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How about Geelong at the SCG. Do you reckon they're over it yet?
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Food is a profit centre, so more people ther merrier. Security and ckeaning not so.
That is why the top decks of ANZ werent open last weekend.
Anz is probably more profitable at 40000 ( no top decks) than 45000. (Level 6 open) But above 60000 again more profitable.Comment
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Telstra are advertising half-price tickets as part of their "Thanks" campaign for this week?s matches.
Maybe the same will occur for the Preliminary Final at ANZ. The only catch is that you have to be a Telstra customer.Comment
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Approach in NSW is not well formulated despite millions being spent establishing GWS etc. Gillon has been spruking the improvement of the 'match day' experience to the clubs relating to overseas sporting events and Ports Powers "success" with their activities at AO. Bit hypocritical given Port could not draw a good crowd to their old (highly unpopular) oval but we get sent to unpopular Homebush because of an essentially AFL deal!Sports do not build character. They reveal it....Heywood Broun
I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures......Earl WarrenComment
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If it's a bonus it's a huge one, AAMI was terrible in comparison. I would highly recommend going to Adelaide Oval, it is brilliant. The Crows didn't even make the finals and had the biggest overall crowd for the year so the ground obviously plays a huge part. Swans success brought 35k to ANZ.Using TapatalkComment
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These grounds well away from the city just don't cut it. The reason Adelaide Oval is so successful is that you can walk from the CBD (if that's not a misnomer for Adelaide), just the same way as The G and Docklands are popular in Melbourne. Waverley was a cold soulless place the same as was AAMI park. You had to plan your visit for a week, sit in traffic for hours and then walk 10 Kms when you couldn't find a park.. With these city ovals you can just walk across on a whim. Administrators never learn. The old Showgrounds trotting track in Melbourne used to attract tens of thousands every Saturday night because it was close and you could put your hand out and touch the horses on the track. It became too small in circumference for the speed of modern horses, but instead of extending it they moved it to Moonee Valley on the inside of the Gallops track and the intimacy was gone and so were the crowds. Now out at Melton nobody goes, similarly to Sydney, way out at Menangle. Build it near the city and they will come!Those who have the greatest power to hurt us are those we love.Comment
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I would strongly argue its really a combination of improved performance and the move to the Adelaide Oval. The other factor you've listed is really just an 'icing' on the cake - but we know of your great endearment for Port's President, so we won't go there
AAMI stadium was a dump - in the middle of nowhere, with little around, hard to get to, and really not a particularly great place to watch football. The new Adelaide Oval is absolutely fantastic - right in the city, great facilities and a high quality match day experience through a combination of the old (the old scoreboard and the hill) and the new (Some fantastic new stands which give a fantastic viewing experience for AFL).
I went to AAMI for the port game last year, and to the Adelaide Oval for the Crows game this year. Different teams I know, but the experience couldn't be more different.
I think there is some quite strong validity to what Big Cat has said about inner city venues - although I don't think it is the be all and end all either. Many big stadiums overseas are often located a long way from both the traditional base of their tenant clubs and also the centre of the city, but still have a similar great experience (no doubt helped by the different nature of soccer/NFL/various other sports fans compared to AFL)."You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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