Magic Weekend 2019 - Suncorp

[Perth Red]

now I've heard it all.

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the irony.

 

[Hoofhearted]

i have learnt year after year with the nq v broncos game in brisbane and getting shit seats in the pre-sale, run the gauntlet and wait for the regular/normal release. pre-sales in our sport are a waste of f**king time.

Are Bays 301 and 302 normally available areas, or are they one of these mysterious bays that never seem to have tickets available. I'd like to get somewhere in this area, we've figured that we're flying all the way from Perth so may as well get the best seats we can.

 

[Timmah]

the irony.

Oh look, you had no retort to my point so resorted to a personal attack.

I'll take that as you conceding defeat.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Are Bays 301 and 302 normally available areas, or are they one of these mysterious bays that never seem to have tickets available. I'd like to get somewhere in this area, we've figured that we're flying all the way from Perth so may as well get the best seats we can.

It is quite possible they have with held those bays for corporate sales.

The NRL often do that for finals matches at the SFS where tickets on halfway on the western side are often unavailable during the member's pre-sale and often for much of the period they are on sale to the general public as they are for the corporate packages (I found this out from someone in Roosters Membership Department a year or two back).

 

[Hoofhearted]

So I went in to the Ticketek outlet in town today to see if I could have any joy getting decent tickets where we want them, the lady there was very helpful bringing up the seating plan for me and showing the available areas. Bays 301 and 302 are not available and the other bays in Diamond class only have 5 or 6 rows available at this stage with probably 20 to 30 sales in each section. She rang the Ticketek office to check when the bays will be available and they said its out of there control, it's up to the promoter (I'm assuming in this case that would be the NRL) as to when and where they release tickets.
I would suggest to anyone looking to buy tickets to hold off, from what I saw there is minimal seats been available at this stage (I only looked at the Diamond seats). The lady at Ticketek said if we spot some tickets in those bays available to come into the outlet and she can select the seats we want.

 

[simmo05]

In other words, a typical nrl cluster f**k?

 

[siv]

In other words, a typical nrl cluster f**k?

Can't be any worse than putting it on Mothers Day weekend

Success for me for this event will be attendance that matches or betters a NRL Easter Weekend aggregate

As ot is prime time football period

However a aggregate less than the week before NRL round or average NRL round aggregate in my opinion is deemed unsuccessful

 

[Timmah]

Can't be any worse than putting it on Mothers Day weekend

Success for me for this event will be attendance that matches or betters a NRL Easter Weekend aggregate

As ot is prime time football period

However a aggregate less than the week before NRL round or average NRL round aggregate in my opinion is deemed unsuccessful

Translation: "I think they're stupid to put it on the Mother's Day weekend but I'm going to place extreme and unreasonable expectations on the crowd aggregate because I have a grudge".

 

[siv]

I can see you got lost in the translator

So in your opinion how will you measure success

 

[Timmah]

I can see you got lost in the translator

So in your opinion how will you measure success

Already covered earlier in the thread in my responses to Valheru's crowd estimates. Measure it against the same games had they been played at the regular home venues, excepting Manly v Brisbane as it's been played at Suncorp for several years.

 

[franklin2323]

Your preaching to the converted

But many other fans just prefer to watch on TV and avoid all of costs and hassles

NRL is a TV product these days

Ahh yes and people thought when the NRL took over scheduling it will change. I am glad we don't lose a home game for this farce

 

[Timmah]

Ahh yes and people thought when the NRL took over scheduling it will change. I am glad we don't lose a home game for this farce

It amuses me that the moment Phil Gould is against something, all his Penrith disciples follow the same lines

 

[franklin2323]

It amuses me that the moment Phil Gould is against something, all his Penrith disciples follow the same lines

Ahh yes. I follow Panthers so have to follow his say so. Gus is anti magic weekend.. I am anti it in NSW or QLD.

Melbourne the 1st week when no AFL is on. Perth, Adelaide. Auckland etc all much better options

 

[beave]

Ahh yes. I follow Panthers so have to follow his say so. Gus is anti magic weekend.. I am anti it in NSW or QLD.

Melbourne the 1st week when no AFL is on. Perth, Adelaide. Auckland etc all much better options

yeah well suncorp was a better option for 3 years worth of GF’s over the SCG while ANZ gets knocked down.,,,,, but hey, we don’t always get what we want.

 

[Timmah]

Ahh yes. I follow Panthers so have to follow his say so. Gus is anti magic weekend.. I am anti it in NSW or QLD.

Melbourne the 1st week when no AFL is on. Perth, Adelaide. Auckland etc all much better options

LOLOLOL

Melbourne (or anywhere) Round 1? Yeah, take home games away from fans that have been starved of footy for 5 months at the first opportunity in an effort to boost crowds in what's already among the best-attended rounds each season.

Adelaide, Perth? Perth didn't fill a double header this year, Adelaide gets 15-20k to games at the moment. No.

Auckland might be a goer but Brisbane is fine for a first go. It won't be there permanently.

 

[franklin2323]

yeah well suncorp was a better option for 3 years worth of GF’s over the SCG while ANZ gets knocked down.,,,,, but hey, we don’t always get what we want.

Yep. Dumb decisions both of those

 

[Perth Red]

LOLOLOL

Melbourne (or anywhere) Round 1? Yeah, take home games away from fans that have been starved of footy for 5 months at the first opportunity in an effort to boost crowds in what's already among the best-attended rounds each season.

Adelaide, Perth? Perth didn't fill a double header this year, Adelaide gets 15-20k to games at the moment. No.

Auckland might be a goer but Brisbane is fine for a first go. It won't be there permanently.

It’s a pants concept for Australia, double headers for expansion cities are far better options. Rather than this magic weekend we could have had 4 double headers which would have been far more strategically beneficial to the game.

 

[Timmah]

It’s a pants concept for Australia, double headers for expansion cities are far better options. Rather than this magic weekend we could have had 4 double headers which would have been far more strategically beneficial to the game.

I actually agree for the most part. But we have what we have so why not will it to have the best result instead of incessantly talking the game down?

 

[Vee]

I actually agree for the most part. But we have what we have so why not will it to have the best result instead of incessantly talking the game down?

f**kem. If they stuff it up, call them out.

 

[41yearsaint]

Hope it rains all weekend.
Would be great to see teams battling it out in the mud, instead of manicured lawns.