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I don’t know that it’s a Ticketek decision - they’re just told what the limit on numbers is. Ground management would decide to keep sections closed to minimise opening bars and facilities - keeping staffing to a minimum. As a result everyone is crammed in like a normal game.
So much for COVID considerations determining crowd numbers - what a farce.
This.
I get vertigo when I sit up the top. My head spins, I feel like I'm going to fall out of my seat and onto the ground.
So I log on to get a ticket, spend an hour refreshing to try find a better seat. Nothing on ground, or level 2 I'm told.
Watch the game on TV - empty seats in those areas galore.
I've paid my membership, club has my money. I've spent a truckload at the Tigers store.
Not sure me showing up on a Friday night is an accurate sign that I don't support the club.
Friday night was an important date for Greek Easter, you know how many Tiger supporters are Greek.
To further the point the club allowed a certain high profile Greek supporter to get our 2020 cup blessed.
Would be nice if I still lived there!
Couple of trains and a couple of hours to get home for me now.
The empty seats I saw on the TV coverage, in bays I could buy, combined with the large number of Footscray supporters in the Roaming Tiger bays, really gave me the s***s.
There was what seemed to be a very large group up the front in M1 and they were mostly Dogs' supporters. When and how did they get those tickets? I tried so many times and they were never available, not when the tickets went on sale and not a couple of hours before the game or at any time in between.
There is no way that I was seeing the seats which were actually available and I just want to know why.
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The issue is not that you can't buy tickets weeks ahead it's that you have to buy them at all. Whether you are RFC, MCC or AFL just turning up scanning your ticket and finding a seat is how we have Been going to the footy for decades.
This forum seems to be heavily populated by 3121 and other reserved ticket holders. Huge financial backers of the club but maybe only 5-10% of the membership base.
Excellent point. And that is for games in your home state. Trying to book an interstate game us a joke... could be fri sat or sun .. Don't know until gill dictates I need to know.
All clubs are offering "free" seats in *smile* positions hoping you will cough up for premium locations. So I can understand why people say no thanks I will stay ho,e and watch it for free.
we we’re still able to get seats 5 rows from the ground just hours before the game Anzac Day eve , no doubt this ticketing system is stopping some from going to the game. We experienced first hand at the Saints game how bad the random ticketing can be.
Of the 52k there Friday night , had to be atleast 40k Tiges , bit like us the Dogs dont cross Spencer st at night
Of the 52k there Friday night , had to be atleast 40k Tiges , bit like us the Dogs dont cross Spencer st at night
I don’t find that at all. I kept clicking for better seats and it kept giving me the same location. I do prefer to sit higher up as I find I can see more of the play. I’m curious to know why the top deck of the Olympic stand wasn’t opened. I looked through my binoculars and the only 2 people that I saw in that whole area were police. I found it amusing that they had cops in an empty stand. I also did notice that for the first time this year they didn’t put up the “ social distancing “ ads ( although I may have missed it). I don’t understand why they can’t open to 100% capacity when they are cramming everyone into certain areas while keeping other sections empty. I’ve been to every game this year except the port game and in each game I was seated next to total strangers. If they’re doing that then what’s the point of not having 100% capacity available?
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Firstly the extra the AFL charges to get a decent seat is a disgrace.
They are trying to get as much money back this year as possible by charging $40-$70 for a seat upgrade.
And Friday night was Orthodox Easter. 30% of our supporters would be Greek
