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  1. Jamberoo

    2025 Crowd Watch

    When you add on finals revenue from game days, the AFL made 20% more from crowds than TV. No reason why NRL can’t do the same. Crowds is where the money is. To rely on broadcast revenue is lazy.
  2. Jamberoo

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    The AFL is contributing $4.5m to Henson Park. The helps get things moving. The NRL needs to decide what the end game (say, 2035) is for Sydney NRL stadia, and work backwards from there.
  3. Jamberoo

    WA BEARS

    The Hobart stadium is about to be resolved - it has bypartisan support and will be pushed though parliament in a couple of months. On track for 2028. Similarly, the NRL has leverage until contracts are signed, After that, it will be much harder to get anything done. Especially if WA has a...
  4. Jamberoo

    WA BEARS

    Excellent news. PVL finally putting the National in NRL. First game will sellout Optus. They will average 20k the first season.
  5. Jamberoo

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    That would be $400m, not $40m. Best to do nothing and wait for the full rebuild.
  6. Jamberoo

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    Looks like minimal corporate. How will they make enough money playing here?
  7. Jamberoo

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    30k is for concerts, with patrons on the grass. Not sure what acts would play Penrith, but that’s the theory.
  8. Jamberoo

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    Seems the obvious solution. Raiders can keep playing there. Stage 1 - new SE stand fully covered, new sheds 10k $150m Stage 2 - new NW stand 10k $150m Stage 3/4 - bring the ends in 10m. 5k $50m each.
  9. Jamberoo

    2025 Crowd Watch

    Just making sure a record round happens.
  10. Jamberoo

    2025 Crowd Watch

    The AFL let Storm play at their own stadium multiple times last year - they could really have stuffed the NRL around of they wanted to. They would not be worried in the slightest about Storm playing at the MCG, nor would they have much influence over the MCG. Cricket will push the AFL season...
  11. Jamberoo

    2025 Crowd Watch

    Yes, I am sure that they resurfaced the ground last week just so they could use it as an excuse not to host Storm next season.
  12. Jamberoo

    2025 Crowd Watch

    MCG CEO said today that there in no room for a Storm game @ MCG. Said they use Gather Round to replace the turf and that their event calendar is full, and that they would only consider squeezing in other events that were like to fill the stadium.
  13. Jamberoo

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    A 90k stadium will cost $5B. Construction costs increase as the capacity increases - the extra 20k capacity on top of say, 70k costs more than going from 50k to 70k. To play 20 NRL games there plus concerts and one of two other events per year is simply not feasible. It must have a 30k and a 60k...
  14. Jamberoo

    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    No multi-purpose stadiums anywhere again. Ever. Auckland might get away with it because they don’t have AFL and because their design considers that Rugby draws bigger crowds than cricket, but in every Australian city besides Brisbane the oval sport users draw bigger than rectangular sports, so...
  15. Jamberoo

    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Just did a google search and I might have been a little high. I know people here working at clubs (staff not including players - Storm 151, Hawthorn 250, Collingwood 288) and assumed that NRL clubs would be the similar. Some are, some are not: Sharks 128 Panthers 213 West 136 Manly 137 Souths...
  16. Jamberoo

    2025 Crowd Watch

    West Coast played at the same time 1.20 - 4pm (Sydney time). Dockers play today. Those times made no sense. Excellent crowd nevertheless. Will be in the top 10 non-Suncorp crowds for the season.
  17. Jamberoo

    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Governments and LGAs pay for a lot of the training centres. Having 40 highly paid players training, plus another 200 - 250 staff working in the area is good business.
  18. Jamberoo

    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    What exactly is the AFL doing in Western Brisbane that needed combatting?
  19. Jamberoo

    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    General support in Melbourne all AFL clubs would still be twice as big as Storm. I.e. for a Preliminary Final even NM would draw 70k+ V a non Vic club. They won’t pass NM in crowds, especially playing in a 29k stadium. NM revenue last year was $15m more than Storm.
  20. Jamberoo

    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    5 x AO (50k). 2 x Norwood (10k). 2 x Barossa (10k). No double headers. Total crowds should be around 270k. Why is this a problem?

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