can't get out of such as birthdays, weddings etc. Footy doesn't outrank certain things in most people's lives. I feel that the weekend's weather moved the footy down many people's lists and there's no problem from me about that.

Only when we get an undercover stadium with a train station at its doorstep will I take offence at people being no-shows due to bad weather....

[stellation]

Maybe.

But there's no denying that yesterday's "turnout" would have seriously hurt the club's bottom line. I'm amazed that so many posters on this thread don't appear to care about that.

I think you'll find that most posters care about a small crowd hurting the club's bottom line, but equally can understand factors why people didn't get there.

I guarantee that when the club received the draw and saw a 3:15 start on a Sunday arvo against the Bulldogs they would have already made a note next to it for "small crowd".

[ernie koala]

Maybe.

But there's no denying that yesterday's "turnout" would have seriously hurt the club's bottom line. I'm amazed that so many posters on this thread don't appear to care about that.

I imagine many of the posters on here , like myself, are paid up members.
The only bottom line I was hurting, by not going, was my own.
Crap weather, crap time slot, 1/3 ground a building site and a poor drawing opposition.....it's simply, like most things in life...a matter of circumstance.
If we get less than 15k to our next home game...Friday night versus the Cats....then you have reason to be concerned.
But barring some extraordinary circumstances, I'll bet there will be well over 30k for that match.

[Norris Lurker]

That was a disgrace. I was told that the upstairs level of the Victor Trumper was "sold out" when trying to get some friends who'd bought GA tickets up to sit with us in the red zone, given it was raining and there were free seats everywhere on the top level. How people can argue that a section is sold out when there are thousands of empty chairs staring them in the face as they say it is beyond me. Good thing there are like 6 different staircases up to the top levels.

I've also had a couple of experiences this year being told that GA tickets are sold out when trying to get friends in to games that were anything but sold out. And it's happened before this year, too.

Blatantly lying to members isn't good enough. I know it's more to do with Ticketek and the SCG, but the Swans should demand more from their service providers.

I have a reserved seat membership so it doesn't affect me personally, but I've heard of this sort of thing happening at every Swans home game so far this season - where Ticketek has labelled categories of seating as being "sold out" when they aren't. Even while I was walking past the ticket windows to get to the gate, one of the categories was shown on the boards at the gate as sold out - even though anyone looking inside the ground could clearly see that it wasn't.

If it happened once, OK, technical computer glitches happen. But the fact that this has happened at every game at the SCG so far this season is completely unacceptable - and the Swans should be seeking answers from Ticketek over why this is happening.

[Cheer Squad]

I imagine many of the posters on here , like myself, are paid up members.
The only bottom line I was hurting, by not going, was my own.
Crap weather, crap time slot, 1/3 ground a building site and a poor drawing opposition.....it's simply, like most things in life...a matter of circumstance.
If we get less than 15k to our next home game...Friday night versus the Cats....then you have reason to be concerned.
But barring some extraordinary circumstances, I'll bet there will be well over 30k for that match.

You certainly have plenty of excuses for yesterday's poor attendance.

So do some people in the Sydney media, according to these excerpts from the SMH this morning:

"More people intended to come, but when the time came for the short migration from Paddington's many pubs, motions were unanimously passed to remain at the bar.
The rain was so relentless that buses up Oxford Street were replaced by ferries. Neither Moses nor Adam Goodes could have parted these waters. That anyone managed to arrive at all was one miracle...those fans who dared come would return home soaked but happy."

What a load of absolute, unmitigated drivel. The rain was nowhere near that bad, and it had stopped completely during the match.

Talk about fair-weather supporters.

[jono2707]

You certainly have plenty of excuses for yesterday's poor attendance.

So do some people in the Sydney media, according to these excerpts from the SMH this morning:


What a load of absolute, unmitigated drivel. The rain was nowhere near that bad, and it had stopped completely during the match.

Talk about fair-weather supporters.

It's not drivel; it's quite true - a number of people I go with opted for the warmth and comfort of the pub instead of sitting out in the rain. I had put faith in the weather forecasters who said it would clear up, and it did, so I was extremely happy I went. But what is your point in jumping up and down at those people who chose not to go? Got a solution to the problem?

[goswannie14]

Maybe.

But there's no denying that yesterday's "turnout" would have seriously hurt the club's bottom line. I'm amazed that so many posters on this thread don't appear to care about that.

How would paid up members not turning up hurt the clubs bottom line?