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A weekly Grand Final-style ticket ballot for paid-up members is almost certain to be introduced when crowds return to AFL football in Victoria, potentially as early as next month.

As the National Cabinet prepares to ease COVID-19 restrictions from July — which could allow for crowds of 10,000 or more to attend matches — the AFL and its clubs are looking at how they can manage a high demand for tickets when fans are given the green light to attend matches at the MCG, Marvel Stadium and GMHBA Stadium.

A meeting between the clubs and AFL officials on Friday discussed a range of options, but the prospect of a weekly “golden ticket” ballot for members was believed to be the most favoured.

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Anyone who purchased a reserved seat with Grand Final Guarantee for 2020 should be first in line for a ticket when the game allows spectators again. (Yes, that includes me). ?

Then people with a reserved seat.

Then anyone else with a club membership. 
 

Any other suggestions?

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  On 13/06/2020 at 22:45, Robot Devil said:

Anyone who purchased a reserved seat with Grand Final Guarantee for 2020 should be first in line for a ticket when the game allows spectators again. (Yes, that includes me). ?

Then people with a reserved seat.

Then anyone else with a club membership. 
 

Any other suggestions?

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Agree with that.

The only thing to add is if restrictions continue during the regular season once you have been selected to attend a match you then go to the bottom of the line to at least give everyone a chance to attend. 

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  On 13/06/2020 at 22:59, Dee Zephyr said:

Agree with that.

The only thing to add is if restrictions continue during the regular season once you have been selected to attend a match you then go to the bottom of the line to at least give everyone a chance to attend. 

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Yep, that’s fair enough. 
I wonder how many reserved seat memberships the MFC has sold this year?

I would be of the opinion that if the crowd limits are eased and more people can attend, then those with the higher grade memberships should have first choice to attend with the tickets then being made available to lower tier memberships or non-members.

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I’m both a football club member (full) and a MCC member. If crowds return to the MCG, it’ll be interesting to see what the arrangements are for MCC members. I would expect that Full MCC members would get priority over restricted members and would doubt there will be guest tickets available 

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  On 13/06/2020 at 23:12, Leoncelli_36 said:

I’m both a football club member (full) and a MCC member. If crowds return to the MCG, it’ll be interesting to see what the arrangements are for MCC members. I would expect that Full MCC members would get priority over restricted members and would doubt there will be guest tickets available 

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All MCC members are required to nominate the club they support.  Tickets should be made available to the Full members of the competing clubs in the first instance, with a ballot process if necessary.

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  On 13/06/2020 at 23:12, Leoncelli_36 said:

I’m both a football club member (full) and a MCC member. If crowds return to the MCG, it’ll be interesting to see what the arrangements are for MCC members. I would expect that Full MCC members would get priority over restricted members and would doubt there will be guest tickets available 

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And the same question for AFL members?

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I’m really hoping this pandemic changes the MCC’s ridiculous general admission tradition. Paying for a premium membership and then having to line up for hours and put a scarf on your chair to reserve your seat? Hopefully common sense finally prevails.

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  On 13/06/2020 at 22:45, Robot Devil said:

Anyone who purchased a reserved seat with Grand Final Guarantee for 2020 should be first in line for a ticket when the game allows spectators again. (Yes, that includes me). ?

Then people with a reserved seat.

Then anyone else with a club membership. 
 

Any other suggestions?

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Where does the rank & file cheer squad sit in this chain of command?

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  On 13/06/2020 at 22:45, Robot Devil said:

Anyone who purchased a reserved seat with Grand Final Guarantee for 2020 should be first in line for a ticket when the game allows spectators again. (Yes, that includes me). ?

Then people with a reserved seat.

Then anyone else with a club membership. 
 

Any other suggestions?

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Generally agree with this. Might encourage people to upgrade their club membership to premium levels.

Some tweaking around country members or members with disabilities might be worth exploring. 

Certainly the emphasis should be on members, rather than corporate box packages.

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  On 14/06/2020 at 00:00, Lefty said:

Where does the rank & file cheer squad sit in this chain of command?

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Wouldn’t they fall into the GFG category?

Otherwise I’d imagine that the Cheer Squad would have the entire bay behind the goals allocated to themselves which should allow for adequate social distancing. 
 

Wouldn’t that be the logical thing?

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  On 14/06/2020 at 02:11, Moonshadow said:

Generally agree with this. Might encourage people to upgrade their club membership to premium levels.

Some tweaking around country members or members with disabilities might be worth exploring. 

Certainly the emphasis should be on members, rather than corporate box packages.

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Absolutely, flexibility and common sense are key here. No doubt the AFL will find a way to appease their corporate masters within their boxes so standby for it to be a cluster of you know what. 

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  On 13/06/2020 at 23:46, Pipefitter said:

I’m really hoping this pandemic changes the MCC’s ridiculous general admission tradition. Paying for a premium membership and then having to line up for hours and put a scarf on your chair to reserve your seat? Hopefully common sense finally prevails.

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How long is it since you went to a game? For the past 10 years or so seat tickets have been assigned to MCC members on a first come first served basis on the middle tier. There's no longer any need for scarf reservations in my experience but maybe you sit on a different level like P or M?

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  On 13/06/2020 at 23:46, Pipefitter said:

I’m really hoping this pandemic changes the MCC’s ridiculous general admission tradition. Paying for a premium membership and then having to line up for hours and put a scarf on your chair to reserve your seat? Hopefully common sense finally prevails.

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line up for hours? No idea what you've been lining up to mate lol

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  On 14/06/2020 at 04:06, pitmaster said:

How long is it since you went to a game? For the past 10 years or so seat tickets have been assigned to MCC members on a first come first served basis on the middle tier. There's no longer any need for scarf reservations in my experience but maybe you sit on a different level like P or M?

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That is a very small portion of the stand. I’m assuming that to satisfy covid restrictions the MCC will have to be totally ticketed and I hope that continues moving forward. 

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I wonder how many Melbourne will allocate to AFL members given we have the smallest number of AFL members in the league and most are club or MCC members. As a Gold AFL Member you'd think there would be some priority there in line with those club members that have a guaranteed GF ticket.

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