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What'sinaname 
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| Dave The Man wrote: | | watt price tully wrote: | | The strength and attractiveness of being a legends member is sitting in the same seat with the same Collingwood people around me. I’d be buggered before I have to share space with supporters of the filth or Richmond near me (home and away). …..(I might want to reframe that😉) |
Club will lose members over it |
Any lose of membership would be immaterial. Club membership fluctuates due to on field performance, not changes to member entitlements.
And the club know people won’t cancel their legend membership and forgo their prime home game seating as once you lose those seats, if you sign up again, you’ll get worse seats. |
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The Prototype 
Paint my face with a good-for-nothin smile.
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Location: Hobart, Tasmania
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| mattdally wrote: | If that's the case then we should stop sharing the gate receipts for our home / away games.
Time for us to make a stand. |
I saw that Ricky Nixon made a post on Facebook suggesting that Collingwood would/should do that going forward as they helped all those struggling clubs in the past and should start being selfish. I wouldn't be against the idea, we should focus on keeping ourselves financially stable now.
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Sounds fair to me, well said Ricky
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The Prototype
Paint my face with a good-for-nothin smile.
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Agree on Ricky for this one.
Collingwood must be selfish and look after it self for a change.
Time we were selfish as a club and that is not a bad thing either. |
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Jezza 
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New deal has been announced. Members will have received an email about the terms of the deal.
Members impacted will be directly contacted by the club in the coming days to discuss away seating options for 2024 and beyond.
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Jezza
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The email to members:
| Quote: | I write to advise you the Collingwood Football Club, together with the MCC (Melbourne Cricket Club) and other tenant clubs, have finalised a new five-year arrangement for the Ponsford Stand.
The Club has worked tirelessly to ensure the new agreement would achieve the best possible result for the Club’s incredibly loyal Members and, as a result, we are pleased to advise we have been able to retain the same number of seats for all nine home games at the MCG each season.
We have also retained access to the same total number of seats across the Ponsford Stand for all away games at the MCG with an increase in access to Level 1 and Level 4 seats and a corresponding reduction in access to Level 2 seats for away games, depending on the opposing home team.
We want to be transparent with all Members – the reality of going through this process was that there would be change and we want to assure you we left no stone unturned to limit the changes for our Club and our valued Members.
While every effort has been made to ensure our agreement with the MCC remains the best in the AFL competition, we understand there will be some Members who feel disappointed with the deal we have reached.
We have been in the MCG’s Ponsford Stand since our move from Victoria Park in 1999 and more broadly, have been integral to the success of the stadium in the decades since.
No other Club provides the atmosphere like Collingwood fans do and it is no coincidence that when the Magpie Army’s chants are echoing throughout the ‘G’, we play our best footy.
When we win, our players love giving back to the Ponsford Stand and that won’t change. We are pleased that through these negotiations, we have been able to retain the same changerooms and race, ensuring our players get to run out with our supporters for every match played at the MCG – home or away – and celebrate with everyone when the final siren sounds.
SUMMARY OF THE UPDATED MCC AGREEMENT
Collingwood plays 14 home-and-away games at the MCG each season, nine of them are home games and five are away games.
Home games at the MCG
- Collingwood’s Member access to the Ponsford Stand remains the same for all nine home games at the MCG with the Club retaining the same number of seats, in the same location for each of those games.
Away games at the MCG
- Collingwood retains the same number of seats across the Ponsford Stand, however, there will be a varied impact to Level 2 access depending on who the opposing home team is. Further details listed below:
Away games at the MCG against Hawthorn and Richmond:
- Collingwood will have access to all seats on Levels 1 and 4 in the Ponsford Stand.
- Level 2 seats in the Ponsford Stand will not be available.
- Members with access to a Ponsford Stand Away Game Reserved Seat will need to participate in a seat registration process in the period leading up to the game. Members with Level 2 reserved seats for other MCG away games will be given priority access.
- Please note: The Club will officially request and lobby the AFL to avoid fixturing an away game against both Richmond and Hawthorn in the same season moving forward.
Away games at the MCG against Carlton, Essendon or Melbourne:
- Collingwood will have access to all seats on Levels 1 and 4 in the Ponsford Stand.
