2015 Crowd Watch part II

[TheDalek079]

Perth is a shitty town

 

[CC_Roosters]

Cracking day in auckland hopefully be a big crowd for main event. Plus napier will be interesting not sure what to expect there

 

[Perth Red]

Perth is a shitty town

Shitty city if you will, get your insults accurate at least.

 

[Brutus]

Meanwhile; the belmore game just officially sold out and 9 expect huge ratings.

Yeah, suburban grounds. Get rid of them.

27k should be great.

oh wait a minute, it doesn't hold anywhere near that these days.

Will look good on tele though.

 

[hutch]

Right game, right ground. We don't do this enough!

And we don't have enough 'right grounds'!

 

[Raiderdave]

As opposed to Cronulla v Canberra in front of 7000, that will have them on the edge of their seats

Well the 10, 000 there last saturday were litterally on the edge of their seats you soap dodging wanker

 

[Raiderdave]

So
The 27k in Brisbane last night converts to

About 4k in Canberra:sarcasm:
Wow
Just wow :?

 

[thorson1987]

so
the 27k in brisbane last night converts to

about 4k in canberra:sarcasm:
Wow
just wow :?

6015.

 

[Clifferd]

Six thousand and fifteen

 

[woodyk2]

A few idiots around here at the moment. He is one of them. WoodyK is another.

My apologies for making an honest observation earlier.

 

[ouwet]

Belmore sold out earlier this morning! More members should turn up and more tickets released then last game... I dare say it'll get around 18-19K! Shame it No longer holds 25K+

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

6105

6105

6105

6015

 

[mongoose]

Channel 9's obsession with the Tigers is hilarious. What a f**king rabble of a club, but don't worry, brooks, moses and tedesco will be superstars one day...

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

well the 10, 000 there last saturday were litterally on the edge of their seats you soap dodging wanker

9853.

 

[Perth Red]

Well the 10, 000 there last saturday were litterally on the edge of their seats you soap dodging wanker

10,000? Wow I am in awe! Still it's better than 6015 I Suppose.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

10,000? Wow I am in awe! Still it's better than 6015 I Suppose.

We should all stop. Kabukiman will be on here to stop the "bullying" with his mean swear words.

Warriors crowd looks ok.

 

[CC_Roosters]

Belmore sold out earlier this morning! More members should turn up and more tickets released then last game... I dare say it'll get around 18-19K! Shame it No longer holds 25K+

Serious question but dont the club and leagues club buy the ground? Not enough clubs own their grounds in australia which is a big problem imo. Seems most are happy to let local government own professi9nal and grass roots facilities which puts the code forever at their mercy and investment in stadia dependant on political decisions.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

At what point can the ARLC say that crowds arent good enough and the licence should be stripped from those owners??

(im not suggesting move the team out of Canberra, but are the current operators really the best people to run the club there? Canberra people just seem emotionally dislocated from the team and the club doesnt seem to be doing much to remedy this...)

 

[seanoff]

Serious question but dont the club and leagues club buy the ground? Not enough clubs own their grounds in australia which is a big problem imo. Seems most are happy to let local government own professi9nal and grass roots facilities which puts the code forever at their mercy and investment in stadia dependant on political decisions.

I very few (ie none) clubs in australia have the financial power to build, own and maintain their own stadium at any sort of level. Most NRL clubs would struggle to pay for the upkeep of the surface. :lol:

Say a 25000 seat stadium costs a reasonable $150m. If an nrl club wanted to build it they need to borrow the money. So they borrow 150m at 6% for 25 years. They are looking at $1m per month to service the debt. Then you need to maintiain it, staff. It etc etc etc. so say $1.4m / month. Assume 20k for 13 home games, you need an average ticket price of $70 / person. $56 / person at capacity to pay for it.

This is not viable for most nrl clubs or afl clubs for that matter. Even NFL franchises get their stadiums built for them. Only really the biggest clubs worldwide can afford to build and own their own stadium. Nrl clubs are not remotely in this class. If they do own their own its a second or third rate facility at best and they dont have the money to really improve them.

 

[Perth Red]

Best chance would be something similiar to the proposed brookvale redevelopment were part of the land can be developed for other use/sale to pay for the development of the new stadium. Some wafl clubs here have started to do this Such as Claremont, WA cricket tried to do it to sort the waca out but seems to have fallen apart.

On.y way to do it otherwise is to have the stadium used all year around or have 3-4 tenants to make it viable.