So the jury is in on this boondoggle. 

Watching the news last night I noted many empty seats. Were the fans out the back buying overpriced food and drinks.?

No. They just didn't turn up. 25,300 for a so called 40K seating stadium.

Disgraceful  and I repeat my view it's just too expensive for ordinary geelong folk.

Great fun for the elites though.

 

6 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

So the jury is in on this boondoggle. 

Watching the news last night I noted many empty seats. Were the fans out the back buying overpriced food and drinks.?

No. They just didn't turn up. 25,300 for a so called 40K seating stadium.

Disgraceful  and I repeat my view it's just too expensive for ordinary geelong folk.

Great fun for the elites though.

 

I'm not sure what you were expecting with respect to the crowd. We don't get capacity crowds at the MCG when we play Fremantle, either. (And a lot of taxpayer dollars have helped the MCG over the years.)

To be fair it was 36 degrees. 

Word is the government will be giving the Cats a multimillion dollar grant to install temporary portable fans into each seat next year with a further billion dollars to be spent on permanent AC units in each seat before the decade is out. 

28 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I'm not sure what you were expecting with respect to the crowd. We don't get capacity crowds at the MCG when we play Fremantle, either. (And a lot of taxpayer dollars have helped the MCG over the years.)

Given the single team town and state of the art stadium 62% full is pathetic. 

1 minute ago, Demonland said:

To be fair it was 36 degrees. 

Word is the government will be giving the Cats a multimillion dollar grant to install temporary portable fans into each seat next year with a further billion dollars to be spent on permanent AC units in each seat before the decade is out. 

Geelong was comfortable yesterday. Overcast.  I was down for the day.

 

48 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I'm not sure what you were expecting with respect to the crowd. We don't get capacity crowds at the MCG when we play Fremantle, either. (And a lot of taxpayer dollars have helped the MCG over the years.)

It has been 20 years since Geelong had fewer than ten wins in a season, and they've only missed finals three times in that period.

With that sustained success to build a following, 25k to open the season on a pleasant day against another serious team at a custom-built boutique modern stadium with no free-to-air option competing is pretty weak.

Given the money they’ve pumped into this, why don’t they share their stadium with our co-tenants and give our MCG back to us

Can i just say that “I really Hate Jeeelong”

How can they Pay that List? Before we even start on Tax Dodge Stadium

lousy Stinking Bastards….

3 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

(And a lot of taxpayer dollars have helped the MCG over the years.)

MCG - home to how many teams, pls cricket. 

KP - one team, dysmorphic shaped ground.

More to come in terms of taxpayer dollars for the Kitties.

KP Trust wants to add more concerts, etc to the venue, so they will have to move the Cats to a new training base, area.....guess where the money will be coming from with a State election due next year?

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/cats-or-concerts-there-s-a-battle-brewing-over-geelong-s-kardinia-park-home-20250312-p5lj2v.html

..."The Cats and other community sports are also lobbying the federal government to build a shared multi-purpose indoor training facility alongside GMHBA Stadium. They have already invested heavily in new rooms for their women’s team inside the stadium and upgraded their football department and gym inside the venue."

Will absolutely guarantee they will get it up and running before we even dig the first sod at Caulfield

Edited March 17, 20251 yr by george_on_the_outer

26 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

More to come in terms of taxpayer dollars for the Kitties.

KP Trust wants to add more concerts, etc to the venue, so they will have to move the Cats to a new training base, area.....guess where the money will be coming from with a State election due next year?

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/cats-or-concerts-there-s-a-battle-brewing-over-geelong-s-kardinia-park-home-20250312-p5lj2v.html

..."The Cats and other community sports are also lobbying the federal government to build a shared multi-purpose indoor training facility alongside GMHBA Stadium. They have already invested heavily in new rooms for their women’s team inside the stadium and upgraded their football department and gym inside the venue."

Will absolutely guarantee they will get it up and running before we even dig the first sod at Caulfield

Is there a way they can invest in the dimensions of the ground so it is an actual football OVAL?

The jury will need a while to decide that one

57 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

Is there a way they can invest in the dimensions of the ground so it is an actual football OVAL?

Send all their other home games to Docklands instead of the G - that would force their hand.