New proposal for AFL games in Ballarat

[Eastdog]

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Canberra is not overly warm either!

Very true.

[Remi Moses]

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Lucky the result was brilliant, but that day in Canberra in 2004 was the coldest day I've had at the footy.
It went from about 10 degrees to 4 by games end.

[Bornadog]

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Back in the mid 80's at WO , I remember it was 6 degrees for the whole match. It was the coldest I had ever experiencedc at a match.

[ratsmac]

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I'd rather play there than Canberra or Darwin if it were to be financially viable for the club. If we had to play somewhere once or twice a season I'd take Kardinia Park or Tassie if the option was there.

[Eastdog]

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What do people think of the home game we have up in Cairns this year.

[SonofScray]

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Doesn't get on my goat as much as the idea of playing out of Geelong and is more accessible than a game sold interstate. If the venue gets upgraded and is up to scratch I'd be open to trying to milk a very strong deal out of playing 3 home games there instead of selling games interstate.

Mostly I just want to see us stop roaming from "market" to "market at the AFL's behest and just settle on a strong, financially solid option that I have access to as a member who is local and wants to see as much footy in Footscray and at our home ground as possible.

Whatever it is, I don't want it to feel like Fitzroy playing out of the Western Oval.

[Eastdog]

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Wouldn't mind playing 1 or 2 home games there but no more than that I feel. It would especially affect Dogs supporters who live way on the other side of city. I would like us still mostly to play at Etihad (with a better stadium deal hopefully). I think we need to mostly be playing in a central location and that's near the city which ultimately suits everyone the best I think.

[Bornadog]

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Ballarat Office now officially open;

see here

Training at Eureka Stadium - see here

[Bornadog]

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[bulldogtragic]

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Already much, much better than Spotless Stadium.

[Eastdog]

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So if you use your membership for the 2 replacement games at the G and Etihad and choose to go to the Ballarat one then you would need to get a ticket I believe.

[SlimPickens]

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Already much, much better than Spotless Stadium.

Went to a game at Spotless last year and thought it was a great venue! Although the result may lend some bias

[jeemak]

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Went to a game at Spotless last year and thought it was a great venue! Although the result may lend some bias

Was about to say the same thing!

[Axe Man]

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So if you use your membership for the 2 replacement games at the G and Etihad and choose to go to the Ballarat one then you would need to get a ticket I believe.

Isn't the second replacement game the last round v Hawthorn? The Port game is the round before so if you go to Ballarat it would be the replacement game you potentially couldn't use your membership for.

[Eastdog]

Re: New proposal for AFL games in Ballarat

Isn't the second replacement game the last round v Hawthorn? The Port game is the round before so if you go to Ballarat it would be the replacement game you potentially couldn't use your membership for.

That sounds right.