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    First game at the SCG

    This will be the hottest ticket in town for a few weeks. I am expecting a sell out.

    When do the new stands get completed? For the ashes or after? And what will be the new capacity?

    Edit meant to add "..in 2014" to the title.

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    Quote Originally Posted by spiffy-dude View Post
    This will be the hottest ticket in town for a few weeks. I am expecting a sell out.

    When do the new stands get completed? For the ashes or after? And what will be the new capacity?

    Edit meant to add "..in 2014" to the title.
    Ready for the Ashes is the target (and I think they have already sold the tickets for that game). Correct me if I am wrong but I believe the new capacity will be 487,000.

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    wow half a million people to watch buddy!

    Biggest stadium in the world..size if 2 and a half maracanas!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Swansongster View Post
    Ready for the Ashes is the target (and I think they have already sold the tickets for that game). Correct me if I am wrong but I believe the new capacity will be 487,000.
    Man, they're going cram a lot of people into that new stand. 3 to 4 to a seat. I'll offer my seat to Buddy's new GF if she likes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by spiffy-dude View Post
    wow half a million people to watch buddy!

    Biggest stadium in the world..size if 2 and a half maracanas!

    Doh! Of course, I meant 480,000.

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    48,000 I believe and it is progressing nicely, will definitely be ready for the Ashes Test....

    Reckon we will sell that out more than a few times next year and would expect a Buddy led run on memberships.

    In the absence of needing to keep the SCG Trust honest I really don't see any reason for us to play at ANZ once our deal runs out there...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mug Punter View Post
    48,000 I believe and it is progressing nicely, will definitely be ready for the Ashes Test....

    Reckon we will sell that out more than a few times next year and would expect a Buddy led run on memberships.

    In the absence of needing to keep the SCG Trust honest I really don't see any reason for us to play at ANZ once our deal runs out there...
    Is the ANZ deal with the Swans or with the AFL? ie do GWS games count as the minimum 3 games? Maybe they can have two games and we just play one (Hawthorn!!!!!!!)

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    We need more games at ANZ, not less.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DamY View Post
    Is the ANZ deal with the Swans or with the AFL? ie do GWS games count as the minimum 3 games? Maybe they can have two games and we just play one (Hawthorn!!!!!!!)
    I think it is three AFL games. We played two home games there this year and the Giants one (against us).

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    Quote Originally Posted by barry View Post
    We need more games at ANZ, not less.
    We can't fill the venue though, there are always free/discounted tickets (TEDDYSCHEERSQUAD, JUDE300 etc) going around which don't gives as good an impression as SOLD OUT. I think with the close games and Bad Blood between us and Hawthorn, that is the only club we can even come close to selling out at ANZ and which I would prefer to be at ANZ (although Round 22 2012 at SCG where Hawthorn came from behind to win was a cracker)

    Collingwood was alright at ANZ but I don't think it was over 47,000 which the SCG can now handle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by barry View Post
    We need more games at ANZ, not less.
    Baz you're absolutely in love with ANZ Ice Skating Rink NASA Black Hole Simulator...I mean...stadium.

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    Quote Originally Posted by barry View Post
    We need more games at ANZ, not less.
    GWS are apparently looking to move their home game vs us from ANZ to Skoda. Sounds like they aren't keen on the venue either.

    The only reason we would play any home games away from a revamped SCG next year would be due to the contract between the AFL and the Mike Fitzpatrick-owned ANZ stadium....

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