YOUR GUIDE TO THE 2016 AFL SEASON AT THE MCGCRICKET 2015/16 FOOTBALL 2016 he MCG will again be the centrepiece INDEX of the AFL season, with 46 home and STAY INFORMED away matches in 2016, one more than Visitor tickets and reserved seats 2 T Some details in this guide are subject last year. Members Reserve access and seating 3 to change. Members can get the latest Our season kicks off on March 24 with information via the club’s website, our Provisional membership arrangements 3 a Richmond-Carlton clash, part of a Facebook and Twitter pages as well as Catering 4 tripleheader at the ‘G over the Easter weekend. regular email updates. Make sure you visit This year, the club has introduced a free, Service, standards and regulations 5 mcc.org.au to check that we have your high-density WiFi network at the MCG to Dress standards 6 correct contact details. enable you to stay connected to the game Fixture of MCG matches 8 wherever you are in the Reserve. Members will also be able to bring children under the age of 15 to all Sunday matches free MCC CONTACTS of charge (see page 2) and, at specified games, Office 03 9657 8888 Country/Interstate 1300 367 622 (local call fee) access the ground after the siren for a kick-to- Facsimile 03 9650 5682 Match Day Enquiries 03 9657 8888 kick on the hallowed turf. Website www.mcc.org.au Facebook www.facebook.com/MelbourneCricketClub We hope you enjoy the footy season and Twitter www.twitter.com/MCC_Members look forward to seeing you and your guests Email [email protected] Postal Address PO Box 175, East Melbourne, Victoria 8002 enjoying the Members Reserve facilities. Members’ Dining Bookings www.mcc.org.au or 03 9657 8888 Visitor Tickets and Reserved Seats – Ticketek 1300 136 961 or www.ticketek.com.au FOOTBALL 2016 Visitor tickets and reserved seats VISITOR TICKETS ON-SELLING OF VISITOR TICKETS COMPANION CARD MCC visitor tickets went on sale on Thursday Members should be aware that the on-sale A member with a Companion Card can gain February 25 (for rounds 1-22) and will go on of visitor tickets to any event through public access for their companion free of charge at sale on Wednesday August 10 at 9.00am for auction sites is strictly prohibited. Any member all matches. A guest with a Companion Card Round 23 matches. For Full and Restricted found to be in breach of club rules in this must have a visitor ticket to enter the Reserve members there is a limit of four visitor tickets respect can expect to face disciplinary action. and their companion can then gain free entry. per member for all matches except Anzac Day, We seek your co-operation in this matter. Reserved seats will also be free of charge for when the maximum is two. Companion Card holders accompanying Given the expected high demand for members and guests who have purchased blockbuster matches that may arise during the their own reserved seat. Please visit www. MOBILITY-IMPAIRED SPACES season, we expect the limited number of visitor companioncard.org.au for information. Reserved seating for mobility-impaired patrons, tickets available to sell out quickly, so members including wheelchair spaces and their carers are encouraged to purchase their requirements (with Companion Cards) will be available via as early as possible. Ticketek (1300 665 915 or agencies) or in Children under the age of 15 may enter the person at the club. Spaces will also be available Reserve free of charge at Sunday matches on all levels on match day on a first-come, first- throughout the 2016 home and away season. serveded basis.basis. However, members will still be required to obtain a nil-value, bar-coded ticket for them through Ticketek (normal transaction fees still apply) or from our membership services staff in advance or on the day of the match. These tickets will still form part of a member’s allowed visitor ticket allocation. RESERVED SEATS Subject to availability and match classification members are able to purchase a reserved seat for themselves and their guests. There are up to 7000 reserved seats available to members. The number of reserved seats a member can purchase for their guests will mirror the number of visitor tickets available per member. Reserved seats not sold in advance will be available on a walk-up basis on match day. MCC TICKET PRICES Adult Child U/15 Member reserved seat $10 N/A Visitor ticket $35 $6 TICKETINGTICKETING CONDITIONSCONDIT Visitor ticket & reserved seat $45 $11 * Children under the age of six are admitted free When purchasingpurchasing tickets at an agency,agency, MembersMemb purchasing tickets online will be of charge. members willwill be requrequiredired to show thetheirir requiredrequir to set up a Ticketek account. ** Tickets for children under the age of 15 are free