News 2017 Finals ticketing info and questions

[Shell]

I know that it is a necessary evil... but i really don't like the having to register for a GF ticket before we have even made it thing..
Feels like getting ahead of ourselves


Yes I know it is the same for all the preliminary finalists

Lol, yeah same.

Also this sounds really shitty- but am not giving my membership barcodes out to ppl for this game, even tho I could. Am scared they'd register them for the GF!

 

[Deep]

After a kinda last minute decision made an hour ago, this Friday I'll be heading to my first interstate match

AO is the best stadium in Australia. I think you'll like it.

I just hope we both like the result

 

[kickazz]

Section 132. Radelaide road trip beckons!

 

[Tony Barber]

I'm registering with a mate, wording him up to transfer me the potential max on friday and I'll send it back if not needed etc

Just get him to send $450. Any surplus funds can be used at the bar on the day.

 

[Deep]

Awesome stuff.

FWIW- I'm 2:1 interstate. 2 v Sydney for 2 wins and 1 Freo loss.

Have fun!!!!!!!!!

I am 2-0-1 interstate.
1 Carlton/Collingwood win and a Saints draw

At least you saw Subi before it closed though

 

[cats_09]

AO is the best stadium in Australia. I think you'll like it.

I just hope we both like the result

I've done a tour of the stadium when I was in Adelaide the other year - this will be the first time watching a match though

 

[Shell]

I am 2-0-1 interstate.
1 Carlton/Collingwood win and a Saints draw

At least you saw Subi before it closed though

Not sure if srs

The place is a shithole. Didnt mind the perth people tho, they didnt hassle me at all.

 

[Deep]

I've done a tour of the stadium when I was in Adelaide the other year - this will be the first time watching a match though

Roof climb? it's great.
When I did it the guy looked like a dirty blonde hair coloured version of Bartel

 

[kickazz]

I went to a showdown a couple of years ago. Great stadium.

 

[Deep]

Not sure if srs

The place is a shithole. Didnt mind the perth people tho, they didnt hassle me at all.

That's because you saw Freo & not WC

 

[darrenmorgan]

Lol, yeah same.

Also this sounds really shitty- but am not giving my membership barcodes out to ppl for this game, even tho I could. Am scared they'd register them for the GF!

But even if they did the tickets would be registered in your name!

 

[Henry85]

Ended up with two additional tickets due to stupid Ticketek website. They are centre wing top level category 3. Section 537. One concession and one adult. Anyone want them before I call ticketek to give them back?


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[Shell]

But even if they did the tickets would be registered in your name!

Yeah I dont care!

 

[Shell]

That's because you saw Freo & not WC

Lol- I was also with a couple Freo fans. They took care of me.

 

[re cat]

Awesome stuff.

FWIW- I'm 2:1 interstate. 2 v Sydney for 2 wins and 1 Freo loss.

Have fun!!!!!!!!!

4 wins only in SA but didn't even ask for a leave pass this week I must be getting old.

 

[Shell]

4 wins only in SA but didn't even ask for a leave pass this week I must be getting old.

And so you shouldnt have to!

Enjoy Deb.

 

[NTRabbit]

For any Cats fans who jagged tickets between bays 132 and 125 (and I know 127 was a Geelong bay), good news, you're near the James Squire bar, the only general bar outside of the corporate areas that sells something other than Hahn Super Dry

 

[cats_09]

Section 147 Row A - super happy with the seats.

 

[kickazz]

For any Cats fans who jagged tickets between bays 132 and 125 (and I know 127 was a Geelong bay), good news, you're near the James Squire bar, the only general bar outside of the corporate areas that sells something other than Hahn Super Dry

I was actually after some West End in a plastic cup with a lid myself......


Nah cheers that sounds good. Good to have a plan b in case the game goes pear shaped

 

[NTRabbit]

I was actually after some West End in a plastic cup with a lid myself......


Nah cheers that sounds good. Good to have a plan b in case the game goes pear shaped

It's outdoors, ground floor, base of the eastern stand facing the riverbank stand, near the entrance to something called Kidzone. Has the full JS selection, Fifty Lashes over Super Dry any day.

 

[woodyman]

146 L

 

[Dirty Bird]

For any Cats fans who jagged tickets between bays 132 and 125 (and I know 127 was a Geelong bay), good news, you're near the James Squire bar, the only general bar outside of the corporate areas that sells something other than Hahn Super Dry

Hahn super dry not on sale in finals
Afl has control
Carlton draught (or west end tins)
Though, I did find a random bar which did iron jack. (Eastern stand, 500 level. About 538ish - I'm 90% sure in the home and away season it's a Hahn super dry express lane though)

 

[Deep]

Section 147 Row A - super happy with the seats.

This is where I was for the previous Geelong and Adelaide encounter. Very good seats, enjoy the game!

146 L

so you cats_09 and I all a bay apart

 

[Coobk001]

Tickets secured. Now just got to navigate the harder logistics of work and flights...

I just came into this thread curious as to how many Cats supporters would head over, doesn't appear to me many. I would've thought we'd see 10-15k over here, but I anticipate your supporter base isn't as used to the big road trips like us interstate clubs that do regularly get the 15-20k's travelling for big prelims.

Anyway onto my point....

The best way to get here (during finals time) is to drive. By the time you drive to an airport, check in, fly, get off, etc, it is probably 3-4 hour effort that you're paying $500+ for. Compare that to a drive, which is 8 hours plus stops, and costs about a tank and a half of fuel, and you're really saving money, for not a huge cost time wise.

Personally if I was a Cats fan I'd leave home about 7am Friday, arrive in town about 5pm. Find some cheap accommodation for the night in the CBD, drop your stuff off, walk down to the oval. Then as long as you head off before about 3-4pm you should be home the next day before midnight.

Anyway hopefully that helps. Sorry to jump into your thread, just thought I'd point it out. In 2014 for the prelim it cost me $50 in petrol (4 people in car), $50 in accommodation (4 people in cheap room in Ballarat), plus a ticket. So if you need to save cash it can certainly be done super cheap.

 

[Shell]

This is some weird bay labelling by the South Australians...