Last time I was in Canberra I didn't see any promotion or advertising for the Raiders. Saw heaps for the Brumbies. I think if and when the Raiders start making finals more regularly the crowds will gradually get better. In saying that the Brumbies crowds are not much better are they? It is also miserably cold in winter. I live in QLD now and I think most people here would think its the end of the world if they had to sit in Canberra stadium on a windy night in July.
its brutal
so when the games are night games etc if there is a hint of rain about it kills the crowd because Canberra stadium isn't all that good coverage wise. so you will get wet unless you pay more than a lot of families can afford.
when its fine....its actually colder. but atleast you aren't wet. but legit i went to a game two years ago that it was 0 at the ground at kickoff and this was the middle of the arvo.
and its all concrete and its just f**kn cold man.
they dont promote like you think they would. they are pretty lazy in that regard IMO. same adds for years. don't do family promotions etc to my knowledge
brumbies do more.
brumbies play a lot of their games at night in the shit winter weather because other teams, even the kiwi ones hate going there to play. its part of it. and the brumbies have been much more consistently relevant that the raiders. even though its the super rugby.
The raiders fans are really bandwagon types too.
Canberra in general. like people who don't go for two years but then all went to that tigers semi etc or the sharks semi
what would help the raiders is the pipe dream proposal of the indoor fortsyth barr style stadium in the city.
then atleast you can go to stuff in the city before/after and its not freezing cold in the ground.
a lot of Canberra people just aren't engaged by the Raiders tho. from my experience of having lived here my whole life
like, the difference in support for the Raiders and the Knights in terms of one team towns etc
