2008 Crowd Watch - Final Totals in Post #3778

[Red Bear]

How dare they decide after five years that they no longer want to give away home ground advantage :crazy:

and so now instead of marching in the middle of sydney and going to the footy in (near enough to) the middle of sydney these diggers now have to catch a train out to hombush, and back, long travel times and taking away from the atmosphere behind the whole day.

Not to mention the souless cavern that is ANZ stadium. Hell dragons fans are pissed off they are playing all there games including this one out there. At the sfs given dry conditions we could easily get back to the 25-30 k crowds that werent so high last year due to 1 win between each side and it pissing down in sydney. 25-30 k, hell 19000 at the sfs is a much better atmosphere and day than anything at the olympic stadium also.

I'll still be there, i dont miss this game, but it will have an effect on the crowd.

 

[*Paul*]

15,550 Brucey Wucey

 

[yakstorm]

Not bad at all. Thats the top crowd for either code of Rugby in Canberra this year, beating the Brumbies highest crowd of 15,244 against the Queensland Reds.

 

[Evergreen]

Would've been the first time we've outstripped the Brumbies crowd when playing on the same weekend since the mid-late nineties. The tide has turned....

 

[magpie_man]

that's awesome!

 

[ash the bash]

Good stuff Raiders

 

[Chook Norris]

great crowd, on a monday night as well!

 

[dallymessenger]

Would've been the first time we've outstripped the Brumbies crowd when playing on the same weekend since the mid-late nineties. The tide has turned....

in a few years time, i think the brumbies will have given up on canberra, especially if crowds keep falling.

after AFL failed there as well, it wouldnt surprise me to see the raiders averaging closer to 20,000 in a few years

 

[Mr. Snrub]

in a few years time, i think the brumbies will have given up on canberra, especially if crowds keep falling.

after AFL failed there as well, it wouldnt surprise me to see the raiders averaging closer to 20,000 in a few years

I strongly doubt the brumbies will leave Canberra. They've had an up and down year. I guarantee that the crowd for the brumbies this coming weekend will be atleast 18k

 

[Knights_Premiers]

Yeah there seemed to be a healthy crowd there, massive lines for ticket sales before kickoff. I think they got over 14,000 the week before against the Tigers as well.

 

[Knight87]

looks like the Mondayitis bug has hit in bigtime into Canberra. Out of the 3 MNF games they've hosted (vs Newcastle, Syd Roosters and Melbourne), they've got pretty good crowds, in comparison to other teams. I think MNF does have a lot of potential to attract big crowds, with proper promotion, special offers and also holding matches near CBD areas, not out in places like Campbelltown, Penrith etc. I mean, how are ppl suppose to get there from the city in time for the 7pm kickoff? Even Nth QLD, it's a very vast area, supporters travel hundreds of kms just to get to Cowboys home games.

The other teams that I think will draw good home attendances at MNF games are Gold Coast and Brisbane. Both of Brisbane's MNF home games last year got over 25,000 and their game vs Tigers (in raining weather) got nearly 30,000. I know Broncos haven't had a home MNF game yet, but if they get one against a good side, I think they could draw just as much as a Friday Night home game.

Also, if Melbourne played the MNF home matches at Telstra Dome, they can get some good crowds too. Their 20,000+ vs Warriors was impressive, considering how hot it had been in Melbourne earlier that day.

 

[bobmar28]

yeah prices would have a lot to do with it. Although I don't think we have had poor crowds, I think after handling of the Muzz saga, the fact we sucked a$$ in the early rounds, may have made the crowds drop a couple of thou. I think this week you will see a fairly full stadium. The prices are starting to get out of hand though, I went for a family ticket in the stand this year as it was $100 cheaper than 2 adults (me and the wife don't have any kids) so go figure how the hell that works????????? More seats for less $$$$...

Get kids to the game. $100 cheaper?

 

[Timmah]

The story so far
NRL Crowd Figures & Comparisons after Round Six


Round 1 - March 14-17
SOU v SYD - 29,386 @ ANZ
GCO v NQL - 26,974 @ Skilled
PAR v BUL - 25,065 @ ANZ
MAN v CRO - 15,424 @ Brookvale
NWC v CAN - 17,233 @ EAS
BRI v PEN - 31,250 @ Suncorp
WES v STG - 18,211 @ SFS
MEL v NZW - 20,084 @ Telstra Dome

Total: 183,627
Avg: 22,953
2007 - Total 185,051 Avg 23,131 (8 matches)
2006 - Total 161,713 Avg 23,101 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 159,614 Avg 22,802 (7 matches)

Round 2 - March 21-24
SOU v BUL - 21,839 @ ANZ
SYD v BRI - 18,724 @ SFS
PEN v CAN - 7,503 @ CUA
NWC v MAN - 18,117 @ EAS
NQL v WES - 20,655 @ DFS
NZW v PAR - 15,250 @ MSS
MEL v CRO - 10,720 @ OPS
STG v GCO - 10,521 @ WIN

