Autopsy AFL Game Day experience is getting worse every year.

[kickazz]

Is the PA really loud at games though? Maybe the music can be but I wouldn't think it's louder than the roar of the crowds. I would say it is much less than other sports like rugby, nbl and any American sport

My advice to someone with a child like this is headphones. It's what I used of my kids when they were little and the noise was too much

The roar of the crowd is an ephemeral part of the game, people enjoy it for the short time it happens. Quarter time is for talking with friends, not 6 minutes of constant aural assaults.

...and I wouldn't look to the other sports for any leadership in this regard, particularly American sports.


Yeah of course with kids headphones are a winner. Would be nice to talk to them at quarter time too though.

 

[footyfan1978]

Wouldn't mind being able to have a conversation during quarter breaks without the music and some hack pushing maccas cafe

This is it. OP off with fairies but this is actually what is a real downer on match day now.

 

[Engimal v3]

I couldn't give a shit what happens between quarters. I watch the game then go home.

 

[footyfan1978]

I love blinding digital advertising, kiss cam, dance offs, crap music and expensive rubbish. It's living

Yep, this is all the stuff that will probably lead me to think that it all not worth the trip at some point.
I think I almost reached it in in first week of finals at Cats first final and their was music after every goal in the match.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

So a catering company?

It was a hole, who cares who may have dropped their guts in it. The new members is excellent, great facilities.

Renovate it then don't knock it down.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

I couldn't give a s**t what happens between quarters. I watch the game then go home.

And your brain is branded with 10 different sponsors for junk food, gambling, car insurance and other crap.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

Renovate it then don't knock it down.

Nah, it wasn’t very nice looking. Who’s doing the food at your MCG, AP?

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Nah, it wasn’t very nice looking. Who’s doing the food at your MCG, AP?

The AFL is big enough to start there own catering, just hire a few consultants.

 

[DapperDon]

It isn't the "stops away" which is the issue. It's the fact the majority of the trains from the east and south-east stop at Flinders and you have to change.
Live past dandenong? You also have to change at dandenong for a connecting service

Trains to the east and south-east often cancelled at no notice after the footy. Countless times I was stuck in the city (before 24 hr weekend services obviously) because they'd cancelled the trains with no replacement

Sounds like your issue is with Metro rather than Marvel

 

[Jim Prideaux]

The AFL is big enough to start there own catering, just hire a few consultants.

So big corporate catering company like….. Delaware or Spotless. A few consultants, lol

 

[morsie]

I am old which I will admit but have no interest now in attending in person. The last time I attended at Marvel, it wasnt just the noise between quarters , which I can deal with but the 3 levels of flashing lights DURING play.I found this distracting and quite intolerable after a while.
I understand that I am not the demographic that the AFL is chasing but seriously.
I contrast the AFL with US sport with clean stadia , grounds and players uniforms.I understand that the financial numbers are much stronger in the states but I still cannot handle an advertisement on the footy itself.
At least we havent got to the Rugby league stage where its alsmost impossible to discern the identity of the team amongst the ads on teh jumper.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

So big corporate catering company like….. Delaware or Spotless. A few consultants, lol

If your trying to tell me that a catering company that sells crap overpriced food and makes massive profits from it is the best we can do then I would disagree.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

If your trying to tell me that a catering company that sells crap overpriced food and makes massive profits from it is the best we can do then I would disagree.

I’m trying to tell you that you have no understanding of what it takes to cater a stadium.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

I’m trying to tell you that you have no understanding of what it takes to cater a stadium.

You can cap prices and demand some healthy alternative foods and stop selling the rights for massive amounts of money. It's not that hard.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

You can cap prices and demand some healthy alternative foods and stop selling the rights for massive amounts of money. It's not that hard.

So still use Delaware though. Also, they already would set parameters.

 

[kickazz]

You can cap prices and demand some healthy alternative foods and stop selling the rights for massive amounts of money. It's not that hard.

I've heard first hand that it is simply whoever pays the MCG the biggest bribe/licence fee gets the gig. That's all there is to it.

Take that out and all of a sudden the pressure on your margins is not so bad.

 

[Engimal v3]

And your brain is branded with 10 different sponsors for junk food, gambling, car insurance and other crap.

I couldn't name a single ground sponsor other than those McCafe ads they do on the screen

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

So still use Delaware though. Also, they already would set parameters.

I'm not sure , someone selling food that is not only selling junk food ,capped prices and a small guaranteed profit and put it out to tender or start a boutique company with a customer centric view .

 

[Rob]

When it's 8 degrees and sleeting I'm sure the thing on everyone's mind is "Gee a grass bank and some trees is what this place really needs"

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

I couldn't name a single ground sponsor other than those McCafe ads they do on the screen

You don't understand how advertising works. It's all in the back of your brain and you'll choose that product without knowing why. They use all sorts of methods for branding.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

When it's 8 degrees and sleeting I'm sure the thing on everyone's mind is "Gee a grass bank and some trees is what this place really needs"

At least it would look good. Better than lookingbat empty concrete seats.

 

[Toump Ass]

Can't light up a spliff at quarter time, but you can eat a fn' big mac, get ****ed.

 

[Rob]

At least it would look good. Better than lookingbat empty concrete seats.

Yeah? I'm looking at the game.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Yeah? I'm looking at the game.

You never look around the ground when the game is not on? You like looking at concrete and digital advertising for an hour before the game?

 

[Engimal v3]

You don't understand how advertising works. It's all in the back of your brain and you'll choose that product without knowing why. They use all sorts of methods for branding.

Nah