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SteveH67
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
Location: Canberra, Australia
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I visited the Holden Centre for the first time since the redevelopment on Anzac Day, and I was disappointed with what I saw.
Cafe area is too small.
I didn't get the opportunity to see the restaurant/dining area due to a club function.
The club was also cooking outside, along with a bar.
Compared to what I remember of our Victoria Park Social Club, I am not impressed.
This goes along with the crap merchandise and membership packages we have also been receiving since the change to Star Athletic.
Are the Pokies laws very strict in Victoria?
Vic Park had pokies if I recall.
Clubs in the ACT/NSW make squillions out of poker machines.
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CarringbushCigar 
Joined: 15 Nov 2007
Location: wherever I lay my beanie
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| Is anyone satisfied with the membership packages or the social club facilities? |
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stui magpie 
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005
Location: In flagrante delicto
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Similar to Steveh67, I visited the club on ANZAC day and I wasn't sure where the alleged Social Club facility was. 
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John Wren 
"Look after the game. It means so much to so many."
Joined: 15 Jul 2007
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| stui magpie wrote: | | Similar to Steveh67, I visited the club on ANZAC day and I wasn't sure where the alleged Social Club facility was. |
up the stairs and to the left. it's where the balcony is along the wing, the main function room.
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MatthewBoydFanClub
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: Elwood
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| Total opposite to me. I love the facilities at Holden Centre and am proud to be a Collingwood member. I love the cafe at the Glasshouse as well. Meals are good value. I wish the coffee was a bit better though. |
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stui magpie
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Joined: 03 May 2005
Location: In flagrante delicto
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| John Wren wrote: | | stui magpie wrote: | | Similar to Steveh67, I visited the club on ANZAC day and I wasn't sure where the alleged Social Club facility was. |
up the stairs and to the left. it's where the balcony is along the wing, the main function room. |
I'll give it a squiz after the Carlton game when the VFL is playing there, assuming we beat Carlton.
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CarringbushCigar
Joined: 15 Nov 2007
Location: wherever I lay my beanie
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| Do they still have a drinks area after our senior home games ? |
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stui magpie
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Yeah, it's called King St.
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thompsoc
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The Social Club and the whole set up of the Holden Centre is what I consider to be the root problem of what is wrong at the Club.
It is nothing other than a boutique little up market joint.
Eddie has been taken out of Broady and Broady has been taken out of the Holden Centre.
Look at the balcony that over looks the training field.
Holds about a handful of guests.
No beer barn!
No pokies
No nothing except a converted Corporate function centre.
And that is exactly what it is.
A Corporate function Centre that doubles as a so called Social Club.
It is a place to make money for the club.
As for the whole centre ....yeah you can buy a coffee and a 100 dollar top.
But it has no soul and it will be a ghost house 95% of the time.
Thanks Ed.
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John Wren
"Look after the game. It means so much to so many."
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sitting at a pokie machine is very social, isn't it? i am glad we have no pokies and we don't need a beer barn. head to crown or one of the club's pubs if you want that.
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stui magpie
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Screw pokies. Plenty of places to go lose your money if that's what floats your boat, I'm happy if we don't have any.
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doriswilgus
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Location: the great southern land
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| I don't live in Melbourne so I don't know the answer to this.But how do our facilities compare to those of other clubs?Are their social clubs any better than ours? |
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SteveH67
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
Location: Canberra, Australia
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| stui magpie wrote: | | Screw pokies. Plenty of places to go lose your money if that's what floats your boat, I'm happy if we don't have any. |
I am not a gambler either, and very rarely play them.
But, it would be a money spinner for Melbourne based AFL clubs.
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Woods Of Ypres
Joined: 27 May 2003
Location: Yugoslavia
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| one thing I am jealous of about Richmond (the only thing!) is they get to have a few cans at their traditional home ground after a match. they dont treat their supporters as an inconvenience |
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stui magpie
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Joined: 03 May 2005
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| SteveH67 wrote: | | stui magpie wrote: | | Screw pokies. Plenty of places to go lose your money if that's what floats your boat, I'm happy if we don't have any. |
I am not a gambler either, and very rarely play them.
But, it would be a money spinner for Melbourne based AFL clubs. |
We have pokies in the pubs we own. that's more than enough.
Apart from the fact that I'm not a big fan of them, paying the licence fees to put them in the Holden centre would be dumb. You'd need to pay staff to have the place open when no bastard would go there unless there were events happening close by.
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