Several Victorian golf equipment are angrily calling for change to an settlement that offers Collingwood advantageous preparations on the MCG.
The Age studies the Magpies are in “sensitive negotiations” with the Melbourne Cricket Club over the cope with fellow MCG tenants Richmond, Hawthorn and Melbourne calling for change.
Under the present deal the Tigers, Hawks and Demons should relocate their reserved seat members within the Ponsford Stand when enjoying dwelling video games towards the Magpies on the floor.
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It additionally sees the Magpies preserve the identical dressing rooms on the MCG no matter whether or not they’re the house or away group.
The deal was struck way back with Collingwood CEO Craig Kelly arguing the settlement pretty mirrored the membership’s influence on the bottom’s progress.
“Collingwood moved from Victoria Park to the MCG and the deal Eddie McGuire and the board devised was one to support the redevelopment and the longstanding growth of the MCG. We were the founding tenant club and we brought all our members across,” Kelly stated.
“We wanted our people to have their home and their seats and it was consistent for them and they felt like they were still at Vic Park all those years, because we helped drive the economics of that stadium whereas clubs such as Carlton and Essendon went to what is now Marvel Stadium.
“We are now in negotiations and working through with the MCC and, ultimately, we will work with the other clubs and the AFL to get an outcome that works importantly for our members but especially with Richmond and the issues they have got with our arrangement.”
Melbourne has been a tenant of the MCG since 1858 and Richmond since 1965, with Collingwood shifting there in 1993.
But the opposite MCG tenants are annoyed on the cope with Richmond CEO Brendon Gale saying it’s “no longer acceptable”.
“Those clubs argue that their capacity to service their members is compromised and that the agreement potentially stops the MCG being a full house when they play a home game against Collingwood if seats they might be able to fill are left vacant by Magpie members,” the report acknowledged.
The Magpies had been informed 5 years in the past the deal wanted to be reworked in time for 2024 but negotiations stay ongoing.
“We have got thousands of reserved seat members that have to get up and move and vacate their reserved seats when we play a home game against Collingwood,” Gale stated.
“There is the inconvenience which impacts their match day experience and the value of that membership but there is also a financial aspect to it as well.
“We are a club that has been at the MCG since 1965 and have been pulling millions of supporters through the gates. We have a huge connection with this ground and in the interests of fairness we would like this addressed as it is no longer acceptable.”
Originally revealed as Victorian golf equipment fuming at Magpies over ‘no longer acceptable’ MCG deal
Source: www.news.com.au
