we would not be talking about this if Rothfield hadn't revealed it to us at about lunch time on Wednesday, the club had not made a public statement about it until about 4pm this afternoon, the facts appear that Ossie investigated the move and was in discussion with our board, the trust and ANZ stadium, with general public tickets going on sale this Monday, a decision needed to made very quickly and it has with the end re3sult being a a sh*tload of publicity with a certain sell out sign t be displayed outside all 4 sides of the stadium..
I don't understand how he handled this badly..
That's a very good point.
Obviously I'm happy with the decision not to switch the game at the last minute from the balance of home ground games that was advertised to STHs/Members.
And, apart from the daily news stories serving to get some fans emotional about the possibilities of (and opposition to) shifting our big games to ANZ, what it has done is get the publicity to ensure that we have a sellout at Parra Stadium in Round One, a good spectacle in atmosphere and on TV, with increased demand for more Memberships or for tickets to our other games if people find it hard to get into this one.
To me, having frequent and regular sell outs of your home ground comes first, as a necessary step in making the case for funding any ground expansions, and before considering moving more of your games away from your own home territory.
Good decision (in the end) by all involved. :thumn:
