On 17/04/2023 at 12:26, 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

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

 

That's super. 

  On 16/04/2023 at 20:56, 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.

$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

I wonder if we ever get to the point of the whole fixture for the year being permanent excluding venues?

  On 17/04/2023 at 09:34, 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.

  On 17/04/2023 at 14:25, 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.

 

 

Edited April 20, 20232 yr by The Jackson FIX