2016 Crowd Watch

[Timmah]

Surely Gundagai get admitted to the NRL before Perth and a new Brisbane team.

 

[azza29]

That’s a bit of a shame, hopefully it picks up. Apparently flights between Canberra and Melbourne are a bit on the ridiculous side this weekend. Murray’s is offering $150 return, which is pretty good if you’re happy to spend 15 odd hours on a bus.

Given that I bought my ticket during the member-only presale it's not too bad. But once the $30 cat 3 tickets are sold out I expect quite a few will be turned off by the pricing. Cat 1 is $85 for non-members, it might be a prelim but that still seems about $20 too much to me.

 

[Michael_Buettner]

Surely Gundagai get admitted to the NRL before Perth and a new Brisbane team.

Keep the thread on topic please.

I'm sure there are seperate threads for club expansion.

 

[Raiderdave]

And that's the challenge for Canberra - to turn a lethargic fanbase into a strong one. There are good signs but there's a ways to go.

Yes
And

The NRL treating raiders fans the way they do is certainly going to encourage a strong following isn't it

Lol
So many lols

 

[BestHookerFarrah]

Canberra membership numbers and crowd numbers have been an embarrassment for years, through no fault but their own.

 

[Timmah]

The NRL treating raiders fans the way they do is certainly going to encourage a strong following isn't it

Apart from your mythical preliminary final, what treatment in the last few weeks has been negative from the NRL?

You got two home finals.

 

[Raiderdave]

Apart from your mythical preliminary final, what treatment in the last few weeks has been negative from the NRL?

You got two home finals.

And we should of had 2 finals at home by finishing on the top 4. That's not the NRL doing us any favours.
The fact we're not allowed ...Or not good enough .. to host a prelim while the other 3 sides in the top 4 can
Is treating our club & it's fans with utter contempt.
Wanna build a loyal fan base down here ?
Then ditch the home region policy
It sucks

 

[BestHookerFarrah]

Get a better stadium.

 

[adamkungl]

Get a better stadium.

It's clearly nothing to do with stadium quality or capacity. The answer is to relocate to Mildura.

 

[Raiderdave]

Canberra membership numbers and crowd numbers have been an embarrassment for years, through no fault but their own.

Well our members are real
Unlike Souffs lol

 

[lockyno1]

And we should of had 2 finals at home by finishing on the top 4. That's not the NRL doing us any favours.
The fact we're not allowed ...Or not good enough .. to host a prelim while the other 3 sides in the top 4 can
Is treating our club & it's fans with utter contempt.
Wanna build a loyal fan base down here ?
Then ditch the home region policy
It sucks

Then get a stadium that holds 30-35,000 plus.

For the record AAMI and 1300 Smiles shouldn't be allowed to host prelims either.

 

[BestHookerFarrah]

Well our members are real
Unlike Souffs lol

How can members not be real?

Souths numbers swell next year too, my family are all Souths fans now.

 

[Raiderdave]

Get a better stadium.

Get a better stadium.

Cough
1300 smiles
Cough

 

[BestHookerFarrah]

It's clearly nothing to do with stadium quality or capacity. The answer is to relocate to Mildura.

It clearly does, troll.

 

[Raiderdave]

How can members not be real?

Souths numbers swell next year too, my family are all Souths fans now.

33000 members
Who don't know where your home ground is

Lol

So many lols

 

[BestHookerFarrah]

33000 members
Who don't know where your home ground is

Lol

So many lols

Source? I've never been a Souths member before so I haven't taken notice.

This is the CROWD THREAD, stop re-railing it.

 

[guyver78]

How are ticket sales going for Friday night? I can still buy seats in Bay 12, right on the half way line...

 

[Pete Cash]

Yes, the raiders do have problems with members and crowds lol but its hardly the point. If other garbage stadiums can host preliminary finals because its a bit of a travel then there is no reason Canberra Stadium cant.

Hopefully next year we increase both members and crowds. Even when we are travelling good though there is always going to be a dip in the middle of winter for night games. That is just the reality of the situation.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

How are ticket sales going for Friday night? I can still buy seats in Bay 12, right on the half way line...

probably be last to sell those ones..

 

[Perth Red]

Am I missing something or is there a need for prelim finals to be played in 50k stadiums? I get it if it was two Sydney teams playing each other, or even GCvBroncos but beyond that I would have thought 25k stadiums would meet demand without locking out many in places like Canberra and NQ and 35k in Melbourne?

Canberra I really dont get, different city, different state hundreds of kms from Sydney yet they should play there? That is NSWRL logic if I have ever seen it!