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2009 - We are Selling a Home game to Gold Coast
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The_General said:
General Carlton have also apparently sold a home game as part of this deal.
Also big difference if we were selling a game to play the Lions in QLD like Melbourne have done.
And just to add Collingwood stated just after the NM games were pulled that they would play home games on the GC.
AFL fills Kangaroo vacuum on Gold Coast
Greg Denham | October 03, 2008
THE AFL is set to showcase three strong Melbourne clubs on the Gold Coast for the next two years in a bid to compete with rival codes and continue momentum in its newest growth area.
Richmond, Carlton and St Kilda appear certain to be playing home games at the Gold Coast Stadium at Carrara over the next two years in a bid to maintain high AFL interest before the start-up of the Gold Coast in 2011.
The powerhouse clubs will fill the void left by North Melbourne.
The league needed clubs to fill the gap left by the Kangaroos, who withdrew from the final year of their three-year contract to play three games on the Gold Coast next season.
The North Melbourne deal was for $1.2million from next year, which will now be shared equally among the Tigers, the Blues and the Saints.
The AFL is yet to finalise exact details of next year's fixture, but it is understood that Carlton will play Adelaide and St Kilda could play Brisbane on the Gold Coast after Collingwood pulled out after initially showing interest. The Magpies broke all home-attendance records at the MCG this season by averaging attendances of 65,000, which included games against non-Victorian clubs Fremantle, West Coast and Adelaide.
While the Pies were keen to promote their massive following in Queensland, they believed they could have disenfranchised members and reserved-seat holders had they elected to move a home game to the Gold Coast.
In the Tigers' case, the Melbourne home game they will lose next year would more than likely have been a Telstra Dome match against another Victorian club.
It is believed the Gold Coast fixtures will provide the Tigers with a better net financial result of at least $250,000 in additional revenue each year.
Richmond president Gary March was unavailable for comment yesterday, but it is understood the Tigers, without a major sponsor for 2009, will treat the Gold Coast as a vehicle for promotion and development of their supporter base outside Victoria. It is also an avenue to attract national sponsorship.
Next season a record number of Melbourne-based clubs will play home games outside Victoria.
Only Collingwood, Essendon and the Kangaroos, for the first time in more than a decade, will play all 11 home games at either the MCG or Telstra Dome.
Apart from the Gold Coast exposure for the Tigers, Blues and St Kilda, the Western Bulldogs appear set to again play home games in Darwin and Canberra, Melbourne will play at least one match in Canberra, and Hawthorn will again host four games in Launceston.
The Tigers are heading for a profit this season of about $700,000, while Carlton is expected to make more than $2million.
St Kilda's figure should be somewhere near break-even. In a compete about-face after shunning Tasmania as a home venue, the Saints, with a new administration and coaching staff, will head north instead of south to help its bottom line.
The Saints' experiment of playing home games in Launceston ended in 2007 after it played eight home games there between 2003 and 2006.
Carlton's desire to host games on the Gold Coast is based on building its national brand and for economic reasons.
As an example, when it hosted Brisbane at Telstra Dome in round eight in front of a crowd of 38,675, chief executive Greg Swann said it received a match return of just $26,700.
The Lions had requested a radical proposal to play Collingwood in consecutive matches next season in Queensland, which Brisbane claimed would have enhanced momentum for the code before the entry of the Gold Coast.
Heading the Lions' fixture wish list for seasons 2009 and 2010, was a bold plan to play the Magpies either side of a bye at the Gabba and Carrara.
Brisbane chief executive Michael Bowers yesterday said he was unaware of his club's exact involvement on the Gold Coast over the next two years, but welcomed it as a huge promotional tool for the code.
"As I've said before, the AFL wants to prepare the soil for the new Gold Coast club and we're prepared to be part of that promotion until they enter the competition in 2011," Bowers said.
"It's important that the AFL puts its best foot forward and the Lions should be playing a quality opposition. For us, it's a no-brainer. We want to be part of showcasing the game as an entree for the Gold Coast."
Interest in AFL on the Gold Coast has surpassed all expectation with expressions of interest from potential members now well in excess of 30,000, more than 10,000 ahead of the figure set to be established by next week when the consortium is officially approved by the AFL Commission as the 17th licence holder.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24437821-16143,00.html
Greg Denham | October 03, 2008
THE AFL is set to showcase three strong Melbourne clubs on the Gold Coast for the next two years in a bid to compete with rival codes and continue momentum in its newest growth area.
Richmond, Carlton and St Kilda appear certain to be playing home games at the Gold Coast Stadium at Carrara over the next two years in a bid to maintain high AFL interest before the start-up of the Gold Coast in 2011.
The powerhouse clubs will fill the void left by North Melbourne.
The league needed clubs to fill the gap left by the Kangaroos, who withdrew from the final year of their three-year contract to play three games on the Gold Coast next season.
The North Melbourne deal was for $1.2million from next year, which will now be shared equally among the Tigers, the Blues and the Saints.
The AFL is yet to finalise exact details of next year's fixture, but it is understood that Carlton will play Adelaide and St Kilda could play Brisbane on the Gold Coast after Collingwood pulled out after initially showing interest. The Magpies broke all home-attendance records at the MCG this season by averaging attendances of 65,000, which included games against non-Victorian clubs Fremantle, West Coast and Adelaide.
While the Pies were keen to promote their massive following in Queensland, they believed they could have disenfranchised members and reserved-seat holders had they elected to move a home game to the Gold Coast.
