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6 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

I can't stand this concept.  The Melbourne Vs Essendon game was hardly attended this year, because all the locals were mostly intered in the Crows game later in the day.

I think they will rethink the double header simply because it reduced the number of tourist bunnies for the first game.

There's a number of possible work arounds.

With the two Adelaide teams being relatively strong some may push back against the extra home games and the home ground/crowd advantage. My MFCSS suggests we might be a bunny unless the AFL now having done the 3 year deal and banked the money offer the also rans of GCS and GWS.

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1 hour ago, FearTheBeard said:

AFL announces gather round dates and the hotels decide to [censored] over anyone who wants to come.

$600 night for an Ibis what a joke.

$500 for the Hilton which is normally $220 per night.

Can't get a brand name hotel for under $450 a night unless you want to stay in Port Adelaide for the night.

What is the point of the ACCC if hotels can rob 30,000 people who want to go across for the weekend.

I thought it was against the Geneva Convention to place someone in an Ibis hotel? 

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53 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

I thought it was against the Geneva Convention to place someone in an Ibis hotel? 

The Ibis being more expensive than the Sofitel did make me chuckle considering they are both a part of Accor. Still my usual Adelaide trip is $220-$245 at the Hilton, might be FIFO on the day of the game if we play on saturday or sunday 

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6 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

The Ibis being more expensive than the Sofitel did make me chuckle considering they are both a part of Accor. Still my usual Adelaide trip is $220-$245 at the Hilton, might be FIFO on the day of the game if we play on saturday or sunday 

I stayed in a little place in North Adelaide for the Crows game last year FTB and that part of town was great. 

There's actually an Ibis Budget at the intersection of the Ring Road and Sydney Road in Campbellfield where the walls could only be made of papier-maché. 

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Posted
4 hours ago, FearTheBeard said:

AFL announces gather round dates and the hotels decide to [censored] over anyone who wants to come.

$600 night for an Ibis what a joke.

$500 for the Hilton which is normally $220 per night.

Can't get a brand name hotel for under $450 a night unless you want to stay in Port Adelaide for the night.

What is the point of the ACCC if hotels can rob 30,000 people who want to go across for the weekend.

businesses can put their profit margins wherever they want to

accc can do nothing about it as long as there is no illegal activity (like price fixing/collusion)

it's a bold faced rip-off but perfectly legal

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1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

businesses can put their profit margins wherever they want to

accc can do nothing about it as long as there is no illegal activity (like price fixing/collusion)

it's a bold faced rip-off but perfectly legal

The ability to make money by businesses in Adelaide is what the Gather Round is all about. It's why the SA government is prepared to pay the AFL a handsome premium. I don't begrudge the Adelaide businesses cashing in. I just don't like the concept in the first place.

And a special note for the AFL. For 2024, is it too much to ask that every team play a team in Gather Round that they also play a duplicate match with? Surely it's not that hard. 

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11 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

SEN's tweet says, "the hugely popular Gather Round". Was it hugely popular? I didn't get the sense that it was at all popular, let alone "hugely" popular, at least, outside SA. Or is that just my bias coming through?

It was hugely popular because all those aboard the gravy train said it was @La Dee-vina Comedia. So sit down and shut-up.

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Posted
On 6/19/2023 at 12:03 PM, layzie said:

Absolutely and Barossa. Plenty of scope in SA. 

Melbourne v Carlton in the Barossa Valley. Could be called the 'Penfolds Challenge Cup'. Loser pays the other clubs cellar tab 🍷😁

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