FearTheBeard

Just my final thoughts on what crowd will be tomorrow. 34K on level 1, 8k on level 2, 3k on level 2a and 10k on level 4 55k is what that gets me which i still think may be overs but am hoping we get a little more

They always put up bay on level 2 two days before the game. Its usually N24 for unused dining allocation. The fact that level 1 sold out surprised me.

not much has changed tbh, they put M35 and M36 on sale yesterday and those are just about sold out now so level 1 youd think would be full. Level 4 hasnt changed too much, hopefully all of Q49-Q57 will have rows A-J sold. Q3-Q10 rows A-T sold. Q1-Q2 and Q11-Q24 rows A-J sold. MCC sold out bar restricted view. Im thinking 56K which is same as Anzac eve last year and ticket sales look very similar.

Am probably being very negative here but the stat is an incredibly poor reflection of member turnout. Yes we have an average home attendance of 39K but this does not mean that 39K melbourne members attend our home and and away games. I think you will find that 20-25K Melbourne supporters go to every home game and the rest is made up by the other team. Yes there will be an outlier (like flag unfurling, Brisbane on a Thursday night) but this tends to be the case. It stands true to the 70K crowd against Collingwood which we were easily outnumbered close to 2:1 and the Carlton game which was pretty much 1:1 for a 55K crowd. The stat is nice, but does not properly reflect who is actually going to games.

AFL reserve was 75% hawthorn and mainly neutral against Geelong.

why dont the fools just reduce prices and entice another 5000 people to attend. Now you end up with people that have been shafted by paying full price and it really isnt fair.

Against the Hawks in 2018 there were at least 35K of them there and probabaly 50 of us. Against the cats id still say 55K of us 25K them and 10K neutrals because it was the finals series ticket game.

A standing room ticket is not category 7. Category 7 are the two cheer squad bays because they are dry bays (M3 and M33) and the very back of the Southern stand (Q1-Q7 rows U-DD). Standing room only goes on sale when they are about to sell out all seated areas. For a prelim where it is expected that we will get 90K+ the standing room tickets will go on sale when the club members on sale areas become exhausted.

Lol, no I do not work for Ticketek but I also believe that people make lives more difficult than it needs to be for themselves. I found that logging on too early means you never actually get in. I log on with one device at 11:49 another at 11:53 and another at 11:55 and one of them (usually the 55) gets in just before 12. The queue is bs which we all know, its pot luck which is not fair.

Once upon a time I tried to calculate what each level holds but it is really difficult because each of the 57 bays on level 1 and 4 are slightly differnt with seats. But I gave a rough estimate that it was: 36K level 1 8K level 2 4K Level 2A/3 45-47K level 4 5-7K standing room Im probably off by around 5% per level but it gives a good guide and its why I think 55K-58K will be this weeks crowd

I have a psychotic problem for crowd sizes lol. I am an AFL member with Melbourne club support so I could see what was sold in the club members on sale originally and the AFL on sale. I am also an MCC member so I can see what was available there even though I hate sitting there for AFL games coz I cant lose my [censored] with Melbourne without getting thrown out the joint, Then I follow what has gone on sale in general public areas about 3 times a day. I thought last week would be 77K so wasn't too far off,

I think that there were around 55K of us against Sydney and it was probably the biggest Melbourne turnout I have ever seen. Probably 15K of them and 5K neutrals. So realistically, even if there are 45K of us there on Friday, brisbane only bought 3,900 tickets on Monday which may mean there will be a max of 8K of them on the night. I think anything over 55K is a god effort. We are not a big club and we know that. Take into account that your 10K extremely fair weather fans wont go to a semi but will be there for a QF or prelim.

