2025 Crowd Watch

[drcmuch]

So if they sold 45,000 tickets to a stadium that holds 40,000 but only 39,000 turn up, is that a sell out?

Yes. Means they've sold out their integrity, Qantas style.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Round 9 NRLW

Sat	12:45	CAN v WST	GIO	14,464
Sat	15:15	SGI v WAR	Jubilee	3,108
Sat	17:15	NQL v SYD	QLD C. Bank	8,031
Sun	12:00	CRO v NEW	Sharks	2,757
Sun	13:45	BRI v CBY	Tot Wkwr	1,724
Sun	18:15	GLD v PAR	Cbus Super	633

R9 Total	R9 Avg	Season TOT	Season AVG
30,717	5,120	259,581	5192

 

[yakstorm]

Roosters v Souths prices are crazy high

Category 1 Adult is $105, the same seats at CBus for Titans v Tigers is $103.95, Eels v Knights is $100 and for Dragons v Panthers is $149.78.

Category 4s are $47.50 for adults and $38.70 (GC), $35 (Parra) & $35 (Wollongong).

Going to a game is pricey. At least Roosters game means something and is at a good ground.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Category 1 Adult is $105, the same seats at CBus for Titans v Tigers is $103.95, Eels v Knights is $100 and for Dragons v Panthers is $149.78.

Category 4s are $47.50 for adults and $38.70 (GC), $35 (Parra) & $35 (Wollongong).

Going to a game is pricey. At least Roosters game means something and is at a good ground.

Cat 1 locations are almost going to the roof on east

 

[Gobsmacked]

So if they sold 45,000 tickets to a stadium that holds 40,000 but only 39,000 turn up, is that a sell out?

Provided they remain seated for the full 80 minutes, purchase a drink and or food, participate in cheering ( excluding Mexican wave) and present a signed copy of ticket stub with photo ID upon exit.

 

[League Unlimited News]

https://leagueunlimited.com/news/42997-results-2025-nrl-telstra-premiership-round-26/

Average home crowds​

Team	Average	Played	To Play
Brisbane	40,871	11	1
Canterbury	31,209	10	1
Dolphins	24,174	10	1
Warriors	23,797	10	-
Sydney	22,976	9	1
Melbourne	21,677	11	-
Newcastle	20,891	12	-
North Qld	18,649	12	-
Canberra	16,766	11	-
Gold Coast	16,491	10	1
Manly	16,322	11	1
Parramatta	15,793	10	1
Wests Tigers	15,383	10	-
Souths	14,758	7	-
Penrith	14,564	8	-
St Geo Illa	12,056	11	1
Cronulla	11,006	10	-

Excludes Vegas, Magic Round and neutral venue games.

Bold text indicates club has completed its home games for the year.

 

[Trifili13]

Provided they remain seated for the full 80 minutes, purchase a drink and or food, participate in cheering ( excluding Mexican wave) and present a signed copy of ticket stub with photo ID upon exit.

What about golden point? Can they get up and stretch their legs?

 

[user_nat]

Category 1 Adult is $105, the same seats at CBus for Titans v Tigers is $103.95, Eels v Knights is $100 and for Dragons v Panthers is $149.78.

Category 4s are $47.50 for adults and $38.70 (GC), $35 (Parra) & $35 (Wollongong).

Going to a game is pricey. At least Roosters game means something and is at a good ground.

Same seats at Suncorp are $189 for this Thursday (or would be if they weren't sold out).

$105 seems perfectly reasonable.

 

[Billythekid]

Damn maybe it’s cause I have a family now but $100+ a ticket is way more than I would spend to attend a regular season match.

 

[yakstorm]

Roosters are running Monday madness (20% off) for Friday's match if anyone wanting to but seats.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

Allianz update for Friday night:
- Level 1 North and Level 1 South both virtually sold out (~4,000 people)
- Level 1 and 2 East and Level 1 and 2 West both virtually sold out (including Amex Garden, which is sold out) (~16,000 people)
- <2,000 tickets remaining Level 2 North and Level 2 South (~4,000 people)
- 7 bays open on Level 4 East, selling two-thirds back in some bays (~2,000 people)

So to summarise - I think we are comfortably over 26,000 tickets sold (note I have no read on how many members are turning up on Level 4 West), trending nicely to a crowd around 35,000.

