2015 Crowd Watch

[dogz08]

i think dogs v eagles will get 15k at most

 

[Desert Qlder]

Storm V Roosters might hit 15k. Kids free entry.

 

[pHyR3]

Doing my comparison of this year's crowds to the equivalent games over the last 5 years.

Round 6 (126k) was 2k down on average (128k). We are now down 37k in total. Over 2009-14, Round 6 has averaged +7k. The gap between this year and the trend is getting larger.

There were actually more positives than negatives this week. It's just that most crowds offset each other.

Positives for the Round were:
- Broncos vs Roosters +6k (biggest crowd for these 2 teams since 1994)
- Eels vs Titans +2k (biggest crowd for this fixture since 2008)
- Dragons vs Bulldogs +1k
- Rabbitohs vs Cowboys +1k

Negatives were:
- Warriors vs Wests Tigers -5k (smallest crowd for this fixture since 2007)
- Panthers vs Sea Eagles -2k (smallest crowd for this fixture since 2008)
- Sharks vs Knights -2k

Raiders vs Storm was marginally negative.

Next week's par crowd total is 115k.

- Dragons vs Broncos 13k
- Bulldogs vs Sea Eagles 20k
- Titans vs Panthers 12k
- Cowboys vs Warriors 14k
- Storm vs Roosters 12k
- Wests Tigers vs Raiders 13k
- Knights vs Eels 19k
- Sharks vs Rabbitohs 13k

tigers should pull better, its a sunday arvo

so overall crowds are doing crap i gather?

 

[undertaker]

i think dogs v eagles will get 15k at most

especially since it's the delayed Friday night match, compared to the live Friday night match which gets more publicity and promotion.

 

[undertaker]

Dear oh dear....if that is the direction the orange line is trending in after only 6 rounds, I hate to see where it's going to be during the Origin period. You might want to extend that graph beyond -100,000

 

[undertaker]

tigers should pull better, its a sunday arvo

so overall crowds are doing crap i gather?

If Tigers fans are fair dinkum about Leichhardt Oval, the place should be packed on Sunday. It can be done.

http://afltables.com/rl/crowds/leichhardt_vn.html#hi

19,428 turned out for this corresponding match during winter in 2010 (also on a Sunday arvo).

And Newcastle vs Parramatta should get 20k+. Would easily get 25k+ if the Knights hadn't put in poor performances in their last two matches. Nevertheless, first home Sunday arvo game of the year. Good weather and 20k+ is a shoo-in (considering they got that against the Panthers in the less preferable Saturday arvo timeslot).

 

[DC_fan]

Dragons vs Broncos 15k
Bulldogs vs Sea Eagles 15k
- Titans vs Panthers 12k
- Cowboys vs Warriors 14k
- Storm vs Roosters 12k
- Wests Tigers vs Raiders 19k
- Knights vs Eels 22k
- Sharks vs Rabbitohs 11k

For a total of 120,000

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Knights crowds are on the decline, will probably get 18k

 

[st george dragons]

am hoping that the Dragons v Broncos game at Kogarah Oval on Friday night get over 15k for the game. Anything under would be poor.

Both teams are on form, and are both in the top 3!

 

[Burns]

Knights crowds are on the decline, will probably get 18k

On the decline? Our crowds this year have been pretty good.
16K against the Warriors
20k against Penrith
14k against St George, in what was a complete wash out due to weather.

Last year we played Para on a Saturday at 3pm in Round 25 and drew 18,500. Will probably get a similar to slightly higher crowd. Para always bring a good contingent of supporters.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Im expecting 20,000+ for the Newcastle/Parra game.

I remember last year the Parramatta club organised a train and a bus for supporters from Parramatta station to Newcastle

 

[pHyR3]

If Tigers fans are fair dinkum about Leichhardt Oval, the place should be packed on Sunday. It can be done.

http://afltables.com/rl/crowds/leichhardt_vn.html#hi

19,428 turned out for this corresponding match during winter in 2010 (also on a Sunday arvo).

And Newcastle vs Parramatta should get 20k+. Would easily get 25k+ if the Knights hadn't put in poor performances in their last two matches. Nevertheless, first home Sunday arvo game of the year. Good weather and 20k+ is a shoo-in (considering they got that against the Panthers in the less preferable Saturday arvo timeslot).

according the the CEO in a members seminar thing a few months ago

a lot of the numbers in the past were artificially inflated. he was adamant the CAPACITY of Leichardt is only 17,500 given safety considerations. before electronic scanning they would guess numbers, or assume everyone who bought a ticket (including member tickets) turned up, thereby artificially inflating them.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...nt-always-tell-the-truth-20150413-1mjuby.html

for more detail

 

[pHyR3]

On the decline? Our crowds this year have been pretty good.
16K against the Warriors
20k against Penrith
14k against St George, in what was a complete wash out due to weather.

Last year we played Para on a Saturday at 3pm in Round 25 and drew 18,500. Will probably get a similar to slightly higher crowd. Para always bring a good contingent of supporters.

crowds avergaed 22k in 2006 at hunter stadium and 21k in 2012.

so far below 17k this year...so declining even before origin starts

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

The Knights have been on the nose in newcastle for a while.

 

[CowboyFuriousFury]

The Knights have been on the nose in newcastle for a while.

Yet the Roosters are successful and no-one cares about them still, crowd average DECREASING after a premiership win is unacceptable.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

so all the old crowds are lies... basically no point comparing then

 

[BuffaloRules]

The Knights have been on the nose in newcastle for a while.

Have the fans switched to the Jets?

 

[Valheru]

Yet the Roosters are successful and no-one cares about them still, crowd average DECREASING after a premiership win is unacceptable.

Nice outburst

You do realise the guy you are responding to is not a chooks fan. He is a fan of the club he is bagging.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Good work ARLC!!!

This is exactly how they should be approaching attendance; make the adult tickets the relatively expensive ones (to acheive the necesary incomes) while letting kids in for as little as possible (as an investment in future ticket sales)

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Those long suffering Sydney folk finally getting a helping hand.