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Beasley Hutton wrote: I cant see McGowan moving to the next phase anytime soon so the attendance at the GF at any of the suburban venues is only ever going to be about 7000 with the 50% rule enforced.

Just have it at Perth Stadium ffs at least there is still a 25k crowd allowed.

I really hope by Sept we can move to bigger crowds, its now been weeks and weeks since we had big crowds back at footy with no problems at all.

As long as the borders are controlled we should be OK,

Too straight. The Grand final as should be at the home of the highest place getter.

Only at Joondalup because VenuesWest owns both Optus Stadium and Joondalup.

It's Venues Live that runs Optus, different company

VenuesWest owns Optus Stadium, venueslive runs it. VenuesWest determines what events goes on there.

Found a site called austadiums.com which lists all sports venues and stadiums around Australia and has the following info regarding the capcity of WAFL ovals, Basso 22k, EF 20k, Freo 17.5k, leederville 15k, Rushton 9k!! lathlain 6.5k, Claremont 5k.

Basso and EF seem a bit high, I was at the SD EP final a few yeas back when they had about 12k there and it was jammed.

For me certain venues eliminate themselves, Joondy - location, Basso - changeroom facilitiess, EF crap facilities, Rushton - location, lathlain & Cl - capcity which leaves Freo & Leederville as viable venues, both well located, both in entertainment precincts.

Senior Seagull wrote: Found a site called austadiums.com which lists all sports venues and stadiums around Australia and has the following info regarding the capcity of WAFL ovals, Basso 22k, EF 20k, Freo 17.5k, leederville 15k, Rushton 9k!! lathlain 6.5k, Claremont 5k.

Basso and EF seem a bit high, I was at the SD EP final a few yeas back when they had about 12k there and it was jammed.

For me certain venues eliminate themselves, Joondy - location, Basso - changeroom facilitiess, EF crap facilities, Rushton - location, lathlain & Cl - capcity which leaves Freo & Leederville as viable venues, both well located, both in entertainment precincts.

Spot on SS well summed up but in any event the GF should be played at Optus. They don’t have a problem with opening the stadium to less than half capacity for AFL 2 or 3 times a week do they? We don’t hear of the stadium running at a loss or food and beverage outlets being closed do we?

DD wrote:

Senior Seagull wrote: Found a site called austadiums.com which lists all sports venues and stadiums around Australia and has the following info regarding the capcity of WAFL ovals, Basso 22k, EF 20k, Freo 17.5k, leederville 15k, Rushton 9k!! lathlain 6.5k, Claremont 5k.

Basso and EF seem a bit high, I was at the SD EP final a few yeas back when they had about 12k there and it was jammed.

For me certain venues eliminate themselves, Joondy - location, Basso - changeroom facilitiess, EF crap facilities, Rushton - location, lathlain & Cl - capcity which leaves Freo & Leederville as viable venues, both well located, both in entertainment precincts.

Spot on SS well summed up but in any event the GF should be played at Optus. They don’t have a problem with opening the stadium to less than half capacity for AFL 2 or 3 times a week do they? We don’t hear of the stadium running at a loss or food and beverage outlets being closed do we?

Spot on DD.

Agree re Optus, was just looking at the options given the WAFC's rediculous idea of using Joondy.

Senior Seagull wrote: Agree re Optus, was just looking at the options given the WAFC's rediculous idea of using Joondy.

SS no one other than a handful of WP supporters & State Govt (WAFC) bureaucrats believe a WAFL GF should be played at the Joondalup Windmill.
What gets me is the WAFC never consult with those of us who are WAFL attendants each and every week rain, hail or shine where we believe the game should be held instead always have these inhouse WAFC groups (although never anyone from the SDFC I might add) who usually have a parochial hidden agenda, fark me we are the ones who keep this comp running and pay these clowns salaries in one way or another and yet we never ever even get consulted for our opinion or ideas!

Beasley Hutton wrote:

Senior Seagull wrote: Agree re Optus, was just looking at the options given the WAFC's rediculous idea of using Joondy.

SS no one other than a handful of WP supporters & State Govt (WAFC) bureaucrats believe a WAFL GF should be played at the Joondalup Windmill.
What gets me is the WAFC never consult with those of us who are WAFL attendants each and every week rain, hail or shine where we believe the game should be held instead always have these inhouse WAFC groups (although never anyone from the SDFC I might add) who usually have a parochial hidden agenda, fark me we are the ones who keep this comp running and pay these clowns salaries in one way or another and yet we never ever even get consulted for our opinion or ideas!

Don't forget that what Freo Oval and Leederville Oval may lack in entrances, toilets, catering and under cover seating they make up for by being in an entertainment precinct!