2015 Crowd Watch part II

[Timmah]

10,128

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Players have consistently said they find it easier to back up on Friday night rather than later in the weekend.

Its bad enough to fail to make smart choices about new ideas but to change things that are proven to work is just stupidity.

 

[Timmah]

Could you imagine Bellamy whinging about playing Monday into Friday PLUS Origin backups?

Please.

 

[Perth Red]

10,128

You reap what you sow, pretty good turn out for 1/2 a Melbourne team. Maybe they should have offered a free ticket with every origin ticket sold?

 

[Saint Doc]

You reap what you sow, pretty good turn out for 1/2 a Melbourne team. Maybe they should have offered a free ticket with every origin ticket sold?

Even though we know not everyone would have taken it, you can't offer 80,000 free tickets to a 28,000 seat venue.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Could you imagine Bellamy whinging about playing Monday into Friday PLUS Origin backups?

Please.

So don't play the f**king Monday. FMD.

 

[Canard]

Gee the NRL have f**ked over the Storm this year, between clashing them with an AFL game on Easter Monday and putting them on the Monday before an Origin, they have truly shafted them.

The "other" code bends over backwards to make their expansion teams succesful, to the point of basically legal cheating, and we just keep shafting expansion teams.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

with 85,000 tickets already sold as of midday on Monday
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-15/record-state-of-origin-crowd-expected-in-melbourne/6547346

I think the MCC area will have some large gaps in the top tier.

See picture below: this was from the members area at the AFL grand final replay in 2010,

Grand Final Replay
2 October 2:30 pm MCG (Crowd: 93,853)

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/pies-chief-slams-grand-final-ticketing-20110929-1kzzy.html

 

[Perth Red]

Even though we know not everyone would have taken it, you can't offer 80,000 free tickets to a 28,000 seat venue.

No but you could have offered a first come first served free ticket offer. Wouldn't have been hard, just give origin ticket purchasers a code when all seats gone offer is over.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

No but you could have offered a first come first served free ticket offer. Wouldn't have been hard, just give origin ticket purchasers a code when all seats gone offer is over.

Or you could have had it as a much cheaper addition, like buy Storm v Eels ticket for $5.00 with only 10,000 available. Then keep the two for one offer going.

They had an additional offer with the purchase of a ticket to Eels v Storm and Broncos v Storm but they were still wanting $20 a seat.

 

[Timmah]

You reap what you sow, pretty good turn out for 1/2 a Melbourne team. Maybe they should have offered a free ticket with every origin ticket sold?

Or you could have had it as a much cheaper addition, like buy Storm v Eels ticket for $5.00 with only 10,000 available. Then keep the two for one offer going.

They had an additional offer with the purchase of a ticket to Eels v Storm and Broncos v Storm but they were still wanting $20 a seat.

They actually had 2 for 1 mates rates last night. Didn't do much good.

Gee the NRL have f**ked over the Storm this year, between clashing them with an AFL game on Easter Monday and putting them on the Monday before an Origin, they have truly shafted them.

The "other" code bends over backwards to make their expansion teams succesful, to the point of basically legal cheating, and we just keep shafting expansion teams.

Is it possible the club asked for that, or it was strategic? I can see the thinking - schedule matches either side of Origin in Melbourne to drum up interest. It backfired but I can see why it was done.

And I'd hardly suggest Melbourne "keep getting shafted".

 

[Sydney Knight]

Even though we know not everyone would have taken it, you can't offer 80,000 free tickets to a 28,000 seat venue.

GWS did

 

[betcats]

If they did that strategically they are f**king idiots.

 

[Canard]

Is it possible the club asked for that, or it was strategic? I can see the thinking - schedule matches either side of Origin in Melbourne to drum up interest. It backfired but I can see why it was done.

And I'd hardly suggest Melbourne "keep getting shafted".

If they did request it than stiff shit to Melbourne, but I can't see that being the case. Who flies down early for Origin??

But post Origin on FNF, has been historically a good spot for Melbourne V Brisbane and has resulted in decent crowds.

Melbourne has been shafted in terms of scheduling this year.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

They actually had 2 for 1 mates rates last night. Didn't do much good.



Is it possible the club asked for that, or it was strategic? I can see the thinking - schedule matches either side of Origin in Melbourne to drum up interest. It backfired but I can see why it was done.

And I'd hardly suggest Melbourne "keep getting shafted".

I said "Keep the two for one offer" - I knew they had it.

 

[Perth Red]

yeh should have been Friday v Brisbane. i'm going tomorrow and staying till Saturday and would have gone, I suspect many others might have as well, at worse you could have handed out promotional material at mcg with a ticket offer on it.

I know the NRL is at the beck and call of tv when it comes to scheduling but sometimes the decisions just seem plain dumb or ill thought out.

 

[XXXX Cap]

Looks like a Queensland Cup game has topped (or at least equalled) any of the NRL crowds for last weekend.

Papua New Guinea v Souths Logan at the new stadium in Port Moresby had well over 15,000 in attendance. The highest NRL crowd was 15,118. So much for saturation media coverage.

 

[Brutus]

Looks like a Queensland Cup game has topped (or at least equalled) any of the NRL crowds for last weekend.

Papua New Guinea v Souths Logan at the new stadium in Port Moresby had well over 15,000 in attendance. The highest NRL crowd was 15,118. So much for saturation media coverage.

Even big Mal, Badge or Jacko wouldn't have played in front of a crowd that big whilst running around for the Magpies in a premiership match.

Same goes for Richo Hill and Ash Lumby.

 

[chahrour123]

Anyone know the PAX for State Of Origin game 2 ? or how many tickets sold besides the 85,000. Does anyone know the latest information ?

 

[elbusto]

Anyone know the PAX for State Of Origin game 2 ? or how many tickets sold besides the 85,000. Does anyone know the latest information ?

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