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Does anyone know if this game is included in our 2012 membership? I received the Swans renewal form in the mail today and it just says that my membership includes "a Gold reserved seat at all 11 home matches at the SCG and ANZ stadium". I appreciate that it's a GWS home game, but it seems rather silly to make Swans members pay for a ticket, and a wasted opportunity to promote the game, as the stadium is more than big enough to hold every Swans and GWS member with plenty of seats to spare.
Its kind of like Hawthorne playing Melbourne at the MCG. Plenty of room, but its a Melbourne game and members get eleven of them a season, and everyone else (including Hawthorne fans) pays to attend "away" games. The AFL is not going to do any different just because the game is with Sydney based teams. Its business as usual and game on.
If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood
Yeah, I had a feeling that might be the case. Of course, I'll be there regardless, but I just wonder if the crowd may be slightly down because of it. I just assumed it would be a similar sort of arrangement to what Melbourne-based Swans members have, where membership still gets you into the games (unless we're playing the Dons at Etihad or the Cats in Geelong), but because we're the away team it's GA only? Similarly, it would make more sense for us to just pay extra for the GWS away game as part of our membership, even though it's GA, rather than having to buy a separate ticket. Or am I just talking rubbish? (Wouldn't be the first time, ha!)
Pity they didn't include it in our membership options like they have done in the past with Bulldogs "home" games at the SCG.
Probably not down in attendance so much for this game, being the first against GWS anyway, and six months without anything.....just have to buy a ticket.....which will feel more than a bit strange!
With the Melbourne based Sydney fans I guess their membership is for the Melbourne games and I think they may include a couple of Sydney ones don't they? Something like that. Send a note to dimelb, he always goes to the Melbourne games.
Guess there would be no difference with any away team.....we still have to pay up for a seat. Anyway it gives the ticketing agencies something to do.....or you can pal up with a GWS member who gets extras for these games.....I have dibs on one already.....actually that is probably why they the tickets weren't added on..... The bottom line is that this is a GWS moment, their game, and we are the visiting team. Its their call, not ours.
If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood
Our membership means we get six matches at the MCG in addition to the Swans' games, and we'll certainly be checking out GWS when they're at the ground. Unfortunately it doesn't apply to Etihad until the AFL takes ownership - we should live so long!
He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)
It's ridiculous if there isn't the option for us to buy additional entry into this game with our Swans membership packs. If you can't but a ticket for this game when renewing, that alone will bring the crowd down by several thousand on the day. So many Swans members either a) don't like going to Homebush, or b) aren't really all that fussed if they miss a Swans 'away' game, even if it is in Sydney, that the AFL is missing out on a lot of people if they don't make this as easy for Swans fans as possible to attend by including this game in our membership. And Lord knows they need as many bums on seats as possible for this first game.
I reckon GWS has probably gotten the Telegraph lined up to give away thousands of tickets to get some interest in this game, so maybe I'll just have to buy the paper for once sometime near matchday....
This is GWS home game. They have priority with seating. We are only just now getting membership sorted for this year, and I am sure GWS are doing the same. Why should they pander to us? If it was a Swans home game instead, would you be expecting us to pander to GWS members - what seating would be available for them....etc. Its not the Swans call. Its GWS, and its their party, especially with this game.
If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood
The AFL should set aside some general admission seating at ANZ for on-sale to Swans fans as part of their Swans memberships. Then we, as part of our membership, can opt-in to this for, say, an extra 30 bucks. The AFL cannot forget that the Swans are in this city too, and they need our buy-in as well to help this GWS venture if it is going to succeed.
I would also say that it would be a good option for similar general admission seating at the SCG to be available to all GWS members for Swans games.
Crazy idea?
GWS and the AFL need a good crowd to start the season, and that is why the AFL scheduled the game for Round 1. It is annoying that GWS will not allow people to use their normal seats, but you can live with that. The best thing would have been to include the game in the ticket for an additional cost, but not allow reserved seats to work. This would have made sure a lot of Swans members will attend (and they would get their money earlier). However, it is stupid to require us all to go and buy a separate ticket. This will not happen for a lot of people and will likely cost them thousands of people in the crowd.
I did a members survey during the season that asked if that were an option would I take it up to which I responded that I would.
As a matter of interest, I have a friend who is a Lions member (whom I consider more an equal comparative to the Swans than any of the other interstate clubs) and he doesn't have entry to Suns games at the Gabba included with his membership and doesn't think it's an option with any Lions membership.
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