Is it worth it?? AFL restricted/full member Richmond club support or

[Al Bundy]

The AFL corrected their mistakes of that year as there was a massive outcry.

They took out the cost of the Grand Final. They then allocated 40% of the seats available to Full members first of the competing teams. usually sold on the Sunday.

Then on Tuesday the remaning 60% plus any left over from the 40% allocation goes on sale for the other Full members. Thus you get a double chance to get a ticket if your tema makes it if you a full member. Should by Thursday there are tickets left, restircted members get to snap up any tickets left.

It has worked perfectly. They did stuff it up that year but its as perfect as can be now. Awesome value.

 

[Al Bundy]

Here is the allocation of Grand Final tickets from a current email that has just come through the AFL. It reads as follows;



AFL MEMBER TICKETING ARRANGEMENTS

The following ticketing arrangements apply to AFL Members wishing to attend the 2005 Toyota AFL Grand Final:

Full Member Allocation Process -

Sunday, September 18
A maximum of up to 60% of total AFL Members’ tickets will be made available to AFL Full Members whose nominated club of support is competing in the Grand Final. Tickets will be on sale Sunday, Sept. 18, at 10am.


There will only be a limited number of Ticketmaster outlets opening at 10am this Sunday for the sale of competing club AFL Full Member tickets. A full list of these can be found here.

Please note: Due to the number of AFL Full Members who hold a club support package of the 4 remaining teams, it is important to understand that ALL full members with a competing club membership of the 2 competing Grand Final teams will receive a ticket if they require one.

Tuesday, September 20
All remaining tickts will be made available to Full Members who have not already purchased a ticket, subject to availability, on Tuesday September 20, at 9am.

All Full Member Tickets on Tuesday September 20 will be released for sale through:

- All Ticketmaster Outlets which usually open on a Tuesday
- Ticketmaster phone service 1300 888 081

Full Member Ticket Prices  Adult Conc. Junior
Reserved Seat  $74.00 $50.00 $28.00 
Standing Room  $53.00 $38.00 $20.00 


Silver Member Allocation Process -

Silver Members with a club support package for either of the 2 competing teams may choose one of the following options to access a Grand Final tickets.

1. As a club member through their clubs ticket allocation (Members will need to confirm the process, their eligibility and on sale day/time with their club) in the public section of the ground; or



2. Access any tickets remaining in the AFL Reserve after the Full Member ticket sales procedures, on Wednesday Sept. 21.

Any remaining tickets after the Wednesday on sale to competing club Silver Members will then be made to all other Silver AFL Members on Thursday, September 22.

Silver Member Ticket Prices  Adult Conc. Junior
Reserved Seat  $160.00 $160.00 $103.00
Standing Room  $120.00 $120.00 $79.00

 

[AZZORP]

If you only go to RFC games and dont go to finals unless we are in them, the AFL full membership is very poor value. Add to that the $10 or so it costs to take a non AFL member child along with you - compared to $2 in the general reserve. Often I take all three kids with me. If kids, or worse still, guests are not members, it becomes an outrageously expensive day.

In the old days we had reasonable bars overlooking the ground to drink in and had a guaranteed GF ticket for FREE. Over a few year period we were shunted down into the bowels of the stand to have a beer and are now charged $70 or $80 IF we get a ticket.

Last season I let my AFL Richmond club support package go, got a couple of RFC memberships for me and the kids and we havent looked back. We now stop in at Punt Rd for a couple of frothies and a kick of the footy instead of being squashed into that shyte bar down underneath the Southern Stand. The view from up in the new Ponsford stand is fantastic and the facilities 100% better than the AFL members reserve.

Havent quite done the research yet, but I am waiting for the new stands to be totally completed and then I'll look at a RFC family membership with reserved seats. My bet is that it will be much better value than my AFL membership plus whatever it was costing me each week to take the kids. The added bonus is I now sit amongst RFC people. Up in the Southren stand we were often outnumbered many times to one by opposition supporters. I think stats showed that we had one of the lowest number of RFC AFl memberships of all the melb based clubs.

BTW , I also turned down an offer of an MCC membership this year - after waiting for 12 years or so.

 

[Richmond]

I am a restricted AFL member, have been for the past two years. I go to every Richmond game and a couple of others during the year, probably 15-20 games. The main reason I have it is for the finals tickets if Richmond make it, or just to go to the Grand Final. Which I went to last year. I am hoping to do the same this year. I was quoted a waiting period of 10 years to full AFL membership, but this was when the MCG capacity was lower than it is now, so hopefully in the next year or two it will be upgraded to full, just in time for the next Tiger dynasty!!