News Holden Centre hosting fans to watch the WCE final (FREE Event - see pg 3) - what was it like?

[jackcass]

Everybody just go visit my parents, I'll send you the address. They have foxtel and are pies mad. Mum's cooking leaves a little to be desired but i'm sure they'll appreciate the company. There is a second fridge in the garage, but if you get desperate just do an ice run and fill the eskies. See you all there! Good time to arrive is about 90 minutes before the first bounce so you can discuss in depth which player is the most handsome at the club (Mums favourite topic).

I'm sure that'd make for some interesting GIFs

 

[jmac70]

Everybody just go visit my parents, I'll send you the address. They have foxtel and are pies mad. Mum's cooking leaves a little to be desired but i'm sure they'll appreciate the company. There is a second fridge in the garage, but if you get desperate just do an ice run and fill the eskies. See you all there! Good time to arrive is about 90 minutes before the first bounce so you can discuss in depth which player is the most handsome at the club (Mums favourite topic).

What type of leaves is your mum cooking? Gum leaves or something a bit stronger?

 

[DuckToaster]

What type of leaves is your mum cooking? Gum leaves or something a bit stronger?

Whilst waiting to leave I pondered to myself that the loose leaf paper I was leafing through was once a tree covered with leaves.

 

[PIE-BOI]

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[Black_White]

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And that Ladies and Gentlemen, is what the club should have announced 24 hours after the announcement of the game schedule.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Seems as though things have changed - the club is planning a free event (ref: on the mailout to members announcing Stephenson’s rising star)

Poll has been reset and different options put up

 

[Go Woods]

When you fork out over $1k for memberships, that’s fairly pricey for one finals game. I’ll be watching on the big screen at home, then booking tickets for the prelim hopefully.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Have to say I dont see this as a big issue. Clubs are massive now with the 70000+ member or whatever we have. Great if the club or another party puts something on for the few 100's that would turn up to such an event. However I feel this is really catering to a pretty small portion of the membership. Mostly those that live locally and prefer the club to their own home or a local pub.

This isnt like the 10,000's of supporters who will turn up for a match. Everyone has plenty of options re watching the game on a screen somewhere already. Not a big priority for mine. The club has bigger things to concentrate on.

I see it a bit differently ...

... I could imagine a possible future some years down the track where, with a bit of enterprise, that the Holden Centre (main building) hosts many thousands of Collingwood fans for five interstate games a season plus finals. IIRC it’s a 11,000 seat stadium - sure, it has fallen into disrepair and would require millions to renovate and make it re-accessible - but these things don’t have to happen all at once.

We live in an era where tens of thousands of people will go to a stadium to watch people play video games live - so getting people together to watch an away game is not so outlandish.

Naturally it’ll take more than putting up a big screen and opening a cash bar to entice people out of their winter hibernation. This event v WC is promoting that the non-travelling players will be in attendance with interviews during the breaks. The club could create their own commentary along the lines of “Press Red for Ed”. There might be multi-screens showing different ground footage. Live cross during the breaks to someone at the ground. No doubt it’s only a matter of time before technology will allow a holographic 3D of the game to be projected on top of the sprung floor. Suspend a replica of the old Victoria Park scoreboard from the Holden Centre rafters showing the live score. Raffle a butcher’s tray.

Why should the club bother with this? In the hyper competitive world of professional sports, clubs would/should be on the lookout for any opportunity to engage with their fan base. The world is changing so fast and organisations need to adapt.

What I’ve described is obviously pie-in-the-sky long term stuff ... but it needs to start somewhere somehow, and getting a few hundred fans together in the New Glasshouse, showing footy on the telly and opening up the bar is a start.

 

[Hyakutake]

Lets overlook the fact they came way late to the party and embrace the fact they turned up at all.

 

[Kreme Pie]

I see it a bit differently ...

... I could imagine a possible future some years down the track where, with a bit of enterprise, that the Holden Centre (main building) hosts many thousands of Collingwood fans for five interstate games a season plus finals. IIRC it’s a 11,000 seat stadium - sure, it has fallen into disrepair and would require millions to renovate and make it re-accessible - but these things don’t have to happen all at once.

We live in an era where tens of thousands of people will go to a stadium to watch people play video games live - so getting people together to watch an away game is not so outlandish.

Naturally it’ll take more than putting up a big screen and opening a cash bar to entice people out of their winter hibernation. This event v WC is promoting that the non-travelling players will be in attendance with interviews during the breaks. The club could create their own commentary along the lines of “Press Red for Ed”. There might be multi-screens showing different ground footage. Live cross during the breaks to someone at the ground. No doubt it’s only a matter of time before technology will allow a holographic 3D of the game to be projected on top of the sprung floor. Suspend a replica of the old Victoria Park scoreboard from the Holden Centre rafters showing the live score. Raffle a butcher’s tray.

Why should the club bother with this? In the hyper competitive world of professional sports, clubs would/should be on the lookout for any opportunity to engage with their fan base. The world is changing so fast and organisations need to adapt.

What I’ve described is obviously pie-in-the-sky long term stuff ... but it needs to start somewhere somehow, and getting a few hundred fans together in the New Glasshouse, showing footy on the telly and opening up the bar is a start.

I like your imagination. It's not unreasonable to think these ideas will be possible in sport over the next few decades.
Virtual reality goggles could also be used to enhance the experience.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Virtual reality goggles could also be used to enhance the experience.

