The announcement was made as the Club prepares to launch 2011 membership renewals on line in the next few weeks.
“We committed through the process of relocating two of our home games interstate in 2011, that we would protect the rights of our members,” Richmond CEO Brendon Gale said. “We believe that by providing two replacement games, as well as fixing membership prices, we have well and truly delivered on this promise.”
Season ticket holders who do not purchase reserved seating will now have access to a minimum of eight home games at the MCG, as well as the two replacement games, which depending on negotiations, may also be at the MCG. The remaining home game will be played at either the MCG or Etihad Stadium.
Reserved Seat holders will have access to eight home games at the MCG (the same amount of home games the Club hosted at the MCG in 2010), as well as two replacement games, which could also be at the MCG, where bays will be reserved and allocated in preference of reserved seat membership. Reserved Seat members will also have access to an 11th home game which will be played at either the MCG or Etihad Stadium.
The very best bays will be reserved for premium plus members, followed by premium members. Access Plus reserved seat members will not be affected as their memberships do not include reserved seating at any venue away from home games at the MCG.
In addition to prices being fixed across 11-game access and reserved seat memberships, home and away members who purchase a membership that provides access to home games and all remaining games in Victoria will actually have their price reduced.
“Obviously the 17-game Victorian membership now becomes a 15-game Victorian membership in 2011, so we wanted to ensure that home and away members were adequately compensated for that,” Gale said.
A full list of membership pricing and membership categories will be made available to members in the next two weeks.
“Historically we have been required to wait for the fixture to be released before we could go on sale with memberships. This year, we are in a position where we can launch our membership sales without the fixture so we intend to do that electronically (via e-mail) in the next two weeks. At this stage, the fixture may not be finalised until early November and we do not want our members having to wait that long before they renew,” Gale said.
Members can expect an e-mail in the next two weeks with their renewal offer, as well as log in details to the Club’s brand new membership website.
Replacement games in 2011
As most members would now be aware, the Club has elected to play home games in Darwin and Cairns in 2011, which will require two replacement games to be made available to Richmond members.
“The Club will provide two replacement games for all RFC members in 2011,” Chief Operating Officer Michael Stahl said.
“Once the fixture is released, we will set about negotiating which two “away games” our members will be able to access free of charge in 2011.”
It is expected that the two games will be nominated and made available to all members early in 2011.
As has been previously reported, membership pricing for all reserved seat holders and match day access members has been frozen for 2011, with the price of 17 game memberships reduced in line with the two less games in Victoria.
