PREGAME: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs

[Jaded No More 68,976]

29 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Fair bloody call. Imagine he misses round 1 because some AFL [censored] gave him Covid. 

[Dr. Gonzo 24,459]

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Won’t be.

AFL has declared first round no walk up.

Because their ticketing system is a joke and isn't ready yet!

[Dr. Gonzo 24,459]

In the post GF delirium I kind of lost track with anything other than the flag celebrations. I assume Bont isn't playing next week after being rubbed out for his head high hit on Clarry in the GF?

[JTR 2,892]

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Won’t be.

AFL has declared first round no walk up.

I hope you mean non-members wanting to purchase a ticket on the day and not walk up GA members with their barcode?

[Bitter but optimistic 22,289]

8 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

So you will be sleeping under a bridge or a park bench?

You may even stumble across  @special robertand bunk with him! 😉🙃🙂

Oh yea of little faith! 

I shall be be sleeping in a 5 star park bench. ................As for SpecialRobert .... No chance of such riff raff  being admitted to my accommodations.

However, I shall probably employ one .... or perhaps two ( depending on the result)  casual ..... err  "maids" to ensure my comforts.

[Cards13 9,117]

1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Oh yea of little faith! 

I shall be be sleeping in a 5 star park bench. ................As for SpecialRobert .... No chance of such riff raff  being admitted to my accommodations.

However, I shall probably employ one .... or perhaps two ( depending on the result)  casual ..... err  "maids" to ensure my comforts.

“In”?

[JimmyGadson 3,455]

Crowd estimate? 

[binman 44,706]

22 minutes ago, JimmyGadson said:

Crowd estimate? 

Looks like our estimate of 50-60k is way unders.

I think they are expecting mon 80k based on current sales

[JimmyGadson 3,455]

42 minutes ago, binman said:

Looks like our estimate of 50-60k is way unders.

I think they are expecting mon 80k based on current sales

Awesome news. 

[Lord Nev 13,512]

 

[Lucifers Hero 40,564]

2 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

 

Its rather odd that Queensland authorities are facing a 'roadblock' in contacting his legal team.  One would think Smith would want it sorted asap as the season is about to start.

[one_demon 826]

4 hours ago, binman said:

I  think they are expecting mon 80k based on current sales

That will be a nice pay day for the club

Edited March 11, 2022 by one_demon

[pineapple dee 2,892]

85,000   and Deeees to salute by 37 points

I'm calling it now !!!!

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[deelusions from afar 1,872]

I have a sneaking suspicion that the dogs will be hungrier than us for this one.

[Deemania since 56 6,773]

On 3/10/2022 at 12:14 PM, Lucifers Hero said:

So you will be sleeping under a bridge or a park bench?

You may even stumble across  @special robertand bunk with him! 😉🙃🙂

Park bench No. 4, Treasury Gardens. Very comfortable, quiet, vacant and often allows for a view of the stars. Short walk to the tram stop in the morning. Ideal, as usual. :-) 

Edited March 11, 2022 by Deemania since 56

[Deemania since 56 6,773]

2 minutes ago, deelusions from afar said:

I have a sneaking suspicion that the dogs will be hungrier than us for this one.

I'd reckon that the Dogs are going to be twice as 5hitfaced as they were at the end of the GF, as well.

 

[DubDee 26,408]

Zero chance of 80K on a wednesday night against the dogs with plenty of covid still around.  Maybe they are trying to pump up the game and encourage neutrals?

how would they even be able to give an estimate when the majority of people attending will scan their imemberships?

warm weather will help, but I'll be stoked with 60K

[mauriesy 7,429]

Does anyone know about seating on Level 1? Is it available for general admission? If not, can you then get, or purchase, a reserve seat?

I sat on the phone this morning for 50 minutes with an "extremely high number of calls" message and finally got cut off with the message "there are no operators available".

Would like to reserve seats for 5 x GA members on Level 1 just for Wednesday, but it's not critical.

[Redleg 42,047]

17 hours ago, JTR said:

I hope you mean non-members wanting to purchase a ticket on the day and not walk up GA members with their barcode?

