I just spoke to a lady from the membership department and she has been told nothing of the move to Waverley. Thinks the demon shop will stay at the G and maybe they'll open another at Waverley, but isn't sure.

So it's not just the members kept in the dark.

Edited 30 minutes ago30 min by AzzKikA
Autocorrect

1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

Im not sure in what universe its more accessible. You know they never did build the rail to artic Park

Caulfield, well Glen Iris is actually the geocentre of Melbourne.

Waverley is and always has been the boonies where unfortunates freeze to death.

Will be interesting to see what effect in reality occurs.

I'm talking some what out of self interest when I talk about accessibility, living in the outer East near Lilydale it's ~40mins by car to Waverley Vs 1hr to Caufield and probably more like 1.5hrs on the train (until SRL becomes a reality). But I also see that band from Ringwood out and the Cranbourne/Pakenham area as being where the younger generations of Demons fans can afford to live.

At least we will be together at Waverley for the time being

19 minutes ago, AzzKikA said:

I just spoke to a lady from the membership department and she has been told nothing of the move to Waverley. Thinks the demon ship will stay at the G and maybe they'll open another at Waverley, but isn't sure.

So it's not just the members kept in the dark.

The Demon ship might need some water access.

33 minutes ago, old dee said:

Forever, we might as well change our name to the Waverley Demons. We will be there forever.

Would still be a better outcome than the one we’ve been in for the past few decades.

I'm sure hundreds of options have been considered, but I'd be interested to know if we've had a crack at being included in the Fisherman's Bend development. Surely we're more chance of getting serious government money for opening a facility in a new precinct while some tacked on community stuff than developing anything in an established area. Added bonus - it's a city location, and could be somewhere to play VFL/AFLW games.

I hadn't paid much attention to the Caulfield plan until recently because it's like waiting for airport rail or a fast train to Sydney, but got interested when the Waverley story came out. The last update on the website is from September 2024, and it doesn't explain the benefits of Caulfield other than we want to build somewhere, and this is somewhere that might let us build. Now that Waverley is on the agenda, I think they need to justify why the cost of Caulfield outweighs a combination of Waverley/Casey. Obviously a custom facility would be better, but is it $70 million worth of better?

The people who have done proper work on this project know more than I do, but I hope we're not getting caught in a rush of executives and board members wanting to be the person who finally delivers the holy grail of an MFC home venue regardless of cost.

P.S - As a bonus feature, here's the bit of the FAQ where they ran out of content and had to fill space.

29 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

I'm talking some what out of self interest when I talk about accessibility, living in the outer East near Lilydale it's ~40mins by car to Waverley Vs 1hr to Caufield and probably more like 1.5hrs on the train (until SRL becomes a reality). But I also see that band from Ringwood out and the Cranbourne/Pakenham area as being where the younger generations of Demons fans can afford to live.

I live on the Bass Coast ... makes sfa difference to me

I only get to small handful of games and maybe a couple of training sessions.

Ironically Casey is the most accessible for moi. If only they let you in. I like Mr Fence am not fond of slitherins 😉. Tbh there ARE nope ropes in the middle of Caulfield !!

1 hour ago, TRIGON said:

FYI @Redleg Stadium is taken…

Longwood Football Netball Club.

That's a great name "Redleg Stadium."

43 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

The Demon ship might need some water access.

Thanks autocorrect 😉