ANZ Stadium half closed for Origin

[Timmah]

I'd love proof of that.

 

[NK Arsenal]

I can't wait until EAS gets upgraded to 40k so we can host an Origin match. We'll show those Sydney bastards how to sell out Origin.

QLD had 2 origin games last year, sold em out.

Sydney had 1 game, couldn't sell it out ffs.

Source: http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/soo_idx.html#2007

 

[salivor]

okay so QLD had to sell out 104976...

well this year NSW has to sell 167000

just a few more don't you think? Like, the entire capacity of Suncorp again!

Well considering the population of Sydney is more than double that of Brisbane I'm sure you won't have a problem squeezing out another 60,000 tickets. If Queensland can sell 105,000 tickets in a matter of days it shouldn't be an issue for Sydney to have sold out Game 1 by now and be selling tickets for game 2 yet here we are and game 1 still has seats available.

By the way nice try at dodging the point that NSW couldn't sell out their one single game last year.

 

[Timmah]

Ah the old population chestnut. Why do you assume bigger population = more support?

Sydney, as shown last weekend, is a big "on the day" or "walk up" crowd place. You can bet your ass the game will go very close to a sell out.

 

[salivor]

Lol, we're really clutching at straws now Timmy aren't we?

 

[Timmah]

No but you seem to love arguing on something that is still 7 days away and yet to be proven true... based on a rumour.

 

[salivor]

No but you seem to love arguing on something that is still 7 days away and yet to be proven true... based on a rumour.

Maybe you missed the part where I said:

Regardless of whether this rumour is true or not, it shouldn't exist as there shouldn't be any tickets left.

 

[HevyDevy]

No but you seem to love arguing on something that is still 7 days away and yet to be proven true... based on a rumour.

ANZ Stadium should be destroyed.

 

[Timmah]

I definitely agree it's configuration is woeful, and I dare say that is what contributes to lesser sales.

 

[yobbo84]

Seeing as though Origin is purpose built to appease Queenslanders, it's no suprise that they sell out games quicker. It means more to them than it does to us New South Welshmen.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Timmy just still doesn't get it. Look at last year. Queensland had 2 matches to sell, a total of 104967 people attended both games combined, 2 complete sell outs and both matches sold within a matter of hours if my memory serves me correctly. NSW had just one game to sell and could only manage 76924, not a sell out. Keep making excuses, the facts are that this game should've sold out in 5 seconds flat, regardless of whether this rumour is true or not, it shouldn't exist as there shouldn't be any tickets left. We're talking about the biggest match outside of the Grand Final, there are no excuses to be made.

as has been pointed out many times , suncorp is a clearly superior ground to ANZ. Sure sydney couldnt sell it out but people just arent prepared to sit in the 10-15 K worst seats out there.

there are plenty of good seats IMO , and they sell out quite easily. But if you have ever sat in the very top of the eastern or western stands you would understand why people dont want to sit there.

the reality is ANZ was designed with olympic sight lines in mind. There are plenty of examples around the world of 80K odd rectangular grounds that provide much better viewing than ANZ. Im confident if we had such a ground in sydney we would sell it out much more easily.

 

[Timmah]

Drop Suncorp in Sydney and you can bet your ass it would sell out quickly, that's the premise.

Not to mention it's cheaper to live in Queensland

 

[nqboy]

Once Newcastle gets a stadium with a capacity approaching 40k I think it would be worth taking the second NSW game up to the Hunter.

That would result in only one game in Sydney while still preserving home ground advantage. It would also be a worthy reward to a Rugby League-mad part of the state. It's worth remembering it isn't Sydney v Brisbane.

At the moment 26k isn't big enough for an Origin match, but I can see a day when taking Origin to Newcastle makes sense.

Cheers.

The SFS holds about 42500 now.

 

[Timmah]

42500 is too small for Origin IMO. 50k min.

 

[nqboy]

Well if the ARL would show some balls with their 50% control of the NRL Board and hold out for better TV deals then perhaps they wouldn't be so desperate for money. Then they could get back to doing whatever is good for the game and its fans across the entire length of breadth of Australia instead of just what is most profitable.

Leigh.

Yeah, but let's not hang by our nuts waiting for that to happen.

 

[salivor]

as has been pointed out many times , suncorp is a clearly superior ground to ANZ. Sure sydney couldnt sell it out but people just arent prepared to sit in the 10-15 K worst seats out there.

there are plenty of good seats IMO , and they sell out quite easily. But if you have ever sat in the very top of the eastern or western stands you would understand why people dont want to sit there.

the reality is ANZ was designed with olympic sight lines in mind. There are plenty of examples around the world of 80K odd rectangular grounds that provide much better viewing than ANZ. Im confident if we had such a ground in sydney we would sell it out much more easily.

That's funny as other events such as the Bledisloe Cup and soccer don't seem to experience this problem that you talk about of fans not wanting to sit in the top stands. Yet for what should be one of the biggest events on the Sydney sporting calender continues not to sell out. We can keep making excuses but it makes league look bad when it's jewel in the crown can't sell out in it's supposed heartland.

Hell if you want to bring the visability argument into it, 54,000 Victorians of all people didn't mind turning up to the Telstra dome to watch SOO 3 in 2006 in an oval venue made for AFL.

Not to mention it's cheaper to live in Queensland

It's official, we've hit rock bottom in the search for excuses.

 

[salivor]

Drop Suncorp in Sydney and you can bet your ass it would sell out quickly, that's the premise.

Not to mention it's cheaper to live in Queensland

I'd love proof of that.

 

[Timmah]

That's funny as other events such as the Bledisloe Cup and soccer don't seem to experience this problem that you talk about of fans not wanting to sit in the top stands. Yet for what should be one of the biggest events on the Sydney sporting calender continues not to sell out. We can keep making excuses but it makes league look bad when it's jewel in the crown can't sell out in it's supposed heartland.

Hell if you want to bring the visability argument into it, 54,000 Victorians of all people didn't mind turning up to the Telstra dome to watch SOO 3 in 2006 in an oval venue made for AFL.

:? How many times a year are football matches and union matches played there? PLENTY. How often is league there? WEEKLY.

It's official, we've hit rock bottom in the search for excuses.

Really? I would've thought money and living conditions would've been a primary factor in people's ability to attend matches. Seeing as you live in NZ and have very little idea of those differences I really don't understand how you can validate what you've said in this instance.

 

[nqboy]

I'd love proof of that.

Tell you what. You get the NSWRL to give all three games to the QRL and we'll show you.

 

[Timmah]

The most glaring is petrol prices, it's anywhere up to 30 or 40c per litre cheaper in QLD than it is here. How in God's name can you profess to know the differences between NSW and QLD in that regard, given you live in an entirely different country?