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2021 AFL SEASON OFFICIAL BUSINESS PILLAR PARTNER OF THE WEST COAST EAGLES The West Coast Eagles Premium Hospitality team is always happy to assist you on match days and during the week. Please find details below on how you can best get in touch. ANDREW MCGUINNESS CHRISTIE MOORE-CROUCH PREMIUM SALES ACCOUNT MANAGER PREMIUM HOSPITALITY COORDINATOR (08) 6141 3648 | 0422 083 377 (08) 6141 3632 | 0423 543 994 MELISSA MADSEN RHYS ANDERTON PREMIUM SALES ACCOUNT MANAGER PREMIUM SALES MANAGER (08) 9388 4519 | 0412 587 943 (08) 9388 4589 | 0408 902 473 WEST COAST EAGLES MINERAL RESOURCES PARK, 42 BISHOPSGATE STREET, LATHLAIN, WA, 6100 PO BOX 152, VICTORIA PARK, WA, 6979 TEL (08) 9388 4500 ASK TO SPEAK TO THE PREMIUM SALES TEAM EMAIL [email protected] EAGLESHOSPITALITY.COM.AU TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME TO SEASON 2021 ................................................................................................................................................... 4 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 WEST COAST EAGLES BOARD ................................................................................................................................................ 6 MINERAL RESOURCES PARK .................................................................................................................................................. 7 ADVERTISE WITH THE WEST COAST EAGLES ....................................................................................................................... 8 AFLW..................................... ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 COMMUNITY AND GAME DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................................................. 11 EXPERIENCES .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 WEST COAST EAGLES CONCIERGE SERVICES ..................................................................................................................... 14 WEST COAST CONNECT .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 MAJOR EVENTS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 PREMIUM FACILITIES .............................................................................................................................................................. 18 ROOM/FACILITY OPENING TIMES .......................................................................................................................................... 20 ROOM/FACILITY DRESS STANDARDS..................................................................................................................................... 21 OPTUS STADIUM MAP .............................................................................................................................................................. 22 GENERAL INFORMATION ......................................................................................................................................................... 23 WELCOME TO SEASON 2021 the first six rounds – and we have three of While we are hoping for a ‘normal’ season those games at Optus Stadium. that is beyond the club’s control and we will always act in the best interests of our We kick off with round one against Gold players, our staff, our members and fans. Coast and then play other important We will continue to abide by the directives matches against Port Adelaide (Easter of the State and Federal Governments and Saturday) and Collingwood (round five). the health advice they offer. While there is a little uncertainty around how the year will flow, it’s reasonable to That said, we’re excited by what lies ahead. assume each of those games will provide strong challenges for our playing group. Our players are ultra-keen, they worked hard during an abbreviated pre-season The Suns stunned the Eagles in round and we look forward to a few players who two last year and are a team brimming have excelled on the track taking that to The need for flexibility has been paramount with rising stars while Port Adelaide are a game day and unveiling their talents to the for more than a year and it is likely to be a 2020 preliminary finalist and Collingwood football world. continuing trend in 2021. stopped West Coast’s assault in week one of the 2020 finals. And we look forward to sharing some of As a club, the West Coast Eagles have those special moments with you. appreciated the capacity of all of corporate So there will be much at stake in all of those members to adjust to the uncertainties of games and what looms as an intriguing the environment created by the world wide start to a season that holds even more pandemic. mystique than most. WE WILL ALWAYS ACT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR PLAYERS, OUR STAFF, OUR MEMBERS AND FANS. We are all hopeful we have turned the As a club we will work to the block of fixtures corner and are optimistic about playing as the AFL releases them, understanding the majority of games at Optus Stadium at that the landscape can change quickly, close to full capacity, if not at its maximum. depending on border restrictions that could be in place. Because of the world we live in the AFL has revealed venues and starting times for only 4 WEST COAST EAGLES PREMIUM HOSPITALITY CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE More recently, we endured a five-day lock-down which year in the competition, and in particular, being able to meant our AFLW team had to contend with a disrupted embrace those members whose passion and loyalty is season including border restrictions impeding their so engrained in our club ability to play games as scheduled. But they have remained highly resilient, adjusted, and represented our club proudly. While there is still an element of uncertainty around the ‘new normal’, we all take confidence knowing that we are able to adapt and adjust as required. And, fingers crossed, we are through the worst of it allowing important parts of our lives to resume. Russell Gibbs In that regard, football and the West Coast Eagles have West Coast Eagles Chairman been an integral part of our being for as long as most of us can remember. As an important aspect of our social environment and our culture we are hopeful that in 2021 we can engage and connect on the same levels that we have done in recent years. Our past player group at the West Coast Eagles goes by the acronym OWLS – older, wiser, larger, slower. In terms of our club, after the 2020 season, the first half of that moniker rings true…. we’re older and wiser. TO OUR CORPORATE You’ll recall that many times in 2020, from world leaders through to community members, we heard the word ‘unprecedented’ uttered. And it was true. On every level MEMBERS WE SAY A MASSIVE we were dealing with something completely foreign to us. A contagious and volatile virus that spread and THANK YOU FOR STICKING wreaked havoc on a scale of unimaginable proportions. But we bonded, worked together, and as a country, a State and a football club we worked our way through WITH US the year. The West Coast Eagles family continued to be incredibly To our corporate members we say a massive thank you supportive with membership hitting a record of more for sticking with us. We hope to repay your loyalty by than 100,000 in a year when opportunities to watch the providing both wonderful experiences and opportunities team at Optus Stadium were limited. for your business in 2021. That was both humbling and overwhelming. It is with optimism that we look forward to our 35th EAGLESHOSPITALITY.COM.AU 5 WEST COAST EAGLES BOARD RUSSELL GIBBS (CHAIRMAN) JUSTIN LANGER MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP HEAD COACH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM Russell was appointed as the director and chief executive of Hawaiian in 2000, a An outstanding Australian left-hand batsman, he was part of one of the most successful privately held Western Australia-based property company which owns and manages opening partnerships in cricket history with Queenslander Matthew Hayden. A commercial, retail, hospitality and development portfolios. He was previously state pugnacious competitor he played 105 Test matches for his country and scored 7696 runs president and national councillor of the Property Council of Australia, a member of at an impressive average of 45.27. His highest score of 250 came on the biggest stage, the Murdoch University Senate Committee and deputy chair of Youth Focus. Russell against England in the 2002 Boxing Day Test at the MCG. Post his own playing career he is currently a director of Satterley Property Group (since 2009) and St Ives Group (since has proven to be a coach who drives those same elite standards, initially as head coach 2013). Russell also holds board positions at the Chamber of Commerce and Arts and at the WA Cricket Association. He was in charge of the Western Warriors in the four-day the Murdoch University Foundation. Russell joined the West Coast Eagles board of domestic competition and the Perth Scorchers