Just going based on ticket sales and it isnt great. Level 1 sold out except M35 and M36 (single seats available in M57). Level 2 and 2A will be sold out. But level 4 is not great. Q1-Q2 Rows A-J Sold Q3-Q10 Rows A-T will be sold Q11-Q15 Rows A-J will be sold Q15-Q24 (Afl Reserve) Rows A-J will be sold Q25-Q36 (Afl Reserve and Ponsford) Shut Q37-Q48 (MCC) Sold out but some people will walk up on the night Q49-Q53 Rows A-J on sale but wont sell out Q54-Q57 Rows A-J will go on sale but barely touched. Remember level 4 goes up to either Row DD or MM and we are talking about row J in most cases. That gives you about a 25% capacity on level 4, compared to 80% last week. So we lose at least 15K-20K on level 4 from a 78K crowd. Just cannot see 60K happening

It was 28,000 Public Tickets sold on Monday which included the AFL member figures. Plus 14K MCC reserved seats sold and maybe 6K walk ups on the nights gets you to 48K. Reckon there would be 5K more Public/AFL tickets sold since Monday and you are looking at 53K. I think it could be as high as 58 but as low as 45. 65K is wishful thinking imo.

All 4 teams that make a prelim go into a GF ballot before the prelim, was the same for us in 2018.

Based on current ticket sales vs last week. Level 1,2 and 2A will all be full come game day which is about 45K. Level 4 is not even close to what it was last week. Maybe 10K sold as of now. Ponsford full last week, will be shut this week most likely. Reckon crowd maxes out at 58K

they already sold Q15-Q20 first ten rows but haven't put anything else up.

Very happy with P21, got 6 tickets too woo

For all the people annoyed about level 2 being sold out so soon, there are 2 bays that go on sale as reserved seating on level 2. Level 2 will give you N40 and a couple rows at the front of N37-N39 and No alcohol will give you N41. N43-N48 are all walk up areas on the day and 80% of N37-N39 are dining room seats. Also, if you select level 4 and it gives you row MM it is because they sell one bay at a time front to back, I got Q42 row A when I checked because they had just put that bay on sale.

But worried about the crowd this week. Semis against interstate teams (excluding the Collingwood Giants 72K in 2018) haven’t drawn well over the last few years pre covid. believe they have all been geelong games with 55, 52 and 44k there. hoping for above 60 but not confident

They were always going to eventually put the back of Q49-Q55 on sale at some point. The other areas of the ground that they have release have about 30 tickets available for purchase. It will still be north of 75K.

Has FTB gotten extremely drunk last night? Yes he did. Is FTB suffering from a morbid hangover in the office this morning? Yes he is. Is FTB wearing his scarf and Melbourne gear in the office? Of course he is. Will FTB get extremely drunk tonight? Yes he will. Will FTB barrack the loudest he ever has for this football club. YES HE [censored] WILL. Hope we have a particularly loud and feral (by Melbourne standards) fan base tonight, suspect there will be close to 55K of us tonight.

nearly but not quite. Q49-Q55 rows CC-MM never went on sale. AFL reserve level 4 will be about 30% full. Reckon 75-80 is a good bet,

All the unused Corporate allocations have gone on sale in the AFL Reserve and Public Reserve which are about 150 tickets to be sold mainly in category 1. These will all sell out by tonight hopefully which leaves: Level 1, 2 and 2A hopefully all sold out again by tonight Level 4: Q1-Q6 Rows A-Y Sold (Z-DD on Sale) Q7-Q15 1/2 Sold Out Q15 1/2-Q21 Rows A-T sold (Afl Reserve) Q22-Q27 Rows A-J Sold (Afl Reserve) Q28-Q30 Sold Out Q31-Q34 Rows A-KK Sold (LL-MM on Sale) Q35-Q48 Sold Out Q49-Q55 Rows A-BB Sold (CC-MM not on sale but I could be mistaken here) Q56-Q57 Sold Out Still think it will be high 70s but hoping to be wrong and it gets to 80.

You will be able to walk up, as a full member you will have walk up access to all of level 3, most of level 2 which is walk up and the level 1 walk up sections. Queues will probabaly start quite early so if you want to sit on one of the balconies you’d best get there quite early. seating plan for finals in MCC is below