VR is an interesting one. I first came across it in the late 80’s - a full setup with glasses body sensors, etc that allowed people to navigate around a virtual world. The movie ‘The Lawnmower Man’ heavily featured VR and that was released in 1992 and brought VR technology into mainstream consciousness. It then seemed to languish, I think part of it was concerns about how it could cause damage to user’s eyes (I don’t know if that has ever been addressed / debunked) and finding mainstream applications. Hardware platforms like Occulus Rift are making it accessible today, but not sure that there are too many applications that are achieving deep market penetration.

Maybe one day we’ll be watching the footy using VR systems in the comfort of our own homes? I can’t see how it is a technology that will bring people physically together en mass to one location, but that’s cool, maybe somebody else can see an opportunity there?

 

[Kreme Pie]

VR is an interesting one. I first came across it in the late 80’s - a full setup with glasses body sensors, etc that allowed people to navigate around a virtual world. The movie ‘The Lawnmower Man’ heavily featured VR and that was released in 1992 and brought VR technology into mainstream consciousness. It then seemed to languish, I think part of it was concerns about how it could cause damage to user’s eyes (I don’t know if that has ever been addressed / debunked) and finding mainstream applications. Hardware platforms like Occulus Rift are making it accessible today, but not sure that there are too many applications that are achieving deep market penetration.

Maybe one day we’ll be watching the footy using VR systems in the comfort of our own homes? I can’t see how it is a technology that will bring people physically together en mass to one location, but that’s cool, maybe somebody else can see an opportunity there?

Lawnmower man, loved that film as a kid. Haven't seen it for years. One of Pierce Brosnans good films outside of the 007 franchise.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Home.
Personal grand stand
Food, drinks, amenities.
No crazy prices to purchase anything.
Ability to turn down commentators.

What's not to like.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Home.
Personal grand stand
Food, drinks, amenities.
No crazy prices to purchase anything.
Ability to turn down commentators.

What's not to like.

It was a concern when they started showing live footy on FTA ... why would people now leave the comfort of their homes? Will the grandstands now be empty?

And yet people continued going to the footy, and they still do,

People will always be happy to take time away from the comfort of their homes. They just need to be offered good reason / good entertainment to do so.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

It was a concern when they started showing live footy on FTA ... why would people leave the comfort of their homes and will the stands be empty?

And yet people continued going to the footy.

People will always be happy to take time away from the comfort of their homes - just need to offer them good reason / good entertainment to do so.

That is a very fair point.

Correct.

Though for me unless it's live sport I'd rather be home than with groups of people watching TV.

 

[76woodenspooners]

That is a very fair point.

Correct.

Though for me unless it's live sport I'd rather be home than with groups of people watching TV.

Fair enough for you.

But plenty of people go to pubs, bars, casinos to watch sporting events on the telly. I’m not trying to sell it to you, i’m just arguing that it’s not such an outlandish idea for the club to create an event out of interstate games.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Fair enough for you.

But plenty of people go to pubs, bars, casinos to watch sporting events on the telly. I’m not trying to sell it to you, i’m just arguing that it’s not such an outlandish idea for the club to create an event out of interstate games.

It’s a great idea.
No problemo if people like that.
Why not?
Good option.

 

[jmac70]

Good to see the club opening the doors to the fans. Step in the right direction.

 

[ArielZ]

What do you think the atmosphere will
be like? Like most here, I enjoy to watch in the comfort of my own home, but a finals atmosphere with only collingwood supporters could be good fun.

 

[Deleted member 133504]

LOL if so I would be arrested for having 'no visible means of support'

I have 'lucky legs' - so thin I am lucky they don't snap off

But I bet you have a tripod to make up for it, amirite?

 

[BringouttheGimp]

I will be sleeping there overnight.. with a bottle of grapa to warm me up.. so no need for a sleeping bag.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Details of this from the club in the mailout to members, quoted below.

Well done 100volt1 to you and the many others who lobbied for this to be a free event!

The finals are taking us to Optus Stadium in Perth.

Collingwood’s Qualifying Final against West Coast is scheduled for an 8.10pm start – Melbourne time.

And while the travelling party are headed West, there’ll no doubt be a swarm of Magpie fans left in Melbourne when the action kicks off on Saturday evening.

For this reason, we’re excited to announce we’ll be opening the doors to the Glasshouse Event Space at the Holden Centre for a free watch party of the big game.

Food and drinks will be available at bar prices, there’ll be a special guest speaker – and most importantly, the big game will be shown live on the big screens.

Gather your Magpie mates and get in quick. Venue capacity means it’ll be first-in, best dressed for prime position and guaranteed entry.

They’ll hear us in Perth – Qualifying Final watch party
Date: Saturday 8 September
Time: 7.00pm – 11.30pm
Location: Glasshouse Event Space, Holden Centre
Match start: 8.10pm
Entry: FREE

 

[76woodenspooners]

Fixed the poll question above

 

[Deleted member 133504]

I will be sleeping there overnight.. with a bottle of grapa to warm me up.. so no need for a sleeping bag.

We can stumble out to find a street stand for gyro and souvlakia at 4am re. Win, lose, or draw, lamb and Yiayia's garlic sauce makes it all better re.

Details of this from the club in the mailout to members, quoted below.

Well done 100volt1 to you and the many others who lobbied for this to be a free event!

100volt1 at his trolling best

I need to send the bloke my medical bills. He leaves me in stitches.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Did anybody go along?

What was it like?