Just imagine for a family, 4 tickets (average size family), travel to and from the game (maybe parking), then the ridiculous prices for food and beverage and its no wonder the average family man just gets Foxtel instead.
When my wife and I go to see the Eagles at Suncorp its about $45 each (there goes $90) for the budget tickets (free transport on the train and as we live only 2 stops from Suncorp that's easy).
Its always a Friday night, so we go to the Caxton beforehand ( another $60 gone), then get a budget feed (and there's some good healthy options at Suncorp these days), so say another $30, and I like a few beers at the game ($9 each for mid strength), and Rosemary will have a couple of wines (also $9 for a little plastic cup of cask wine) so say another $60, and if we win its back to the Caxton for a couple of celebratory drinks (so say another $40) before going home.
Almost THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS for a night out......now I admit, we could just arrive, take our seat after having an early dinner at home, and walk straight out at the end and its cost $90 BUT if you are looking at that in purely an entertainment sense that's a bloody expensive night out.
Here's some other things I could do with $300 in Brisbane.
*20 Tickets to the movies (Cinema just up the road so we can walk there), I don't eat popcorn so we simply arrive, take our seat, watch and go home.
*2 x Yearly passes (for Queenslanders) to Movie World, Sea World, Wet & Wild.
*6 Tickets to shows at QPAC (roughly $49 each)...so we'd get to go 3 times.
*3-4 nights out at one of our local cheap eateries (all BYO), average cost is about $35 pp and bring your own wine allow $20.
Sorry a bit long winded BUT you get the idea.
I can afford it (rolling in dough....cough cough LOL), but your average family can't......I think every code, AFL, Union and A League have the same issues.
