As a long time supporter & member of this famous club i decided to take my parents to the Dinner at Windy Hill on the arena this coming Saturday night & was shocked to discover that the tickets are $220 EACH {including drinks} I have attended many Essendon functions eg The Dick Reynolds Club at Crown Palladium Room for approximately $90 drinks inclusive. The Crown venue is much more upmarket than a
dinner under a tent on a cold night in May. I understand that this a special occasion but $220 a head,get real, i won't be going . What is the club doing for the long standing rank & file supporters? Instead of having functions for the corporate types who only go to games on grand final day at the expense of the REAL supporters. Anyone else have any opinions. The club must be down to their last $5 million dollars!!!
Are the Bombers Broke?
I'm sure the club will have thought of the pros and cons of charging such an amount and have obviously made the decison that the market can support such a price.
Realistically, functions like this are really just an excuse to suck money out of the corporates and the really dedicated.
And as for being broke or down to their last $5mill...I doubt it very much as the Boer War bonds must be worth a fortune now.
Realistically, functions like this are really just an excuse to suck money out of the corporates and the really dedicated.
And as for being broke or down to their last $5mill...I doubt it very much as the Boer War bonds must be worth a fortune now.
"You can quote me on this... He is gawn" - bomberdonnie re Hurley's contract status 25 February 2012
Re: Are the Bombers Broke?
yeah it sucks...why not write to the club and ask them to organise an event a little less expensive?dheal wrote:As a long time supporter & member of this famous club i decided to take my parents to the Dinner at Windy Hill on the arena this coming Saturday night & was shocked to discover that the tickets are $220 EACH {including drinks} I have attended many Essendon functions eg The Dick Reynolds Club at Crown Palladium Room for approximately $90 drinks inclusive. The Crown venue is much more upmarket than a
dinner under a tent on a cold night in May. I understand that this a special occasion but $220 a head,get real, i won't be going . What is the club doing for the long standing rank & file supporters? Instead of having functions for the corporate types who only go to games on grand final day at the expense of the REAL supporters. Anyone else have any opinions. The club must be down to their last $5 million dollars!!!
eg say a BBQ? or attend Longys walk to the MCG....
Re: Are the Bombers Broke?
yeah it sucks...why not write to the club and ask them to organise an event a little less expensive?dheal wrote:As a long time supporter & member of this famous club i decided to take my parents to the Dinner at Windy Hill on the arena this coming Saturday night & was shocked to discover that the tickets are $220 EACH {including drinks} I have attended many Essendon functions eg The Dick Reynolds Club at Crown Palladium Room for approximately $90 drinks inclusive. The Crown venue is much more upmarket than a
dinner under a tent on a cold night in May. I understand that this a special occasion but $220 a head,get real, i won't be going . What is the club doing for the long standing rank & file supporters? Instead of having functions for the corporate types who only go to games on grand final day at the expense of the REAL supporters. Anyone else have any opinions. The club must be down to their last $5 million dollars!!!
eg say a BBQ? or attend Longys walk to the MCG....
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I've paid more than that for concerts that go for half as long!
Plus I'll be getting a beautiful meal, all the wine and beer I can drink, and will be rubbing shoulders with some of Essendon's greats, under a huge marquee on the hallowed turf, something I'll never again have the chance to experience.
I'm quite willing to pay $50 an hour for all of that!
Plus I'll be getting a beautiful meal, all the wine and beer I can drink, and will be rubbing shoulders with some of Essendon's greats, under a huge marquee on the hallowed turf, something I'll never again have the chance to experience.
I'm quite willing to pay $50 an hour for all of that!
A concert that costs over $220? For that price, I hope your seats were on the frickin stage....Koala wrote:I've paid more than that for concerts that go for half as long!
Seriously though, the cost is unreasonable. For an event like this I would have expected a cost of about $120- $150, but not much over that. If the Club were intending to make this a nice night for the fans they could have at least priced the tickets so they would be within range of most fans.
If they had priced them at about $150 they still would have made a monster profit on the event. $220 is pretty greedy in my opinion.