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They were losing a lot of money when they were at Homebush, not sure on previous seasons. The new stadium has definitely helped, average crowds are up around 50% and one side of the stadium is corporate so I’m sure they are up in that department as well
$1mill revenue for 30k tickets sold, beer and food sales and 30- 50 corporate boxes sold? Hmmm I’d be worried if my CEO was that bad at accounting! Maybe he meant profit?
Eels 2024 reportWhere are you getting this figure from ?
These figures show lower
NRL 2024: All Club Commercial and Gameday revenue revealed - SportsIndustryAU
The Daily Telegraph reported on a secret document that outlined just how far ahead the Broncos were compared to their NRL brethren. I wasnt overly fond of thefootyindustry.com
Sponsorship has a direct relationship to gameday, in terms of exposure and suites sponsors get. The full sponsors value obviously isnt in just game day but a chunk of it is very much tied up in corporate game day sales.
So you want to ignore all the corporate game day sales?
Annual reports don’t seperate out sponsorship and corporate hospitality in their revenue lines. Probably because the two are intertwined.
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Every cloud!
R360 causing the collapse of club rugby in England and wales would be great for rugby league!
Sale co-owner Michelle Orange says the proposed new R360 competition risks killing off club rugby around the world if it gets off the ground.
R360, fronted by former England centre Mike Tindall, aims to launch in October, after a recruitment drive to sign star names for eight men's teams and four women's teams who will compete on an F1-style circuit of events in major world cities.
However, Orange says she and fellow owners would withdraw from rugby rather than become R360 feeder clubs.
"If [R360] were to happen, I honestly think it will be the death knell for Premiership club rugby, not just in England, I think around the world," she told BBC Sport.
"We're certainly not going to keep investing all that money into building a pathway, only for Mike Tindall every three or four years…to take the cream off the top of the milk again.
"I'm not saying the Curry boys [Sale and England flankers Tom and Ben] are going to 360 - I'm just using them as an example – but if they went, by the time they retire, Mike Tindall's going to need to replace them and keep expecting me to replace them within my squad.
"Most clubs are being supported by wealthy individuals who love the sport, want to do their bit for the sport, but certainly aren't that stupid to keep putting money in to creating a conveyor belt that's going to fund R360 and get no compensation for it."
R360's organisers claim it will soon turn a profit, by drawing in fans who watch Test rugby but don't follow the current club game, as well as attracting new audiences.
It views its recruitment of overseas stars as no different from the sort of policy pursued by Japan's top-tier clubs.
All Blacks fly-half Richie Mo'unga and South Africa's two-time world player of the year Pieter-Steph du Toit are among those attracted to Japan Rugby League One by high wages and low workloads.
However, publicly at least, R360 is yet to make significant headway in building its roster.
Sale's George Ford and Northampton's Fin Smith renewed their club contracts amid R360 interest, while superstars Finn Russell and Antoine Dupont have extended deals with Bath and Toulouse respectively.
Orange says the impact of R360 would be most keenly felt in the women's game however, with England's Premiership Women's Rugby (PWR), which hosts big-name talent from around the world, particularly vulnerable.
"I think it would absolutely kill the women's game off," Orange added.
"I completely understand why any international player would want to join R360. When you look at what these girls are earning as wages now, it's still paltry compared to what the men get.
"And we're not going to be in a position for several years to even start thinking about those wages going up dramatically - just because there's not the money in the game.
"I don't want to ever deprive an athlete from going to earn better money for themselves, they deserve it.
"But Mike Tindall is going to need a minimum of 120 to 140 players to join his league to make it successful for the four female franchises.
"If you take 140 girls out of the PWR , it would decimate us.
"The player pool isn't good enough yet to be able to sustain such a loss. So I think it could be the end of the league."
R360: Sale co-owner Michelle Orange warns of start-up event effects
Sale co-owner Michelle Orange says that the proposed new R360 competition risks killing off club rugby around the world if it gets off the ground.
When I had a corporate box with the Eels at Commbank there was an option to sponsor a jersey number. Every time your number scored or kicked a goal they would say your company name on the big screen. Part of the package included an 8 seater open air box , so I can see how it is a blurry line
