2024 Grand Final registration reminder

[Section 5]

The reason some P2 may have missed out is because they did not choose the clubs recommended option.
That being "includes standing room"

Of course, they may prefer to miss out rather than getting standing room tickets.

 

[Jubair]

Just wanna find out some information on standing room sections from people who have been at the MCG:

• How early do you recommend getting there to ensure you're not standing behind so many people?
• Is every standing bay open to everyone to go into or only the people ticketed to be there? If only ticketed people, how many generally per standing room section?
• Do you have to save space for friends etc when they leave to get food/drinks or toilet breaks or are people generally respectful of where people are standing and won't take their spots etc?

Just bumping this post up again if anyone had any information?

 

[Gadzorks]

Just bumping this post up again if anyone had any information?

All I can offer is that the standing room people behind or section seemed to change over the game. So maybe as you get a drink, go to the bathroom etc the standing crowd moves around.

If you are a family or friends group you can probably get and keep your territory.

 

[GOTHELIONS16]

I’ve no idea how many SM’s they offer, but taking it to the full available capacity would make some SM’s unhappy. Our club allocation includes standing room and restricted view seats. I would be disappointed to get a standing ticket as a “guaranteed ticket”. So at most, they could extend and cap at the number of “regular seats” for SM.

Not all SMs go to the grand final. So this is not an issue. What is more, successful P2s are in the same ballot as SMs. So some SMs in the ballot, as they did this week, will still end up with standing room, while some P2s end up with premium seats. That is what we saw happen this week. For example, hypothetically If we capped SMs to 100, they are combined with all the successful P2s and allocated random seats anyway. So what you’re suggesting does not work. SMs must be at the 17500 cap.

 

[braddsey]

There are definitely plenty of P2s who missed out, and plenty of P3s who got tickets. Not sure how that works - maybe the P3s requested a smaller number of tickets?

Potentially P2’s not selecting standing room?
Alternative could be P2’s looking for a group of 4, but P3’s getting singles, and no block of 4 available (for example).

 

[braddsey]

Not all SMs go to the grand final. So this is not an issue. What is more, successful P2s are in the same ballot as SMs. So some SMs in the ballot, as they did this week, will still end up with standing room, while some P2s end up with premium seats. So what you’re suggesting does not work. SMs must be at the 17500 cap.

Neither of us know the answers (unless you happen to work at the club / ticketek), however if the club is doing the right thing by it’s members, then they shouldn’t sell more guaranteed tickets than tickets available. They could do like the airlines and overbook in the knowledge that some won’t show, but they run the risk of making members unhappy if they miss out. Why bother with that stress… nothing to gain (other than a very small amount of additional revenue).
P1’s and P2’s are not in the same ballot. P1’s are allocated, then P2’s are allocated, otherwise they cannot guarantee P1’s get a ticket. There are obviously anomalies that result in some P2’s getting better seats than some P1’s. This could be the way the seats are allocated for P1’s (ie leaving 1 or 2 seats between groups), but on the whole P1’s are getting the higher category seats.

Anyway, you seem to be set on you opinion, so as with FFB1, i’ll bow out of this discussion point too.

Go lions!

 

[GOTHELIONS16]

Neither of us know the answers (unless you happen to work at the club / ticketek), however if the club is doing the right thing by it’s members, then they shouldn’t sell more guaranteed tickets than tickets available. They could do like the airlines and overbook in the knowledge that some won’t show, but they run the risk of making members unhappy if they miss out. Why bother with that stress… nothing to gain (other than a very small amount of additional revenue).
P1’s and P2’s are not in the same ballot. P1’s are allocated, then P2’s are allocated, otherwise they cannot guarantee P1’s get a ticket. There are obviously anomalies that result in some P2’s getting better seats than some P1’s. This could be the way the seats are allocated for P1’s (ie leaving 1 or 2 seats between groups), but on the whole P1’s are getting the higher category seats.

Anyway, you seem to be set on you opinion, so as with FFB1, i’ll bow out of this discussion point too.

Go lions!

There are groups of P2s who got cat 1 seats. And there are P1s who got restricted/standing room. Those are the facts.

 

[BRAB]

McIvor did you get tickets in the end?

 

[Paul Mac]

Not sure if anyone else this has happened to. Our money for tickets came out of our bank when checking on phone Sunday night therefore us knowing we had got tickets. The same amount has just been taken out of our account again tonight. When i got online to check our account, the Sunday payment is pending and the payment has just been taken out tonight on the actual balance amounts of our statement. Our balance is showing an amount but our available amount is alot less and it is the same amount of our tickets so they have taken one payment out and are holding ( pending ) the same amount again. Thats crap. Hope everyone understands what i am saying. Have to ring in morning so not sure if our bank problem or ticketek.

 

[Section 5]

The AFL Event Office has cancelled the barcodes of a range of corporate hospitality tickets just days out from the grand final after its portal was hacked.

The event office handles corporate tickets – the smallest allocation for the grand final at the MCG on Saturday. Those involving Before the Bounce, Crown Grand Final Breakfast, Grand Final Plus Pass, Hassett Room, Ultimate Nobu, and Ultimate Suite packages have been impacted.

Buyer beware: AFL Event Office hacked; Scalpers feast on grand final tickets

As the countdown to the AFL grand final reaches its last days, the AFL’s integrity unit and Victoria Police are looking into the unauthorised access of some tickets.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Redandblackflyup]

Sorry to intrude.