Total: 123,332
Avg: 15,417
2007 - Total 124,964 Avg 15,620 (8 matches)
2006 - Total 121,369 Avg 17,338 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 110,428 Avg 15,775 (7 matches)


Round 3 - March 28-31
BRI v NQL - 50,612 @ Suncorp
PAR v NWC - 15,176 @ Parramatta
SYD v MEL - 12,137 @ SFS
CAN v STG - 14,440 @ Canberra
GCO v CRO - 19,050 @ Skilled
PEN v SOU - 10,839 @ CUA
BUL v WES - 21,057 @ ANZ
MAN v NZW - 10,175 @ Brookvale

Total: 153,486
Avg: 19,186
2007 - Total 123,456 Avg 15,432 (8 matches)
2006 - Total 126,039 Avg 18,005 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 116,244 Avg 16,606 (7 matches)


Round 4 - April 4-7
BUL v SYD - 36,526 @ ANZ
MEL v BRI - 13,831 @ OPS
STG v CRO - 15,318 @ ANZ
GCO v CAN - 17,381 @ Skilled
NQL v PAR - 19,231 @ DFS
NZW v NWC - 11,518 @ MSS
MAN v SOU - 14,426 @ Brookvale
WES v PEN - 11,898 @ CSS

Total: 140,129
Avg: 17,516
2007 - Total 148,330 Avg 18,541 (8 matches)
2006 - Total 103,791 Avg 14,827 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 105,979 Avg 15,139 (7 matches)


Round 5 - April 11-14
PAR v GCO - 13,321 @ Parramatta
MEL v MAN - 13,632 @ OPS
STG v NQL - 11,639 @ WIN
PEN v SYD - 16,924 @ CUA
NZW v BUL - 15,912 @ MSS
CAN v WES - 12,240 @ Canberra
NWC v BRI - 21,614 @ EAS
SOU v CRO - 12,988 @ CSS

Total: 118,270
Avg: 14,784
2007 - Total 158,721 Avg 19,840 (8 matches)
2006 - Total 105,083 Avg 15,011 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 127,840 Avg 18,262 (7 matches)



Round 6 (Heritage Round) - April 18-21
PAR v MAN - 14,025 @ Parramatta
GCO v BRI - 27,176 @ Skilled
BUL v STG - 14,767 @ ANZ
CRO v PEN - 13,852 @ Toyota
NQL v NZW - 20,554 @ DFS
SYD v NWC - 14,176 @ Bluetongue
WES v SOU - 19,122 @ the SCG
CAN v MEL - 15,550 @ Canberra

Total: 139,222
Avg: 17,403
2007 - Total 98,127 Avg 16,354 (6 matches)
2006 - Total 114,633 Avg 16,376 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 120,750 Avg 17,250 (7 matches)


Season
TOTAL 858,066
AVERAGE 17,876 (8 matches per round)
After 6 rounds in 2007 - Total 838,649 Avg 18,232 (8mpr)
After 6 rounds in 2006 - Total 732,808 Avg 17,448 (7mpr)
After 6 rounds in 2005 - Total 740,855 Avg 17,639 (7mpr)

 

[DINGb@T]

Not sure if I've done this right but...

If the Titans had played Brisbane at Suncorp this year (like they did last year) and got the same 48,000 crowd figure they got last year the year average would be 18,313.

(I got that by adding the extra 21,000 to the season total and dividing it again by the 48 games played so far. Please correct me if it's wrong)

Pity they didn't cause it would put us ahead for the season to date.

 

[Timmah]

Wrong. Should be an additional 21k, not 31k.

 

[Slackboy72]

in a few years time, i think the brumbies will have given up on canberra, especially if crowds keep falling.

after AFL failed there as well, it wouldnt surprise me to see the raiders averaging closer to 20,000 in a few years

Considering the Brumbies are owned by ACT rugby I'm not sure what you think they would do or where they would go if they didnt play in Canberra.

 

[yakstorm]

This weekend should put us ahead.

Broncos v Souths has already pre-sold over 23K, so is well on track for 30K.
Titans v Warriors has already pre-sold over 18K, so we should get 22-23K there.
Cowboys v Storm is on track for over 20K.
Sea Eagles v Bulldogs is on track for 16K+
Sharks v Tigers is on track for a similar margin
Dragons v Roosters is past the 11K mark already, putting it on track for a 20K crowd.

So long as the weather stays good, it should be a good weekend for the NRL.

 

[brendothejet]

yak and his insight.


gotta love it.

Dragons v Roosters will get less than it would have got at the SFS. Simple as that.

I'm sick of ANZ and it is only round 6. Can't imagine how negative i will be at the end of the year ...

 

[Timmah]

yak, Dogs-Dragons pre-sold 16k... ended with a total of 14.4... the pax I saw at the gate pre-match was roughly 12k... what's the story?

 

[Cheesie-the-Pirate]

yak, Dogs-Dragons pre-sold 16k... ended with a total of 14.4... the pax I saw at the gate pre-match was roughly 12k... what's the story?

My guess is that they overcounted the number of Red V members who would take advantage of the free entry.