The Association Football AFL Thread 4.0

[RPCB]

All week?

Yeah. North are going to be on Perth for two straight weeks.

 

[RPCB]

The whole thing is funny and Fremantle fans must be laughing. They get to play an extra home game but have it billed as an away game in name only.

 

[Bradesmaen]

That surprises me. We get 3m of local activity on average, and it is often higher with night games.

Bars, restaurants, motels and hotels etc.
A full Eagles crowd and travelling NM fans filling hotels all week. It'll bring in domestic tourism at the very least.

Geelong is a lot bigger place. They don't even have a stadium so it's all temporary stands etc which costs money. No proper entrance gates, fencing etc. Freo or Eagles fans won't stay in a hotel, they'll go back up.

 

[SM]

Yeah. North are going to be on Perth for two straight weeks.

Thats fine but I doubt anyone is taking a week off work just to watch North.

 

[RPCB]

Geelong is a lot bigger place. They don't even have a stadium so it's all temporary stands etc which costs money. No proper entrance gates, fencing etc. Freo or Eagles fans won't stay in a hotel, they'll go back up.

Sounds very Friday Night Lights when the players built a stadium to play in.

 

[RPCB]

Thats fine but I doubt anyone is taking a week off work just to watch North.

Yep, I doubt many North fans will even travel tbf. As you suggested, it would be a nightmare.

 

[Quivorir]

North fans barely want to travel to home games in Melbourne. Really can't see many forking out to go over to WA.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

All week?

The deal has them playing Freo one weekend and WCE the next or vice versa. The idea being to get NM fans over for both games and a week in Perth.

Whether it works remains to be seen. They are quite poor after all.

Just hope it doesn't set a dangerous precedent allowing powerful clubs to buy home games.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Geelong is a lot bigger place. They don't even have a stadium so it's all temporary stands etc which costs money. No proper entrance gates, fencing etc. Freo or Eagles fans won't stay in a hotel, they'll go back up.

I was responding to "not Perth".
Perth is the more likely destination to benefit imo. Eagles fans will buy tickets and fill bars.

 

[DBAH0]

Surprised it took so long.

 

[RPCB]

Surprised it took so long.

Club review being handled internally. Wild.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

With the cost of living + North’s performances over the last few years, who the hell is gonna head to Perth!!