R91 Sports and Recreation Activities

Essendon turns to business for cash

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Original article by Patrick Durkin
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 2 : 14-Jan-16

Essendon Football Club posted a profit of $A720,000 in 2015, following a loss of $A3.2m in 2014 in the wake of the sports supplements scandal. The embattled club could face costs of up to $A20m as a result of likely legal action by the 34 current and past players who have been banned for the 2016 season for taking the prohibited supplements. Essendon will be seeking financial support from its network of wealthy business leaders as it prepares to deal with the fallout from the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s ruling. The Australian Football League may also face significant legal costs.

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ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB, FUSION STRATEGY, KIA MOTORS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, TOLL HOLDINGS LIMITED, ADIDAS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, TRUE VALUE SOLAR HOLDINGS PTY LTD, COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT, SPORTSLAW.COM.AU

Perth AFL fans spend up on corporate grand final tickets

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Original article by John Stensholt, Julie-anne Sprague
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 23-Sep-15

The Australian Football League has revealed that all 14,000 of its corporate hospitality packages for the 2015 grand final have been sold. CEO Gillon McLachlan has indicated that Perth-based AFL fans have bought about 10,000 of the packages. Meanwhile, Virgin Australia and Qantas will increase capacity on the Perth-Melbourne route during grand final week. The West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers are both one match away from competing in the grand final.

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AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, WEST COAST EAGLES FOOTBALL CLUB, FREMANTLE DOCKERS FOOTBALL CLUB, VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX VAH, QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Go WA! Footy madness has hit – and the state’s the big winner

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Original article by Julie-anne Sprague
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 10 : 11-Sep-15

Western Australia will host four Australian Football League finals in 2015, which are collectively expected to boost the state’s economy by almost $A100m. The two finals matches in Perth on 12 and 13 September are tipped to attract more than 31,000 interstate supporters, while Fortescue Metals Group director Mark Barnaba says the finals will also boost morale in a state that has been hard hit by the downturn in the resources sector.

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AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, FREMANTLE DOCKERS FOOTBALL CLUB, WEST COAST EAGLES FOOTBALL CLUB, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, HAWTHORN FOOTBALL CLUB, SYDNEY SWANS FOOTBALL CLUB, WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES, TOURISM COUNCIL WESTERN AUSTRALIA LIMITED, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (INCORPORATED), PROGRAMMED MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED – ASX PRG, SEVEN GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX SVW

Ride on: the holiday habits of regular cyclists

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 3-Sep-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey (July 2014 – June 2015) has found that cycling participation in Australia has risen dramatically over the last few years. Just over 1.5 million Australians aged 14+ (some eight per cent of the population) regularly ride a bike. Regular cyclists are far more likely than the average Australian to name certain destinations as places they’d like to spend a domestic holiday. South Australian (SA) regions feature prominently: regular cyclists are 140 per cent more likely than the average Australian to nominate the Adelaide Hills as somewhere they’d like to visit, 138 per cent more likely to name the Riverlands/Renmark/Blanchetown region, and 119 per cent more likely to name the Flinders Ranges. These regions are all notable for their popular cycling paths. Outside of SA, other destinations more popular with regular cyclists than the average Australian tend towards high-altitude areas (Falls Creek; Mt Buffalo/Mt Baw Baw/Lake Mountain) and Queensland’s Stanthorpe.

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Go the blues: Kiwis who play team sports less likely to report depression, anxiety or stress

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Apr-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 10 per cent of New Zealanders aged 18+ reported experiencing depression at some point in the past year. This compares with just six per cent of those who regularly play a team sport. The survey, which was carried out in the two years to December 2014, also shows that some nine per cent of New Zealanders overall suffered from anxiety, well above the six per cent of regular team sport players. Meanwhile, 18 per cent experienced stress, compared with 15 per cent of team sports players

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Perisher deal may lift chalet prices

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Original article by Samantha Hutchinson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 46 : 2-Apr-15

US-based Vail Resorts has bought the Perisher ski resort in New South Wales. Real estate agents expect the deal to result in higher property values in the alpine region. Figures from CoreLogic RP Data show that the median price for residential property in Jindabyne fell by 3.25 per cent between 2013 and 2014, to $A395,917. Only 17 transactions were made in this period

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VAIL RESORTS INCORPORATED, PERISHER BLUE PTY LTD, CORELOGIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, RP DATA LIMITED, ZIRTANIUM PTY LTD, ZIRKY REAL ESTATE, AMALGAMATED HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX AHD, MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS GROUP LIMITED

Ball-up or down in the dumps

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 2-Apr-15

The 2015 Australian Football League (AFL) season begins on 2 April, amid the ongoing controversy over Essendon Football Club’s supplements saga. The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has indicated that it may appeal after the AFL’s Anti-Doping Tribunal exonerated all of the Essendon players. Some 350 people became Essendon members immediately after the ruling, and the club expects a big profit in 2015

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AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AGENCY, SYDNEY SWANS FOOTBALL CLUB, CARLTON FOOTBALL CLUB, RICHMOND FOOTBALL CLUB, INTERNATIONAL COURT FOR ARBITRATION IN SPORT, COLLINGWOOD FOOTBALL CLUB, MOELIS AND COMPANY, GOLD COAST FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED, GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY FOOTBALL CLUB

1 in 8 domestic travellers to Melbourne attends a live sporting match or race

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 1-Apr-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 4.5 per cent of Australians aged 14+ attended a sporting event on their most recent domestic holiday. The survey also shows that 12.8 per cent of domestic travellers to Melbourne attended at least one spectator sporting event in the two years to December 2014, ahead of Adelaide (8.5 per cent) and Darwin (6.7 per cent). Sports tourists are also 76 per cent more likely to go to nightclubs or bars and 42 per cent more likely to go shopping than the average holiday-maker

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Vail Resorts buys Perisher

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Original article by Robert Harley
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 : 1-Apr-15

James Packer and Luca and Guido Belgiorno-Nettis have sold the Perisher ski resort in New South Wales to US-based Vail Resorts. The $A176.6m deal is subject to approval from the State Government. Vail has indicated that people who buy Perisher’s Freedom Pass will also be able to use the group’s North America ski resorts. Perisher has been owned by a joint venture between the Packer and Belgiorno-Nettis families since 1995

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PERISHER BLUE PTY LTD, VAIL RESORTS INCORPORATED, TRANSFIELD CORPORATE PTY LTD

Powder to the people: the world’s top holiday picks among Australian skiers and snowboarders

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 30-Mar-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 4.8 per cent of Australians aged +14 regularly or occasionally go skiing or snowboarding. The survey, which was carried out in the year to December 2014, also shows that 46 per cent of skiers/snowboarders say they would like to visit at least one of Australia’s snow areas within the next two years. Some 30 per cent would like to visit Snowfield/High Country destinations in New South Wales, ahead of such destinations in Victoria (19 per cent). Meanwhile, 53 per cent of skiers/snowboarders in NSW/ACT and 47 per cent of those in Victoria cite a home-state destination

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