 

[yakstorm]

Roosters have released the remaining sections on Level 4 that they'd previously been holding back. All Corporate Hospitality is now sold out at Allianz as well for the match.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

The Roar have an article suggesting a crowd of 35,000 for Roosters vs Rabbitohs at Allianz on Friday night:

https://www.theroar.com.au/2025/09/02/stadium-dispute-latest-chapter-in-book-of-feuds-why-souths-must-move-to-world-class-venue/amp/

Depending on what Canterbury and Cronulla draw on Saturday, it could be the fourth biggest regular season crowd in Sydney this year.

Also a fun fact - the AFL Attendances website has NRL crowd records dating back to 1957. If the Roosters and Rabbitohs draw more than 32,500, it would be the one of the top ten biggest regular season crowds between the two clubs in that ~70 year span. Of those top ten crowds, four will have been set in the past four years at the new Allianz Stadium (41,906 in 2022, 36,639 in 2023 and 37,594 in 2024). That’s a strong endorsement of the new stadium.

 

[t-ba]

It's a shame it wasn't 45k capacity.

 

[yobbo84]

It's infuriating how incompetent our management is that we're not playing out of Allianz.

 

[Dogs Of War]

It's infuriating how incompetent our management is that we're not playing out of Allianz.

I'm sure you will be by 2031.

Then it's about see what the Govt will do about Stadium Australia and if we can get another club to share that ground. Really the only clubs left to share are Wests and the Dragons which make sense, and I don't see either doing that. But our biggest ground deserves to be better than what it currently is.

 

[yobbo84]

I'm sure you will be by 2031.

Then it's about see what the Govt will do about Stadium Australia and if we can get another club to share that ground. Really the only clubs left to share are Wests and the Dragons which make sense, and I don't see either doing that. But our biggest ground deserves to be better than what it currently is.

Well we're not going anywhere for another 5 years.

Solly is all bluster - signed the contract and then has buyers remorse.

If we leave Homebush, it'll be an even bigger white elephant, with only the Bulldogs 10 games a year played there. No way the government willingly does that.

It's the clubs fault.

Unfortunately, a lot of the supporters have aged out, young Rabbitohs fans don't want to go there - proof is in the numbers, our supporter based has mentally checked out of there.

But we're stuck with it.

 

[Dogs Of War]

Well we're not going anywhere for another 5 years.

Solly is all bluster - signed the contract and then has buyers remorse.

If we leave Homebush, it'll be an even bigger white elephant, with only the Bulldogs 10 games a year played there. No way the government willingly does that.

It's the clubs fault.

Unfortunately, a lot of the supporters have aged out, young Rabbitohs fans don't want to go there - proof is in the numbers, our supporter based has mentally checked out of there.

But we're stuck with it.

There are plenty of other events that get played there. An origin, semi finals, big soccer games, large concerts, big union games depending on who they play.

And with the Rabbits probably moving on, it makes sense to put it back on the table at around that time to get that stadium improved, it will be over 30yrs old in 2030. Couple of years to build/rework while Souths and Dogs play elsewhere before a new improved stadium is provided.

 

[Wb1234]

I'm sure you will be by 2031.

Then it's about see what the Govt will do about Stadium Australia and if we can get another club to share that ground. Really the only clubs left to share are Wests and the Dragons which make sense, and I don't see either doing that. But our biggest ground deserves to be better than what it currently is.

If doggies can maintain or grow crowds Accor is ok with those kinds of crowds in

Its when it’s under 10k that’s it’s awful

With the lower bowl full the atmosphere starts becoming decent

Other than event games its the doggies home ground now

 

[Dogs Of War]

If doggies can maintain or grow crowds Accor is ok with those kinds of crowds in

Its when it’s under 10k that’s it’s awful

With the lower bowl full the atmosphere starts becoming decent

Other than event games its the doggies home ground now

Honestly having been to too many Dogs games, under 15k is terrible. Only starts being decent at 20k. It's a bloody hard stadium to make a great atmosphere in.