In the Tigers' case, the Melbourne home game they will lose next year would more than likely have been a Telstra Dome match against another Victorian club.
It is believed the Gold Coast fixtures will provide the Tigers with a better net financial result of at least $250,000 in additional revenue each year.
Richmond president Gary March was unavailable for comment yesterday, but it is understood the Tigers, without a major sponsor for 2009, will treat the Gold Coast as a vehicle for promotion and development of their supporter base outside Victoria. It is also an avenue to attract national sponsorship.
Next season a record number of Melbourne-based clubs will play home games outside Victoria.
Only Collingwood, Essendon and the Kangaroos, for the first time in more than a decade, will play all 11 home games at either the MCG or Telstra Dome.
Apart from the Gold Coast exposure for the Tigers, Blues and St Kilda, the Western Bulldogs appear set to again play home games in Darwin and Canberra, Melbourne will play at least one match in Canberra, and Hawthorn will again host four games in Launceston.
The Tigers are heading for a profit this season of about $700,000, while Carlton is expected to make more than $2million.
St Kilda's figure should be somewhere near break-even. In a compete about-face after shunning Tasmania as a home venue, the Saints, with a new administration and coaching staff, will head north instead of south to help its bottom line.
The Saints' experiment of playing home games in Launceston ended in 2007 after it played eight home games there between 2003 and 2006.
Carlton's desire to host games on the Gold Coast is based on building its national brand and for economic reasons.
As an example, when it hosted Brisbane at Telstra Dome in round eight in front of a crowd of 38,675, chief executive Greg Swann said it received a match return of just $26,700.
The Lions had requested a radical proposal to play Collingwood in consecutive matches next season in Queensland, which Brisbane claimed would have enhanced momentum for the code before the entry of the Gold Coast.
Heading the Lions' fixture wish list for seasons 2009 and 2010, was a bold plan to play the Magpies either side of a bye at the Gabba and Carrara.
Brisbane chief executive Michael Bowers yesterday said he was unaware of his club's exact involvement on the Gold Coast over the next two years, but welcomed it as a huge promotional tool for the code.
"As I've said before, the AFL wants to prepare the soil for the new Gold Coast club and we're prepared to be part of that promotion until they enter the competition in 2011," Bowers said.
"It's important that the AFL puts its best foot forward and the Lions should be playing a quality opposition. For us, it's a no-brainer. We want to be part of showcasing the game as an entree for the Gold Coast."
Interest in AFL on the Gold Coast has surpassed all expectation with expressions of interest from potential members now well in excess of 30,000, more than 10,000 ahead of the figure set to be established by next week when the consortium is officially approved by the AFL Commission as the 17th licence holder.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24437821-16143,00.html
In our scenario...playing a fellow vic club, one we share a home ground with...I do not see any negatives.
As a bonus it puts $250,000 nett into the club coffers....a no brainer in my book.
Relax guys and plan a weekend in sunny Qld.......I will certainly be there.
As a bonus it puts $250,000 nett into the club coffers....a no brainer in my book.
Relax guys and plan a weekend in sunny Qld.......I will certainly be there.
craig said:Perfect excuse for a weekend away i reckon
Sh!te a positive post from craig at this time of the year! ;D
Fantastic move by bthe tiges. We always play crap at the dome anyhow. More chance of a win and earning more cash sounds like a cracking ploy to me.
I thought it would come to this, we have to sell a home game and kiss Vlad's fat pimply arse to get a better/fairer draw.
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Mummy - Will Richmond be Premiers before I die????
I am very happy with this decision by the club.
400K is 400k and its a no brainer if we get to drop one of our Telstra Dome games, most likely the Saints game which would have been at the TD. Geez, one game a year and everyone is cracking a spazzo because they get to go to one less game maybe, lighten up, we are making heaps of money, might be compensated for the lost home game anyway, get a favourble draw most likelyadn get to prmote the club and the brand and you get an excuse to go on holidays for a long weekend up to the gold coast. Perfect! Its one game a year for 2 years, thats it.
Good onya Tigers, I am very happy AND I will be travelling to all GC games for sure in the next 2 years!
400K is 400k and its a no brainer if we get to drop one of our Telstra Dome games, most likely the Saints game which would have been at the TD. Geez, one game a year and everyone is cracking a spazzo because they get to go to one less game maybe, lighten up, we are making heaps of money, might be compensated for the lost home game anyway, get a favourble draw most likelyadn get to prmote the club and the brand and you get an excuse to go on holidays for a long weekend up to the gold coast. Perfect! Its one game a year for 2 years, thats it.
Good onya Tigers, I am very happy AND I will be travelling to all GC games for sure in the next 2 years!
Chiang Mai Tiger said:
That's $400k further away from amalgamation or demise
Love it if the game shifted to the Gold Coast was Richmond vs North Melbourne - probably our least attended game too - Karma! ;D
vosstiger said:
OR,
Making finals by that one "home" game (that we may well have lost at Telstra Dome)will add even more than the one financial inducement.
Cup half full or half empty - you Craig's brother?
And how long was Hawthorn,s plan to stay in Tassie?A hell of alot longer than 2yrs.With the full backing of both the AFL and the Tassie Govt.Thats the difference.Tigerbob said:
Once again we got bent over by the AFL.
No.The Pies stated they would play any interstate side on the GC at the expense of that interstate,s side home game.Not the Pies home game.WesternTiger said: