WELCOME to The Cattery's 'Good News' desk. This focuses
on everything going well for the team, in particularly the largely good work
being done off the field down at Skilled Stadium. We hope to bring you more
good news as the year continues.
At times we only focus on the negatives and forget that there's
a hell of a lot of good coming out of the club.
STADIUM CONSTRUCTION ON TIME
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Stand Elevation, as seen from the Brownlow Stand (Architect's impression)
The redevelopment of Skilled Stadium is on track,
and in fact ahead of budget. As a result, an additional million odd dollars
are being spent on renovations to other parts of the ground (Ross Drew
'Stand') and (finally) building a room for the membership team and a merchandise
shop. Capacity this year has been less than 22,000, and it's been packed
nearly every game, with fans being turned away. In years to come we should
see crowds approaching 27,000 pumping dollars into the club and community's
coffers, and doing so in comfort. The Geelong Football Club has confirmed
to The Cattery that there will be about 2,000 seats available 'free'
to general admission ticket holders at every match, as well as a further
6,000 patrons in a standing area. Unfortunately there won't be a 'big
screen', only an electronic scoreboard.
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Stand Elevation, as seen from Moorabool Street (Architect's impression)
Timelapse of construction
GEELONG SIGN JETSTAR AS BALL
SPONSOR AND JUNIOR FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT B Jensen April 16 2004
JETSTAR, flying out of Geelong's own Avalon Airport are the latest corporation
to sign up with the Cats. Jetstar will be the ball sponsor for all Geelong
home games, starting with this Saturday night's clash with Richmond at
Telstra Dome.
Importantly, the deal means there will be more football clinics aimed
at junior players and clubs within the greater Geelong region.
