Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 24

[Enviable Tradition]

Ess vs Melb starts at 3-40, and Ports game is at 7-20.

What time roughly would the first game finish? how long between games?

No buses for the early game is annoying.

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[Steve Dore]

No buses for the early game is annoying.

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So free buses but no extra services before the early game?

FREE travel to all AFL Gather Round matches

During the AFL Gather Round, footy goers will be able to travel for FREE on all public transport.

www.adelaidemetro.com.au

 

[Finest of Wines]

What a very intelligent group of people

 

[Grave Danger]

A crowd of just 10,000 would be an improvement on GWS home games where they have averaged less than 9,000 a game in 2023.

In round 3 Hawthorn v North Melb (UTAS), GWS v Carlton (Giants Stadium) and Gold Coast v Geelong (Heritage Studium) drew a combined crowd of 33,820. The highest attendance among those three games was 13,122 at the Suns v Cats fixture. Crowds of 14,000- 15,000 would be an improvement on those attendances.

There are only two all Victorian fixtures Collingwood v St Kilda and Essendon v Melbourne and neither of these would be described as Traditional blockbuster games.

On SEVEN this morning it was mentioned that all but two games had been sold out. I do not know if that is correct but if it is the AFL would probably figure they are in front given the fixtures for this round.

It's correct.

They said this morning that Friday night at the parade is 100 tickets away from being an 8th sell out.

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On the ABC this morning they said that tickets had been reduced to half price for the Richmond v Sydney and Freo vs SUNS games, so these must be the two games that hadn't sold out.

 

[dav3]

What a very intelligent group of people

Lets face it....... you're only going to ever get breakfast TV watching, Advertiser subscribing, 5AA listening peasants who think reality TV is real, who would actually turn up to something as dumb as that.

 

[Grave Danger]

Just Richmond v Sydney to go...

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Not even his own club likes him

 

[Doctor Feel]

He is rubbish

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[TazD]

Let me introduce the fall guy for the failed Tasmanian expansion and CTE payouts

 

[dav3]

"Kylie is responsible for The Walt Disney Company in Australia and New Zealand across Film, TV, live events, digital, home entertainment, content distribution and streaming services. She manages a portfolio of content and products across Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, ESPN, ABC Studios (US), 20th Century Fox and National Geographic. She also has regional responsibility across Asia Pacific for ESPN and National Geographic."

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Not even his own club likes him

Honestly it was the first time I have ever watched him and thought he actually played OK

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[Grave Danger]

Not even his own club likes him

He's probably closer to Xavier Duursma than Chayce Jones is to Zak Butters.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Anybody know much about her?

Has a super low bar to clear to be better than the last guy.

 

[Capital Power]

"Kylie is responsible for The Walt Disney Company in Australia and New Zealand across Film, TV, live events, digital, home entertainment, content distribution and streaming services. She manages a portfolio of content and products across Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, ESPN, ABC Studios (US), 20th Century Fox and National Geographic. She also has regional responsibility across Asia Pacific for ESPN and National Geographic."

Wow. That would move the AFL well and truly into the "content provider" space and away from anything to do with, for example, its grassroots. Expect to see more AFLX-type initiatives. Can't wait

 

[Capital Power]

Inb4 "Adelaide's weather is too unpredictable, we really should hold Gather Round in Victoria".

Anyone check to see if Collingwood got lost on the way to the airport?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Let me introduce the fall guy for the failed Tasmanian expansion and CTE payouts

And she's a woman!

 

[Janey]

"Kylie is responsible for The Walt Disney Company in Australia and New Zealand across Film, TV, live events, digital, home entertainment, content distribution and streaming services. She manages a portfolio of content and products across Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, ESPN, ABC Studios (US), 20th Century Fox and National Geographic. She also has regional responsibility across Asia Pacific for ESPN and National Geographic."

Certainly knows her football.

 

[tribey]

What a very intelligent group of people

 

[NoddyHolder]

Given that the afl runs on nepotism my first reaction was to assume her main qualification is that she's related to both Tim Watson and Terry Wheeler

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

SA’s AFL Gather Round has broken a state hotel occupancy record set only last month during WOMADelaide.
Premier Peter Malinauskas revealed the new citywide record of 91 per cent and 92 per cent hotel occupancy for Friday and Saturday nights. He revealed the record at Norwood Oval on Thursday, where plans are well advanced to host one game on Friday and one on Sunday.

WOMADelaide in March this year topped out at 90 per cent and 93 per cent occupancy, the same as the Gather Round, but the AFL weekend has higher bed night figures at 9588 on Friday and 9693 on Saturday. “This has paid off already for SA and the first ball has not even bounced,’’ he said. Mr Malinauskas paid tribute to the work of Norwood Payneham and St Peters council which has upgraded Norwood oval and organise street activities on The Parade.

 

[Festerz]

Certainly knows her football.

Have you done a run through of the CVs of every AFL Club President recently?

 

[Grave Danger]

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Dangerfield probably saw nothing but the DrivelM logo with this effort...

 

[raptalia]

It's correct.

They said this morning that Friday night at the parade is 100 tickets away from being an 8th sell out.

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It's about the only way Norwood is ever going to see an AFL game in Norwood. The game will probably have a lot of 'wish we had Redlegs' in attendance.

 

[Grave Danger]

SA’s AFL Gather Round has broken a state hotel occupancy record set only last month during WOMADelaide.
Premier Peter Malinauskas revealed the new citywide record of 91 per cent and 92 per cent hotel occupancy for Friday and Saturday nights. He revealed the record at Norwood Oval on Thursday, where plans are well advanced to host one game on Friday and one on Sunday.

WOMADelaide in March this year topped out at 90 per cent and 93 per cent occupancy, the same as the Gather Round, but the AFL weekend has higher bed night figures at 9588 on Friday and 9693 on Saturday. “This has paid off already for SA and the first ball has not even bounced,’’ he said. Mr Malinauskas paid tribute to the work of Norwood Payneham and St Peters council which has upgraded Norwood oval and organise street activities on The Parade.

Gee, you'd hope they were "well advanced" by now, hey?