Smart phone only way to enter Optus stadium Perth

Thousands of everyday people will no longer be able to attend Optus Stadium because they do not own a smart phone.
Downloaded tickets have been scrapped. No smart phone, no entry.
Most organisations care little for senior citizens, move with the times or stand aside.
Surely it is time for those overpaid pollies to stand up for their constituents and mandate a percentage of tickets be allocated for those who want nothing to do with the all-encompassing technology.
It can be done; mandates are applied for new builds regarding affordable and social housing.
What it shows me is that senior citizens are no longer valued and a huge portion of society would rather that seniors stay locked away in their homes.

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TheSirfurryanimalWales · 61-69, M

Somewhere else assuming everyone has a smartphone.
I am in possession of my Glamorgan County Cricket 2026 membership card as they will send one to those of us who do not have a smart phone.
I’m on the list of those who don’t.
But they would prefer it if we all did!
I am wondering if an iPad would suffice at Optus Stadium.It would at Glamorgan.
But I can’t get into the Millennium Stadium or buy tickets from Ticketmaster unless I succumb to buying a smart phone.
I won’t.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@TheSirfurryanimalWales I doubt that an ipad would be acceptable. I refuse to buy an overpriced smart phone. I miss out? Such is life.

KiwiBird · 36-40, F

You can get a smart phone in Australia from $59

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@TheSirfurryanimalWales Last year I bought tickets on the gate at Sophia Gardens for cash and got in and seated a lot quicker than the long queue of people fiddling around with phones 🙂 Some of the food vendors were also taking cash. The evening was only slightly marred by a roving camera operator deciding that I was/should be romantically attached to my colleague and projecting our image on the scoreboard between overs as part of a "love cam" feature 🙄 (this being a T20 match where people are not allowed to focus on the game for more than 2 minutes without a distraction).

butterflybaby75 · 41-45, F

@KiwiBird why should people be required to have a smartphone to access products and services? It's like telling everyone they must have a smart tv or smart car or live in a smart home. Some people don't want a mobile phone at all or only want a dumb phone.

TheSirfurryanimalWales · 61-69, M

@SunshineGirl The T20…I was probably there.
I’d have been concentrating on filling in my score sheet though.
Not you on the big screen
Fortunately we have seven weeks of proper cricket starting next Friday before that nonsense though.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@TheSirfurryanimalWales Wrap up warmly!

TheSirfurryanimalWales · 61-69, M

@SunshineGirl yeah 🥶

ArtieKat · M

@KiwiBird Under £80 for a new smartphone in the UK, no need for a contract with Giffgaff or Lebara - £5 or £6 for calls, texts and internet

butterflybaby75 · 41-45, F

@ArtieKat like inkjet printers the devices are throwaway cheap but the telco plans like ink cartridges are not. I have a bare minimum postpaid one costing $75 a month

ArtieKat · M

@butterflybaby75 The ones I'm talking about are available in the UK unlocked with no SIM card - the companies I mentioned supply the SIM cards without a contract.