- Collingwood will have a set allocation of Level 2 seats in the Ponsford Stand.
- Members will be allocated a set Reserved Seat for Away games against these opponents which features marquee games each season (i.e. Peter Mac Cup, ANZAC Day and King’s Birthday Big Freeze games).
Away games at the MCG against any other AFL team not listed above:
- All seating on Levels 1, 2 and 4 will be available to Collingwood Members in the Ponsford Stand.
Level 2 Hospitality for impacted Away games at the MCG:
- Access to the Harrison Room (Legends Lounge on Level 2) will not be available to Collingwood Members for away games at the MCG against Carlton, Essendon, Hawthorn, Melbourne or Richmond. A new premium Membership will be introduced in 2024, featuring access to an exciting and new Victoria Park Social Club to be launched ahead of the 2024 Premiership season.
As a result of these adjustments, we will introduce new tiered Membership packages for the Ponsford Stand. Each impacted Member will receive a direct phone call from the Club’s Membership team to discuss all options to best personalise their access for 2024.
The tiered memberships will see more consistent pricing which will be based on the location and view from the seat which is standard practice across stadiums in the AFL and across the events and sporting industry worldwide.
Collingwood remains committed to delivering the best at-match experience for our Members and increase the access and connection to our Club throughout the year.
We don’t ever take for granted the support of the Magpie Army and on behalf of the Board, our athletes, and staff at Collingwood, we thank every single Member and supporter for their unwavering commitment to our Club.
For Members who currently hold an MCG Away Seat, our Membership team will call you directly from Thursday, August 9.
We will also directly communicate with the 90,000 Collingwood Members who will not be impacted.
Jeff Browne
Collingwood President
 
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU
Away seating at MCG games will change from the 2024 AFL season.
As a Member who currently holds an MCG away seat, you will be impacted.
Our Membership team will contact you directly to talk through your MCG away seating preferences for the 2024 season and beyond.
These phone calls will begin on Thursday 10 August and continue until all impacted members have been contacted.
Starting with current Level 2 seat holders, Members will be contacted in order of years-of-service, filtered by attendance.
We kindly request that Members await this phone call. No preferences will be taken unless you have first been contacted by the Membership team to do so.
Of course, Members like yourself will have questions about this process, such as:
- When & how will impacted members be contacted?
- What will happen on the call with a Membership representative?
- Is any action required from me before the call?
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Jezza
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Hiss
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This has destroyed our membership! We have been betrayed. Booted out of our lifetime away seats because scum Ninethmond and Yellow and Poo Hawks whinging . Why didn’t the Club stand their ground and fight for our rights? A deal is a deal. The MCC ripped it up. This is a breach of our Constitutional rights . Why doesn’t Albo add this to his Referendum to give us a voice ?
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BazBoy
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Then let them fill the G with bums on seat like we do
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David
I dare you to try
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| Hiss wrote: | | This has destroyed our membership! We have been betrayed. Booted out of our lifetime away seats because scum Ninethmond and Yellow and Poo Hawks whinging . Why didn’t the Club stand their ground and fight for our rights? A deal is a deal. The MCC ripped it up. This is a breach of our Constitutional rights . Why doesn’t Albo add this to his Referendum to give us a voice ? |
Hiss, did you miss this bit? It sounds like your dreams might finally be coming true 
| Quote: | | A new premium Membership will be introduced in 2024, featuring access to an exciting and new Victoria Park Social Club to be launched ahead of the 2024 Premiership season. |
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Ronnie McKeowns boots
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But what price will the schooners be David, what price the schooeys?
And will they bring back the Saturday night disco?
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Gerry Cooper
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| Ronnie McKeowns boots wrote: | But what price will the schooners be David, what price the schooeys?
And will they bring back the Saturday night disco? |
And will they let Hiss in wearing his trackie dacks?
Will they even stock Corio Five Star?
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LulieSt
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From the article on the Age website, makes it sound like the 'Victoria Park Social Club' is just roping off an area at the top of the escalators in the Ponsford.
| Quote: | | Collingwood are also creating – along with the MCC – a new area called the Victoria Park Social Club behind the Dean Jones Bar where supporters can gather at every game they play. |
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