MCG Tenants Multi-Million Dollar Windfall

[Adam The God 29,377]

On 6/4/2020 at 11:27 AM, george_on_the_outer said:

The other thing this shows is how much the MCC is ripping out of AFL at each game. 

No fans so the only income is from ground advertising.  How much do the clubs get normally? 

I seem to recall hearing plenty of times we needed 20-25K to break even from an MCG home match....how is it with zero attendees that they can give us $150-200K?

The MCC is very little help to the MFC. My understanding is that the MFC is not seen particularly as a part of the MCC, when I thought it was.

These payments are good news, but I hope we've got strategy around dealing with the MCC going forward.

The less MFC people on the board, the less they care about MFC.

[Lou C. Fur 1,009]

On 6/4/2020 at 12:39 PM, dl4e said:

Does that mean Carlton and Essendon will reap from marvel as well. Why are those 2 clubs on the MCG " home grounds " anyway ?

Good question(s)!

Edited July 3, 2020 by AC/DeeC

[Lou C. Fur 1,009]

On 6/4/2020 at 12:39 PM, dl4e said:

Does that mean Carlton and Essendon will reap from marvel as well. Why are those 2 clubs on the MCG " home grounds " anyway ?

Again, good questions!

[Biffen 12,832]

How this club ever allowed "shared usage' of the ground we built and developed for over 160 years has got me [censored].

We could have been receiving rent from these plebs had the right deals been put in place at the right time.

More lament....

More anguish.

 

[Dr. Gonzo 23,705]

9 hours ago, Biffen said:

How this club ever allowed "shared usage' of the ground we built and developed for over 160 years has got me [censored].

We could have been receiving rent from these plebs had the right deals been put in place at the right time.

More lament....

More anguish.

 

How? The ground is owned by the state government and managed by the state government appointed MCG Trust.

[Adam The God 29,377]

12 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

How? The ground is owned by the state government and managed by the state government appointed MCG Trust.

Was this always the case though?

[Dr. Gonzo 23,705]

2 minutes ago, A F said:

Was this always the case though?

Looks like it

http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=698

[Biffen 12,832]

4 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Looks like it

http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=698

Looks nothing like it.

The MCC  started the game of football "to keep cricketers fit in winter".

We were the only club allowed on the ground.

Yes it is crown land -we paid the rates over more than a century before it went into profitable territory.

There is no dispute that the MFC and the VFL /AFL have profited due to our invention of/participation in/development of and largesse in the game of Australian rules.

All councils parasite off the people who made the land a profitable space-in this case both the MCC and the MFC.

There is no disputing this-I will not accept contrary opinions on this matter.,

 

Edited July 4, 2020 by Biffen

[Dr. Gonzo 23,705]

https://amp.theage.com.au/sport/afl/evacuation-hits-victorian-clubs-bottom-line-20200715-p55c5b.html?__twitter_impression=true

Well there you go. I'd assume this puts a massive hole in the MFC budget and any hope of remaining unassisted. Conservatively it's about another million dollars we would have to find.

 

[Adam The God 29,377]

39 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

https://amp.theage.com.au/sport/afl/evacuation-hits-victorian-clubs-bottom-line-20200715-p55c5b.html?__twitter_impression=true

Well there you go. I'd assume this puts a massive hole in the MFC budget and any hope of remaining unassisted. Conservatively it's about another million dollars we would have to find.

 

Be interested to know if we planned for the event of a written off 2020 season after the shut down in the first place.

Reckon COVID still has a bit to go and I'd be very surprised if the 2020 season is completed at all. I just can't see COVID not spreading across the country again. Stage 4 for Victorians tomorrow (yet to be announced) and NSW won't be far behind.

I hope we had a contingency after the first stoppage of play to deal with this in the event that there was a second wave.

[Diamond_Jim 12,357]

2 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

https://amp.theage.com.au/sport/afl/evacuation-hits-victorian-clubs-bottom-line-20200715-p55c5b.html?__twitter_impression=true

Well there you go. I'd assume this puts a massive hole in the MFC budget and any hope of remaining unassisted. Conservatively it's about another million dollars we would have to find.

 

it was a round robin.... that will fly again

[Pates 9,625]

2 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

https://amp.theage.com.au/sport/afl/evacuation-hits-victorian-clubs-bottom-line-20200715-p55c5b.html?__twitter_impression=true

Well there you go. I'd assume this puts a massive hole in the MFC budget and any hope of remaining unassisted. Conservatively it's about another million dollars we would have to find.

 

Another way our lack of home games to start the year has hurt us. I hope there will be a away to transfer at least some of what we would've got over to the games at Metricon and the Gabba.

[chookrat 4,205]

13 hours ago, A F said:

Be interested to know if we planned for the event of a written off 2020 season after the shut down in the first place.

Reckon COVID still has a bit to go and I'd be very surprised if the 2020 season is completed at all. I just can't see COVID not spreading across the country again. Stage 4 for Victorians tomorrow (yet to be announced) and NSW won't be far behind.

I hope we had a contingency after the first stoppage of play to deal with this in the event that there was a second wave.

A F, re stage 4 restrictions I cannot see these being applied outside of hotspot suburbs. At the moment regional Victoria, including Greater Geelong are not under stage 3 despite more active cases than a number of Melbourne Metro councils. I reckon we will see additional LGA's moved to stage 3 and stage 4 introduced in specific hotspot postcodes.

[Adam The God 29,377]

5 hours ago, chookrat said:

A F, re stage 4 restrictions I cannot see these being applied outside of hotspot suburbs. At the moment regional Victoria, including Greater Geelong are not under stage 3 despite more active cases than a number of Melbourne Metro councils. I reckon we will see additional LGA's moved to stage 3 and stage 4 introduced in specific hotspot postcodes.

Yep, my source was wrong RE: stage 4 restrictions today.

[chookrat 4,205]

1 hour ago, A F said:

Yep, my source was wrong RE: stage 4 restrictions today.

Thanks A F, can you tell them that chookrat on Demonland says to get their [censored] together.