2016 Crowd Watch

[mongoose]

Ditto the chooks, bit of fibbing there too I think.

not sure about the knights game but the roosters one didn't look fudged, 8-9k looked about right

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

thursday night just kills the crowd the broncos v bulldogs would get

Yep pre sales were strong till it was allocated to a Thursday. 27k I think, rain predicted.

 

[Timmah]

So you said 18K
& I Said marginally more at 20K

& I'm massively over stating ?

Lol
Ok sure lol

You're desperate aren't you?
I said 16-18k, you said 20-22k. They're two very different ranges to move within.

PS
Don't tell me about what's going on down here &-what we wouldn't have got

I live here & know the buzz the Raiders are creating is making it's Mark.
You don't live here & have NFI.

You've had two decent crowds in the last ten years v Melbourne. They're not traditionally a massive draw for you.

I also know that despite the "buzz", the Raiders haven't pulled a home crowd over 10k since May.

I'd love to eat humble pie tonight but you're staring down the barrel of another 11-13k crowd tonight.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

You've had two decent crowds in the last ten years v Melbourne. They're not traditionally a massive draw for you.

We're also traditionally sh*t when we play them.

But TBH I have no idea what to expect tonight.

I also know that despite the "buzz", the Raiders haven't pulled a home crowd over 10k since May.

Yeah it’s weird. It’s like something starts after May that impacts crowd attendance in Canberra.

 

[TheVelourFog]

Chooks got 8760

My first visit to Allianz, was a pretty pathetic crowd

Free buses from Central, plenty of parking

Whats the excuse?

 

[Timmah]

Yeah it’s weird. It’s like something starts after May that impacts crowd attendance in Canberra.

But somehow tonight's gonna see an explosion in Bruce's population?

Pick a side, man!

 

[Walt Flanigan]

But somehow tonight's gonna see an explosion in Bruce's population?

Pick a side, man!

I never said there was going to be “an explosion”, I said I had no idea what sort of crowd we’ll get. The pros would be that Canberra sporting fans are fickle and love to jump on a winner, the Brumbies season has finished, it’s a top 4 clash and Canberra likes a big event. The cons being a Monday night game with a 7pm kick off, no Melbourne supporters, winter is still in full swing here.


I’d hope for 18 – 20k but realistically I think it’ll be around 15k. If it were a Sunday afternoon game, we'd pull 20k easy. Our final home game against Parra next week should get around that.

 

[johnny plath]

We're also traditionally sh*t when we play them.

But TBH I have no idea what to expect tonight.



Yeah it’s weird. It’s like something starts after May that impacts crowd attendance in Canberra.

i have know idea on the layout of Canberra - is the ground easily accessible for fans if they want to get there. Without knowing, I kind of imagine a place like Canberra might pull a Monday crowd, - not huge traffic issues, 7pm kick off not too late, reasonable time to finish work and get out to the game. What would be the biggest deterant for such a big clash like this.

 

[Saint69]

Knights have got to be kidding. Over $13k is bullshit.

Let's assume the ground holds 33k, that means 1 seat in every 2 1/2 would have to be occupied. No way is that the case, unless every seat was taken in the western stand, that can't be seen by the camera?

Not criticising the crowd, the people there deserve medals for turning up...but 13k, come on.

Why would they fudge the crowd? they've recently had at least one crowd of 12 plus and going off yesterday's figures there was still approx 19,500 people that could have fitted in according to the ground rec that was set 5yrs ago? for an Aus v NZ test match which I was at.

What you can't see on tv is the number of people in the corporate boxes and there are plenty of those at Hunter Stadium.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

*edit*

 

[Walt Flanigan]

i have know idea on the layout of Canberra - is the ground easily accessible for fans if they want to get there. Without knowing, I kind of imagine a place like Canberra might pull a Monday crowd, - not huge traffic issues, 7pm kick off not too late, reasonable time to finish work and get out to the game. What would be the biggest deterant for such a big clash like this.

Yeah a 7pm kick off really shouldn't be a huge deterrent for Canberra.
You’re rarely ever more than a 20 minute drive from the Stadium (unless you’re in the deep south maybe), traffic going in will be pretty light and there's plenty of parking. The biggest deterrent would still be weather (6 degrees tonight).

 

[Pommy]

My first visit to Allianz, was a pretty pathetic crowd

Free buses from Central, plenty of parking

Whats the excuse?

It's a proper f**k about when it's busy.

 

[adamkungl]

Shit crowd at the SFS.. but as i've said before, most people have written our season off entirely, and it's an out of town team. I turned up expecting another flogging and was pleasantly surprised.
No excuse for the time and weather though, it was perfect (on a rainy monday that game with our form would have pulled 4000...).

Again, I don't see the point in charging full price for a low drawing game in a written off season. NRL pricing completely ignores the basics of supply and demand.

 

[TheVelourFog]

Shit crowd at the SFS.. but as i've said before, most people have written our season off entirely, and it's an out of town team. I turned up expecting another flogging and was pleasantly surprised.
No excuse for the time and weather though, it was perfect (on a rainy monday that game with our form would have pulled 4000...).

Again, I don't see the point in charging full price for a low drawing game in a written off season. NRL pricing completely ignores the basics of supply and demand.

bought tickets about 30minutes before kickoff, chose the Away bay and got slugged $45 a ticket. Ridiculous.

 

[adamkungl]

$25 would be a stretch for the kind of game that was likely to be

 

[TheVelourFog]

$25 would be a stretch for the kind of game that was likely to be

I wouldnt be complaining if we'd won though haha

 

[Clifferd]

Should be a sell out at pepper this Friday, going to the game gonna be a cracker

 

[Raiderdave]

I never said there was going to be “an explosion”, I said I had no idea what sort of crowd we’ll get. The pros would be that Canberra sporting fans are fickle and love to jump on a winner, the Brumbies season has finished, it’s a top 4 clash and Canberra likes a big event. The cons being a Monday night game with a 7pm kick off, no Melbourne supporters, winter is still in full swing here.


I’d hope for 18 – 20k but realistically I think it’ll be around 15k. If it were a Sunday afternoon game, we'd pull 20k easy. Our final home game against Parra next week should get around that.

Sssshhhhh
The self annoited know it all will have a kaniption with those predictions

Lol

 

[Timmah]

If I understood that sentence I'd reply Dave...

 

[shear_joy9]

Crowds have been poor for all Canberra teams regardless of team performance. The brumbies have been one of the top teams in the super comp for years yet barely outdraw the raiders.
Most people prefer to watch games on tv.

I think we'll see the raiders send more home games interstate and overseas. China, New Zealand, Adelaide, cairns, central coast etc.