Unless I misunderstood the AFL email, everyone attending needs a reserved seat.

[DubDee 26,408]

3 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Unless I misunderstood the AFL email, everyone attending needs a reserved seat.

interesting, hopefully they are on the same page.  I got this email from MFC an hour ago:

Melbourne Members will now scan into the MCG using the Melbourne Football Club app on iPhone and Android devices. You will no longer need to redeem a ticket via Ticketek and your plastic membership card no longer comes with a barcode to access the ground.

[Lucifers Hero 40,564]

 

1 hour ago, mauriesy said:

Does anyone know about seating on Level 1? Is it available for general admission? If not, can you then get, or purchase, a reserve seat?

I sat on the phone this morning for 50 minutes with an "extremely high number of calls" message and finally got cut off with the message "there are no operators available".

Would like to reserve seats for 5 x GA members on Level 1 just for Wednesday, but it's not critical.

The club's email to members says GA entry is available in designated area.  I assume that means areas that haven't been reserved for premium memberships and Ticketek sales.  I'd guess non-reserved GA seating is in the not so good areas.

Ticket sales for reserved seats are currently available via the Ticketek website. 

 

I've taken the liberty of outlining the ticket process for anyone reading this who isn't familiar with Ticketek.

• A Ticketek account is required.  Open an account if not yet have one.  https://premier.ticketek.com.au/Membership/Login.aspx?returnId=02291b9f-24d0-4c51-80ae-dfa64c689e30
• This is the link to purchase next week's tickets https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=MELBO0122 In the 'Select' box chose the 'Club Members and Public Reserve' option'.
• Seating options will appear (currently there are still level 1 tickets available)
• Choose seats and continue thru to payment.
• Confirmation of order will arrive and an electronic ticket showing reserved seat details and bar code for entry.

As an aside, @WalkingCivilWarmay like to add to this process as she purchased tickets from Ticketek earlier this week.

Edited March 11, 2022 by Lucifers Hero

[Diamond_Jim 12,719]

Just got an AFL email explaining how to do General admission on my AFL account.

The hardest thing was finding the page to "sign in" to the AFL app which is the main gateway.

Got there but it wasn't intuitive and I can't really remember the path except that it was first to the AFL app and then naviagte to membership which in turn took me to a ticketek site.

Simple and easy.... no

Very clunky.. yes

[Lucifers Hero 40,564]

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

interesting, hopefully they are on the same page.  I got this email from MFC an hour ago:

Melbourne Members will now scan into the MCG using the Melbourne Football Club app on iPhone and Android devices. You will no longer need to redeem a ticket via Ticketek and your plastic membership card no longer comes with a barcode to access the ground.

That sure makes it confusing. 

I'm pretty sure this bit:  You will no longer need to redeem a ticket via Ticketek  refers to last year when covid rules applied to ticketing and venue access.

As far as I can tell, a barcode (ie on an electronic ticket from Ticketek or MFC app for members) is needed to get into the MCG.  No paper ticket or plastic member card entry will be allowed.

Edit:  Don't know what happens for 'tickets' sold at the gate or if walk-up are allowed. 

Edited March 11, 2022 by Lucifers Hero

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36 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

As an aside, @WalkingCivilWarmay like to add to this process as she purchased tickets from Ticketek earlier this week.

This may be a case of the blind leading the blind. Despite the much appreciated help I received from you, Luci, I’m still not sure what I did. 
As I mentioned to you, I wanted to ensure that I could sit where I normally like to, ie., ground level, on the wing, and as close to the fence as poss. I read on here at some point that it was reserved seats only for this match so, not wanting to risk missing out, I just went ahead and purchased through Ticketek. 
So yeah, short answer: I’m no [censored] help at all. Soz. 

[Dee Zephyr 19,290]

A couple of mixed messages here. Have a couple of friends that won’t decide until the day if they are going to the game next week and want to know if the general public can walk up to a ticket box on the night and purchase tickets. 
Someone posted here a week ago or so on another thread that ticket boxes will be open at the G and an article on AFL site also suggests the same. Has this changed in the last couple of weeks?