Hazydog wrote:So now the dust is settling on Gather Round, I'd be interested in knowing what tangible benefits to each SANFL club were. Seems like all of them had AFL clubs training/conducting clinics at some point. Were these well attended and did they generate any additional revenue for the clubs?
Also - given we will have 3 more years of it at least, and assuming the Parade gets another couple of games each year, does that favour them financially? (Genuine question - I dont know if they benefited at all financially or whether the coffers went to the AFL/SANFL only?)
From a Norwood perspective, my understanding is our benefits were any investments to Oval/stadium infrastructure funded by either AFL or Council (I think there was some lighting and stall (beverage and canteen) upgrades, aswell a s the players race/dugout) and we took the canteen profits. The other intangible benefit I guess was exposure of ground and club.
Been a great experience for us as a club and I hope we get to remain involved, but also would like to see all clubs if possible gain some benefit from
It in future.
EDIT: oh, and any club merchandise we were able to sell over the four days.
EDIT (2): Apparently no food and beverage revenue came our way inside the ground. So upgrades and exposure were the two main benefits.