of charge at Sunday matches. photophoto ID membershipmembership card. Tickets will onlyonly bebe sold to an MCC member bearingbearing HoldersHolde of annual guest cards are not their membershipmembership card at the time of eligibleeligibl to purchase visitor tickets. purchase.purchase. PURCHASE METHODS AtAt the time of the event, people aged 6-14 Only members can collect pre-purchasedpre-purchased are classifiedcla as children and persons aged Online at www.ticketek.com.au tickets from Gate 2 on match days, upon 15 and over as adults. Ticketek agencies productionproduction of their account confirmation ProvidedProvid they are accompanied by an MCC Ticketek’s MCC booking line number and membershipmembership card. VisitorsVisitors member,memb children with a junior AFL club cannot collect pre-purchased tickets.tickets. 1300 136 961 membershipmemb may enter the MCC Members The Membership Services Office at the PricesPrices areare inclusiveinclusive of all feesfees and ReserveReser for matches in which their card club, Monday-Friday, 9.00am-5.00pm GST, exceptexcept for a $2.70 transaction fee wouldwould have granted them access to the The Gate 2 ticket windows on match applicable for tickets purchased throughthrough publicpublic areas of the ground. days, subject to availability. Ticketek.Ticketek. TicketsTickets purchasedpurchased at the club willwill MembersM b are expected to be in attendance not incur a transaction fee. when introducing guests into the Reserve. Reserved seats must be purchased in A maximum of 10 tickets can be purchased the same transaction as visitor tickets. per transaction. Transaction fees apply per Reserved seats will be taken off sale one transaction regardless of the number of hour prior to gate opening time on match tickets purchased. day. 2 MCC MEMBERS’ GUIDE | FOOTBALL 2016 FOOTBALL 2016 Members Reserve access and seating The MCC Members Reserve offers excellent LONG ROOM AND BALCONY PASSES seating on all four levels of the northern stand, Long Room pass LONG ROOM AND BALCONY with a capacity of almost 23,000 (including A Long Room pass allows a guest aged 18 years PASS ALLOCATION standing room). Access to the Reserve for and over to enter the Long Room, the Frank CONDITIONS members and guests is via Gate 2 near the Grey Smith Bar and Balcony seating areas on corner of Jolimont Terrace and Jolimont Street. levels 2 and 3 of the Reserve. Matches in the 2016 AFL home and Full and Restricted members and annual guest away season will be placed into three cardholders will have entry entitlements to the Balcony pass categories, having regard to expected Reserve for all matches in the 2016 AFL home A Balcony pass allows a guest of any age to and away season. For Provisional members’ access the Frank Grey Smith Bar and Balcony attendance in the Reserve and member entry entitlements, please refer to the table seating areas on levels 2 and 3 of the Reserve. demand for facilities. below. CATEGORY A Advance applications MEMBER-ONLY AREAS For Category B and C matches, a set number No Long Room or Balcony passes will be Balcony seating of Long Room and Balcony passes will be issued. The majority of seating on Level 2 and all available for booking in advance. Applications of Level 3 has been allocated exclusively for generally open at 9.00am on the Monday two CATEGORY B members, as well as guests of any age with a weeks prior to each round (refer p8) until Full members are able to apply for one Long Room or Balcony pass. 5.00pm on Tuesday the following week or until Long Room pass or up to two Balcony Once a seat has been chosen, reserved seat all allocated. passes. tickets will be issued to those in attendance. It’s Applications will be processed in order of a case of first-in, first-served. receipt and accepted via the MCC website Restricted members are able to apply for application form, by email or fax. up to two Balcony passes. Long Room In the interests of allowing as many members The Long Room will only be accessible to as possible the opportunity to introduce guests CATEGORY C adult members (18 years and over), as well as into these areas, a limit of 10 successful advance Full and Restricted members are able to adult guests with Long Room passes, subject to applications per member for the season applies. apply for up to two Long Room passes or dress regulations. Members who do not collect their allocation of passes on more than one up to four Balcony passes. Frank Grey Smith Bar occasion without notifying the club in Provisional members are able to apply for The Frank Grey Smith Bar on Level 3 is advance, will be excluded from making up to two Long Room passes or up to two accessible to members as well as guests further applications during the season.