On a side note, there are a little of little Demons coming to the footy. One dad (and mum) was telling his boy that he could come to the footy 'but would have to show commitment'. I think there is a genuine groundswell of young Demons who don't show up in the stats, just yet.

3 hours ago, Superunknown said:

I reckon most MCC members aren’t trimming the Balvenie and wagyu budget and Netflix in the face of our current inflationary pressures and 0.25 RBA OCR target increase

I'm a MCC Member (and MFC/MCC dual etc) and I definitely split a few streaming services with pals! Also had to google what Balvenie was aha.

As @tincan said the demographic has shifted a bit, dont get me wrong, still a bit of an R.M. Williams convention, but some may see it as $89 for a hat or scarf that can be bought for 1/3rd of the price at the ground.

9 minutes ago, tincan said:

Last year we put on 8000 between now and the end of the season. And  at a time when fans knew they wouldn't be able to see a game live in Melbourne. 

I said at the start of the season, 65k would be a pass, 70k would be a good result.

i hope you're right

If we get to 75,000 over the next few years that’s a huge result 

2 hours ago, tincan said:

I think the days of MCC members being rich snobs are pretty much over. It's no longer about 'who you know', but rather, 'how long are you willing to wait'. AFL memberships cost about the same.

yeah - they let anyone in these days. even annoying  St Kilda supporters

In the regular season will 50k of them turn up to a game?

47 minutes ago, tincan said:

Last year we put on 8000 between now and the end of the season. And  at a time when fans knew they wouldn't be able to see a game live in Melbourne. 

I said at the start of the season, 65k would be a pass, 70k would be a good result.

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of Perth people took up the "Adopt The Dees" so they could access GF tickets. I reckon I saw more Dees scarves on GF night than any of our home games this year. It will be interesting to see how many Dees supporters we see at Optus this week.

The way the Eagles are going, some may jump ship permanently.

54 minutes ago, old dee said:

In the regular season will 50k of them turn up to a game?

seeing as richmond and collingwood have a combined membership of ~220k with under 64k turning up to see them play to get a top 8 spot...

44 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

seeing as richmond and collingwood have a combined membership of ~220k with under 64k turning up to see them play to get a top 8 spot...

I always wonder why you would bother being a member when the total is100k or 70-80k for that matter. 

29 minutes ago, old dee said:

I always wonder why you would bother being a member when the total is100k or 70-80k for that matter. 

don't forget there's probably a lot of 3 game memberships and other minor categories

2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

don't forget there's probably a lot of 3 game memberships and other minor categories

I wonder what maybe our membership split.

I believe all reserved seat memberships are sold out. I have the feeling that majority of our members are more than just 3 game members.

14 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

don't forget there's probably a lot of 3 game memberships and other minor categories

Even allowing for that DC even if half want to attend a "big" game they would not get in. 

21 minutes ago, old dee said:

Even allowing for that DC even if half want to attend a "big" game they would not get in. 

well half of 80k is only 40k. should get in ok.........but i know what you mean and that's why i prefer a reserved seat

59,776.!!!!

Get there !!!!!!!

15 hours ago, old dee said:

I always wonder why you would bother being a member when the total is100k or 70-80k for that matter. 

The goal eventually will be to have fully reserved games with vast majority of seats allocated to reserved seat members as happens in SA and WA (and Essendon games at Docklands from memory).

Scarcity may make it more valuable and people may then feel more compelled to turn up for games and use their reserved seats. At the MCG that is about 55k seats once you exclude MCC and AFL Reserves.

50 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

The goal eventually will be to have fully reserved games with vast majority of seats allocated to reserved seat members as happens in SA and WA (and Essendon games at Docklands from memory).

Scarcity may make it more valuable and people may then feel more compelled to turn up for games and use their reserved seats. At the MCG that is about 55k seats once you exclude MCC and AFL Reserves.

At the G there would have to be some GA  tickets left over for on  the day or the opposition. We would need some Cotorie groups to attend more regularly so others are not restricted if the seats are not used.

Say 10,000 for opposition for presale and 3,000 on the day. And any unsold from opposition  by the Friday lunchtime go straight to GA tickets on that day or at the ground on the match day. 

At the Gabba Trust it's a walk up first in best dressed for members  on match day or you can for $15 reserve your seat snd come whenever you like on the day. Seems to work well.

A Limited number of Guest tickets (2 per member or group) can also be pre purchased by Trust members also for the day so you can have friends sit with you. Licensed or Non-licensed sections give members options of where to sit. 

17 hours ago, mo64 said:

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of Perth people took up the "Adopt The Dees" so they could access GF tickets. I reckon I saw more Dees scarves on GF night than any of our home games this year. It will be interesting to see how many Dees supporters we see at Optus this week.

The way the Eagles are going, some may jump ship permanently.

I was in Perth fir the GF and there was a very wide representation of Dees in the crowd with scarves etc. 

Bearing  in mind that the Club made some excellent Adopt a Dee offer and all the Army had their gear handled by the Freo army behind the goals I believe. 

But I sat  in an area of all Dees fans on the non members wing at ground level and most seemed rusted on or as locals going or got seats via our members for  the game and had up to date scarves etc. 

I estimate at the GF at Optus that about 17/18,000 were in Dees colours and about 10/12,000 in Dogs.gear but the roar was definitely for us all day. ( except in the first half of that memorable third quarter) 

Hope some real Dees fans are there on Sunday.

PS I live in Brisbane and had to spend 14 days in SA to gain entry over the border which I did on the Friday night beforehand. My fabulous cousins gave me a roderful time on SA centred in Adelaide most of the time.

Was the most wonderful 3 weeks substitute for  any overseas trip that I might have gone on that Covid of course. Prevented. 

2 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

The goal eventually will be to have fully reserved games with vast majority of seats allocated to reserved seat members as happens in SA and WA (and Essendon games at Docklands from memory).

Scarcity may make it more valuable and people may then feel more compelled to turn up for games and use their reserved seats. At the MCG that is about 55k seats once you exclude MCC and AFL Reserves.

At that point Dr. AFL will become a TV game for me. I will get my "at the footy fix" at a lower grade. 

should be 60k by weekend

 

59,847

Club just emailed to say we broke 60,000 members!

What a great achievement. 

 

GO DEES!

Well done Melbourne faithful! We've arrived!

Still nearly 3 months to go to the cut off date.  Plenty of time to break that record again. 

 

@george_on_the_outer

@Demonland

Time for a Thread Title change for 2022, perhaps?

Edited May 12, 20222 yr by Lucifers Hero