As thousands of Collingwood and Brisbane members sweat on the ballot to see if they have secured a grand final ticket, the call to increase the allocation to die-hard fans gathers steam.
Former Western Bulldogs vice president Susan Alberti says the AFL should find ways to increase the number of competing club supporters who attend the grand final, as fans of Collingwood and Brisbane scramble to find tickets to Saturday’s decider.
With AFL members also getting access to roughly 15,500 tickets, and about 3500 Medallion Club tickets on offer, more than three quarters of the MCG will be allocated to membership groups. Priority access goes to AFL gold members who barrack for the Pies or Lions, followed by neutral AFL gold members, and thirdly, AFL silver members who barrack for the two grand final sides.
North Melbourne, for example, uses its allocation as part of its Grand Final Breakfast package, which starts each year at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Many Collingwood and Brisbane members paid a premium earlier in the season to secure themselves a guaranteed grand final ticket from their club’s 17,000 allocation if their team made the decider.
“I think most players who have experienced a prelim and a grand final would say there are more supporters at preliminary finals, more members than corporate sponsors who are invited to the grand final and take up a fair chunk of tickets,” Shaw said.“I’ve been on both sides, where there’s absolutely zero support compared to absolute dominant support, and that’s the difference there.
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