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No - been there and done that. We in Canberra don’t want them, and I’m pretty sure North also don’t want to relocate anywhere.
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Absolutely. The Giants are also Canberra’s AFL team, and this is indicated by the sold out games we have had so far at Manuka.
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Just leaving this here…
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called it.
i don't think the ANZAC Day "long" weekend has helped, unlike some other matches—perhaps more Crows from Adelaide than normal but that is just about it.
It is hard to understate how bad North are and how much effort it takes to get to Blundstone. There is no incentive to pay money to watch them, especially if you are neutral. You probably get a better game in the TSL.
Who cares if there is 3k less there in the last few dieing north tassie games
manicmagpie
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If we look on the brightside, the crowd was nearly 10% higher than the last one at Bellerive.
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you will notice a pattern since 2020.... (the highest is 8.5K, and that was still a quite empty in the Boon stand IIRC)
The matches scheduled have been terrible. That is mostly on North and how bad they have been.
THe GA was alright today. Could be better, but it is just a place on a hill. The issue is the seated seats in the Boon Stand. The TCA Members didnt really turn up either.
The seats, with the sun setting and in your eyes, cost you $50...To watch North Melbourne.... $40 are the cheapest seated tickets.
This is the reason why Hobart needs a new stadium
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Lovely crowd:
Insanely good
That’s a phenomenal crowd. Biggest ever Geelong “home” crowd. Excellent stuff.
Anyone who wants to go to Kings Birthday Eve might wanna book their tickets now. We’re looking at 90+ for that one.
It’s quite funny, cats supporters get up in arms when they have to play host to the Pies at the ‘G but let’s see what they say about playing the Blues tonight. Not sure they’ll complain as they won & produced a record
Pretty sure that's the biggest Geelong vs Carlton crowd by like 17K.
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The 2nd highest Geelong H & A game ever, only behind Coll/Geel in 2010 (88,115).
Also the Blues' 7th highest crowd ever and best against a non Big 4 team.
There's been 254,259 people go to the MCG from the 3 games so far. This is a record for any 3 games in one round at the G. Haw/Syd needs to get 37,215 on Sunday to grab the overall record attendance at the G for a single round.
There's already been 312k through the gates so far this round. Only 2 rounds ever have reached 400k - can this one be the third?
Also the Blues' 7th highest crowd ever and best against a non Big 4 team.
There's been 254,259 people go to the MCG from the 3 games so far. This is a record for any 3 games in one round at the G. Haw/Syd needs to get 37,215 on Sunday to grab the overall record attendance at the G for a single round.
There's already been 312k through the gates so far this round. Only 2 rounds ever have reached 400k - can this one be the third?
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Fantastic crowd at the MCG. Much higher than I expected.
- Geelong's highest 'home' crowd in history surpassing the previous record of 87,653 against Essendon in 1989.
- 2nd biggest Geelong H&A crowd in history.
- 7th biggest Carlton H&A crowd in history.
Kings Birthday selling very well
They picked the right time to launch it, with Carlton on the up. One team had to be for it to work.
They had Easter Sunday/Monday for 3 years in the late 90s, then the Thursday night season opener in 99, and to this day I still can’t recall why they didn’t continue with either. Probably because Easter clashed with Anzac Day in 2000.
Geelong would take a Kardinia Park final against anyone 100 times out of 100, and wouldn’t give a second thought to the attendance.
I reckon they’ll get to 400k and the MCG single round record. Wheeling out buddy a master stroke.
The freo game looks a decent crowd, 45k plus. 40k at the G tomorrow and 10 at Carrara
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Leigh Matthews made this point today but was referring to Canberra, I dunno if he realised it was a sellout. Lucky he didn't see the north game.
Well the ACT isn't really a solid footy area, where Tassie is, or supposed to be. Not a well thought out comment by Matthews.
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