Have Standing Room tickets - would love to swap for Seats (for the old man) and happy to pay the cash difference.

Feel free to send a direct message.

All the best for Saturday

 

[Sauce Merrett]

The AFL Event Office has cancelled the barcodes of a range of corporate hospitality tickets just days out from the grand final after its portal was hacked.

The event office handles corporate tickets – the smallest allocation for the grand final at the MCG on Saturday. Those involving Before the Bounce, Crown Grand Final Breakfast, Grand Final Plus Pass, Hassett Room, Ultimate Nobu, and Ultimate Suite packages have been impacted.

Buyer beware: AFL Event Office hacked; Scalpers feast on grand final tickets

As the countdown to the AFL grand final reaches its last days, the AFL’s integrity unit and Victoria Police are looking into the unauthorised access of some tickets.

www.theage.com.au

Yep, happened to mine. Waiting for the new Barcode.

 

[SMAC2024]

I know of P3s who got in this year so not sure what these new BF members are on about

Wow, good to know some P3s got in. I was P2 and missed out unfortunately. Hope the rest of the Lions fans attending will cheer on my behalf

 

[Sauce Merrett]

Any other loners out there like me, heading down on their lonesome ?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

GF tickets now officially sold out.

 

[SMAC2024]

We were lower level NN can't remember the section last year
That was 50 rows back and not good seats in my opinion

​

Undercover Seating​

Due to the difficulty in accurately classifying any seat at the MCG as "undercover", even though there is a roof overhead in some sections of the ground, patrons cannot be guaranteed protection from the elements.

As a guide however, please read below to see where the drip line for each level lies.

Members' Reserve

• Level 1 (M): Row Y
• Level 2 (N): Row H
• Level 3 (P): All undercover
• Level 4 (Q): All undercover

Olympic Stand

• Level 1 (M): Row Y
• Level 2 (N): Row H
• Level 4 (Q): All undercover (please note: no cover in bays Q56-Q57)

Ponsford Stand

• Level 1 (M): Row Y
• Level 2 (N): Row H
• Level 4 (Q): All undercover (please note: no cover in bays Q29-Q30)

Shane Warne Stand

• Level 1 (M): Row Y
• Level 2 (N): Row B
• Level 3 (P): No cover
• Level 4 (Q): All undercover

Final rows​

Please see below for the last row on each level.

Members' Reserve

• Level 1 (M): Row NN
• Level 2 (N): Row M
• Level 3 (P): Row F
• Level 4 (Q): Row MM

Olympic Stand

• Level 1 (M): Row NN
• Level 2 (N): Row M
• Level 3 (P): N/A
• Level 4 (Q): Row MM

Ponsford Stand

• Level 1 (M): Row NN
• Level 2 (N): Row Q
• Level 3 (P): N/A
• Level 4 (Q): Row MM

Shane Warne Stand

• Level 1 (M): Row LL
• Level 2 (N): Row K
• Level 3 (P): Row F
• Level 4 (Q): Row DD

Thanks for the info!

 

[twhowler]

There are groups of P2s who got cat 1 seats. And there are P1s who got restricted/standing room. Those are the facts.

Yeah nah i just don’t think this is true. Calling a post on facebook a fact seems a stretch too.

 

[FFB1]

Yeah nah i just don’t think this is true. Calling a post on facebook a fact seems a stretch too.

Only way I can see P2’s missing out AND P3’s getting a ticket is either were in a big group registering, and there were no tickets left for that many in a group when their time came for allocation (meaning everyone else in the group missed out), or they didn’t tick ‘accept standing room’ (meaning same thing, the whole group missed out). Otherwise I can’t see how P2’s missed out and P3’s scored a ticket.

 

[SMAC2024]

Only way I can see P2’s missing out is either were in a big group registering, and there were no tickets left for that many in a group when their time came for allocation (meaning everyone else in the group missed out), or they didn’t tick ‘accept standing room’ (meaning same thing, the whole group missed out). Otherwise I can’t see how P2’s missed out and P3’s scored a ticket.

I was P2 and ticked accept standing room. Missed out.

 

[FFB1]

I was P2 and ticked accept standing room. Missed out.

Unlucky mate - I actually meant the only way P3’s getting tickets and P2’s missing out was what I first said - in that I find it hard to believe P3’s got in before any P2’s (edited my post).

 

[Pinnell]

I’ve got two corporate tickets from afl events. When they resend the barcodes they will be available. Embarrassingly purchased when hopeful of taking my son to the game when Carlton looked a chance.

 

[BrizLions90]

I’ve got two corporate tickets from afl events. When they resend the barcodes they will be available. Embarrassingly purchased when hopeful of taking my son to the game when Carlton looked a chance.

Hi - how much roughly would these be?
I have two standing tickets already but looking to upgrade to seating tix. PM me if you prefer, thanks

 

[Gleb]

Hi - how much roughly would these be?
I have two standing tickets already but looking to upgrade to seating tix. PM me if you prefer, thanks

Are you looking for 1 or 2 seated tickets?

 

[BrizLions90]

Are you looking for 1 or 2 seated tickets?

i'm looking for 2. i have the wife coming along who is a bit shorter & worried about the view!

 

[troppo]

I am P3 and did NOT tick the box that I would accept standing room tickets.
I did NOT get tickets but I know I was dreaming.
I will be at home on the couch Saturday afternoon.
I just hope the neighbours don’t call the police.
Go Lions