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2026 Walk Out Song

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11 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

Guerra sheds light on this, and other “game day activations”, here:

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/nba-style-how-the-demons-plan-to-amp-up-their-home-games-to-get-crowds-back-at-the-g-20260313-p5oa86.html

  1. Moving to the other, bigger, race to make use of more/bigger screens

  2. More use of LED signage

  3. Songs after goals (Let Me Entertain you after the first goal of the match, then players’ choices)

  4. More in-game information from announcers (eg as to injuries)

the two highlighted parts in particular sound ghastly to me, as does this part:

"Melbourne will trial a new style of match-day entertainment at the MCG designed to keep fans engaged from first bounce to final siren."

isn't that called 'the football'?

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    Is there any evidence this nonsense attracts and retains fans? Otherwise we're just doing it on the vibe that kids want to hear 30 year old Robbie Williams songs.

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    2 minutes ago, Supermercado said:

    Is there any evidence this nonsense attracts and retains fans? Otherwise we're just doing it on the vibe that kids want to hear 30 year old Robbie Williams songs.

    I don’t know that I’ve ever seen it.

    I suspect attendances are up for other clubs/sports where they do this. But I also suspect those other clubs are playing attractive football/sport and winning.

    IMO, if we played 2025 football this year, no amount of “activations” would bring people to the ground. If we play exciting, top 4 level football, I suspect people would come watch even if we had borderline silence on match days outside of the actual game.

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