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This is going to be fantastic for WA and Perth Stadium which has the best lighting in the country so it will be a spectacular show. Hopefully it is sold out but I wont' be there. I'm not parting with $75 for a home and away fixture for a decent seat and I'm not paying $35 for a nose bleed seat. Just too greedy, $25 and $50 I would be tempted.

Kevin Sheedy had a great idea, how come the slow learners over here don't come up with these ideas? He said every WAFL club member should be given a ticket and the EF v SF Derby should be played as a curtain raiser. Well I don't expect a free ticket but when WA played SA at Optus in 2019 WAFL club members could buy a ticket for $20 and it was a curtain raiser to the Fremantle Richmond game.

Only trouble is the idiots that run the stadium didn't have the gates open for the start of the state game. I got there just before half time and it was open but heard from others the gates were not open for the start. Might not have been until qtr time or later before they were opened.

I don't wish to be a sad sack for the enthusiasts, but questions need answering. McKenna is just about wetting his pants from excitement apparently. With the state govt, big business and stadium management are all bending over backwards to make this happen. And yet organising a Wafl grand final at the new facility is all too difficult!!?

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I don't wish to be a sad sack for the enthusiasts, but questions need answering. McKenna is just about wetting his pants from excitement apparently. With the state govt, big business and stadium management are all bending over backwards to make this happen. And yet organising a Wafl grand final at the new facility is all too difficult!!?

That sounds about right WAG, which McKenna are you referring to? Not Guy McKenna?

No not him.                                                         Referred to the manager or whatever title he gives himself of the new stadium. I'd imagine he, the state govt and big business had their phones running red hot over the past week or two.                                  Noticed there has been no talk of using a suburban ground instead.                         What a pity the Wafl Grand Final can't be given the same attention as a Victorian event!?

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This is going to be fantastic for WA and Perth Stadium which has the best lighting in the country so it will be a spectacular show. Hopefully it is sold out but I wont' be there. I'm not parting with $75 for a home and away fixture for a decent seat and I'm not paying $35 for a nose bleed seat. Just too greedy, $25 and $50 I would be tempted.

Kevin Sheedy had a great idea, how come the slow learners over here don't come up with these ideas? He said every WAFL club member should be given a ticket and the EF v SF Derby should be played as a curtain raiser. Well I don't expect a free ticket but when WA played SA at Optus in 2019 WAFL club members could buy a ticket for $20 and it was a curtain raiser to the Fremantle Richmond game.

Only trouble is the idiots that run the stadium didn't have the gates open for the start of the state game. I got there just before half time and it was open but heard from others the gates were not open for the start. Might not have been until qtr time or later before they were opened.

Did Sheedy articulate how much compensation East Freo would get for the loss of the Foundation Day derby?

With respect the VPL game - is it possible to have a care factor of less than zero?

How about this for a great idea?  The revenue from this game is used to offset the cost of playing the WAFL GF at the premier Aussie Rules stadium in Perth?

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This is going to be fantastic for WA and Perth Stadium which has the best lighting in the country so it will be a spectacular show. Hopefully it is sold out but I wont' be there. I'm not parting with $75 for a home and away fixture for a decent seat and I'm not paying $35 for a nose bleed seat. Just too greedy, $25 and $50 I would be tempted.

Kevin Sheedy had a great idea, how come the slow learners over here don't come up with these ideas? He said every WAFL club member should be given a ticket and the EF v SF Derby should be played as a curtain raiser. Well I don't expect a free ticket but when WA played SA at Optus in 2019 WAFL club members could buy a ticket for $20 and it was a curtain raiser to the Fremantle Richmond game.

Only trouble is the idiots that run the stadium didn't have the gates open for the start of the state game. I got there just before half time and it was open but heard from others the gates were not open for the start. Might not have been until qtr time or later before they were opened.

Did Sheedy articulate how much compensation East Freo would get for the loss of the Foundation Day derby?

With respect the VPL game - is it possible to have a care factor of less than zero?

How about this for a great idea?  The revenue from this game is used to offset the cost of playing the WAFL GF at the premier Aussie Rules stadium in Perth?

We do agree on some things 42! 

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I don't wish to be a sad sack for the enthusiasts, but questions need answering. McKenna is just about wetting his pants from excitement apparently. With the state govt, big business and stadium management are all bending over backwards to make this happen. And yet organising a Wafl grand final at the new facility is all too difficult!!?

Spot on WAG.
McKenna is just a Kiwi blow in from CA currently managing Perth Stadium, its a pity a true blue West Aussie with some historical link to the WAFL wasnt chosen to run our State's Premier Sporting Venue!

60k SOLD OUT!!

Hopefully this will wake a few people up and they’ll realize  that Perth is not quite the sleepy hollow they think it is....and that goes for all sports.

Just goes to show you where the footy going public are in Perth mindset wise, they grab tickets for what is essentially a melbourne contest with no local team playing - meanwhile the WAFL struggles to fill a 1/4 of the stadium for a Grand Final.

AFL rules in this town and theres no going back.