SCG NRL Debacle

[horrie hastings]

This is a good move, the light rail has copped plenty of criticism and rightly so but for moving fans away from the moore park area after the footy it has been a godsend.

Love the light rail for getting to the game now, from St Peters i can get from my door to the SCG in around 32-35 mins now when the transport connections work , bus from the corner to St Peters station , Train from St Peters to Central and Light Rail from Central to Moore Park. Usually in less of a hurry to get home so have a drink somewhere before going somewhere for dinner ( does depend on what time the game is though for that ).

[bondi.boy]

Parking is $20 at the school on the other side of Anzac Pde ... much easier to get out after the game as well!

Thanks for that.

[bondi.boy]

Was just a dig at myself BB in the sense that football much like gold for me is only half the experience without the beer!

I don't drink beer, or drink alcohol anymore.
The footy is only half the experience for me without chocolate, lollies, and soft drink.
My favourites from the supermarket...not what is sold at the footy.

[milanja]

We are not transport snobs, honestly.
Pre covid we would park at Eastgardens carpark in Spring St, rooftop $17 have some food at the club then catch the shuttle to the ground.
Light rail idea sounds good...but is "indoors".
Best "elderly" people (we can still walk, talk, sing and dance) with underlying conditions, diabetes 2 and heart condition, avoid 'indoors".
Kochie now has Covid, after the flood telethon.
I can pay the $30 for parking (hoarded gold coins when times were good)..
but object to the cost.

Easts leagues used to validate your ticket when parking at east gardens, not sure if they still do.

[milanja]

Fair point. I love the beers, but TBH I can picture a day when (like tobacco), they ban booze (maybe also gambling advertising) from the venue completely.

Again I love a beer and watching in a pub with a few brews (having a bit of a punt on the outcome while you're at it isn't inherently evil). However, if banning them and having a more family friendly environment meant getting 40,000 to every game (rather than 8,000 to each game with all the $$$ coming from Fox & bookies) then IMO it'd be worth it. I'd love to see the comp be more about people going to stadiums + participating rather than having it in in the background at some pub, with randoms only caring about the game when it's gonna impact their multi).

TBH if I wanna get drunk I'm gonna load-up on the turps before the game anyway. For stadium prices I can get a full gastro pub meal + a few pints of craft beer instead of a cr@ppy luke-warm pie, soggy chips and a plastic cup of VB. Sorry 4 plastic cups of watered down VB 'for my friends' that I'm gonna promptly skull in the hope they contain SOME traces of alcohol.

im the same, we’ll load up before, and then go somewhere after, once the game starts I don’t need anything, let alone having to get up and line up for food or drinks and miss some game time, unless the new stadiums get robots that can deliver the food and drink to me, I have never seen the need to complain about the price or quality of stadium food for a game of league.

Now a day at test cricket is a different story all together.

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

I'm standing in my penthouse dickhead.

While you're there you should apologise to the gentleman you were so rude to when you embarrassed yourself.

[Thirteen]

im the same, we’ll load up before, and then go somewhere after, once the game starts I don’t need anything, let alone having to get up and line up for food or drinks and miss some game time, unless the new stadiums get robots that can deliver the food and drink to me, I have never seen the need to complain about the price or quality of stadium food for a game of league.

Now a day at test cricket is a different story all together.

I never feel the need to eat the crappy junk food at the footy. The game goes for less than 2 hours. Eat before or eat after.

[BillyBonkers]

I'm standing in my penthouse dickhead.

Can't afford a chair?

[Keith]

I miss the footy stadium

[Paddo Colt 61]

The franks in the thermos is looking like a masterstroke.

[Mickie Lane]

The franks in the thermos is looking like a masterstroke.

It always was. Its so old school Rugby League & Souths do have alot of old school supporters.

[ism22]

The franks in the thermos is looking like a masterstroke.

That was you, wasn't it?

[infidelrooster]

Just do a pub crawl down Devonshire St ,start at the Royal Exhibition go across to the Maddison ,then up to the Gaellic Club, cross back over to the Strawberry Hillss Hotel,then up to the Dove & Olive,stay on that side and walk up to the Shakespeare have a beer and pay out the feral verminites in their pub .Keep going up the road to The Trinity. If you've had enough then jump on the light rail to the SCG.But if your a stayer turn left on Crown St and hit The Clock Hotel, when times up at the Clock head across the road to The White Horse ,after that turn right onto Foveaux St onto Fitzroy St and the last stop The Cricketers Arms.,by then you wont be bothered with all the bullshit at the SCG bars .PS .without QR codes you can probably fit in The Old Captain Cook and Olympic.

[mightyrooster]

Why?
Some people do take their own food and drink... especially water.
It's allowed, soft drink and water.. and only in plastic bottles.
Sandwiches, biscuits etc.
Pensioners and families mostly.
Problem is, you have to carry it all.
Used to be more prevalent in the days of 3 games...old Sports Ground for example.
You spent nearly all day there.
Like a picnic.
Imagine filling a picnic basket for the family today at SCG prices!
Life seemed so much simpler back then.

Good point BB. The cost of food at a game of footy or cricket these days is ridiculous especially if you’re going as a family.

[Rooster1908]

As much as it pains me to admit but the souffs hotdog smuggler was a bloody visionary!

Anyone got any handly little smuggling hacks they woukd like to share?

yes dont put hotdogs down your trackies . In case of dog attack