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Gather Round in Adelaide 3 year extension

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1 hour ago, Jibroni said:

It was reported SA made 6 times that in revenue to what was paid to the AFL which for state like mine is actually a pretty good outcome.

come on now...we've had thirty odd years of grand prix accounting in   Victoria

you were robbed !!!

The real question is can you make it pay next year

The problem with State numbers are numerous but in the first instance they count expenditure by people living in Adelaide.

Next they count the number of time Adelaide was mentioned on TV and radio = mega bucks

It goes on

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    The concept is an excellent one that just needs some fine tuning as to who plays who, where the games are played and the time slots

    So both Norwood Oval & Glenelg Oval have lights and Mt Barker & the Barossa could be used for the early low-drawing games on the weekend so as to ensure all the games are stand alone

    Days & Times could work as follows

    Thursday 7.30pm Adelaide Oval (Ch7) Crows/Blues

    Friday 4.30pm Glenelg (under lights) Giants/Hawks

    Friday 7.30pm Adelaide Oval (Ch7) Demons/Bombers

    Saturday 1.00pm Mt Barker Freo/GCS

    Saturday 4.30pm Norwood (under lights) Cats/Eagles

    Saturday 7.30pm Adelaide Oval (Ch7) Port/Doggies

    Sunday 12.30pm Barossa Lions/North

    Sunday 3.20pm (Adelaide Oval) (Ch7) Pies/Saints

    Sunday 6.30pm (Norwood or Glenelg) (under lights) (Ch7) Tigers/Swans

    So 5 free-to-air games but I don't see why all the games can't be on FTA & cable/streaming.  Just a one-off for the extra weekend

    So no double headers but they'll have no trouble selling all the tickets anyway if promoted and marketed well

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    On 4/17/2023 at 6:56 AM, 58er said:

    It's either been changed or you are way off the mark!  It's extension correctly in both places. 

    It clearly has been amended to the correct word.

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    $80M for three more years

    Desperado

    https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-reaps-80m-from-gather-round-deal-20230419-p5d1rw.html

    The AFL will reap a major windfall from the Gather Round deal with South Australia, receiving close to $80 million in cash and non-capital investment from the SA government for the next three years.

    And, as sources familiar with the deal confirmed, the AFL will benefit even further if infrastructure and longer-term spending on facilities and community footy are counted in the deal announced on Sunday by Premier Peter Malinauskas and AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan

    Hope he got an exclusivity clause because knowing the AFL they might sell the same real estate several times

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    On 4/17/2023 at 7:34 PM, Diamond_Jim said:

    Can't see them making money if groups drive over and back in car pools

    Those Pies fans probably sleep nine to ten in their panel van halens too.

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    On 4/18/2023 at 12:25 AM, Macca said:

    The concept is an excellent one that just needs some fine tuning as to who plays who, where the games are played and the time slots

     

    Each to their own but I just don’t see much benefit in this concept for 85%+ of the footy-supporting public…

    Appears to make a lot of commercial sense to the AFL/state of SA (and for that reason it will stay) but seeing my team play another side from Melbourne in a different state, in the middle of the season and in front of a bit-of-a-nothing crowd just made zero sense to me.

     

     

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