I get what you’re saying but there was no future at Windy Hill. Club couldn’t survive there for home games.
MCG had everything. It’s the best stadium in the southern hemisphere. A great atmosphere. It’s big enough to fit every fan that wants to watch us, in good years on field in particular. It’s cheaper as it usually won’t require supporters to upgrade to expensive reserved seats at a higher cost for games that draw 40-50k.
Marvel, if we have to play games there is good for about 3-4 home games. Them aside, the G is a far superior stadium for a big club like Essendon.
They said 41000, but it was in reality less than that I reckon. MCC had Fark, virtually top deck empty and top deck in Warnie Stand had very few.
And my foolproof parameters, no queue at all in the dunny at halftime and no queue buying beer. At $17 a pint of Carlton Draft, probably understandable.
In round 2 this year, after losing to Hawks Essendon still drew 46,668 against the Crows. That was a really reassuring number. That was the crowd that reinforced Essendon’s powerful drawing credentials and confidence that when it’s successful again it will draw huge crowds to the G. Irrespective of opposition.
Get good, then we can start demanding stuff. Until then, the AFL will (rightly) just go “lol, TV networks don’t even want to show your games, get real”.
