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2018 Crowd Watch

Teddyboy

Teddyboy

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Perth Red said:
Less a crisis, more a malaise I would say. Crowds haven't statistically significantly changed in fifteen years, apart from a brief glorious moment in 09-12 when we broke the 16k ceiling, in most areas despite large population growth in RL catchment areas. But that's what happens when it isn't seen as strategically important to a sport.
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Actually 2003 was the start of a Rugby League dusting off the SL hangover until 2010 etc
 
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Vee

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taipan said:
Whatever was or wasn't in the strategy release,the simple fact is,the NRL considers new stadiums important (long term) for crowd growth.Else they wouldn't have had a lobby group brought in by your mate Smith(for which I give him credit).
In effect there was a long term plan,because that is what lobbyists do when they push for new infrastructure .
It's not just for the now, but for decades ahead.And part of the reason the NRL are trying to build up a decent cash reserve, just like your mob did with Carrara,ANZ to keep it oval.
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And that lobby group largely failed to deliver. WSS - tick. SFS - big fail, paying 00s of millions to corporate mates for no great gain. SA - massive fail.
 
taipan

taipan

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Vee said:
And that lobby group largely failed to deliver. WSS - tick. SFS - big fail, paying 00s of millions to corporate mates for no great gain. SA - massive fail.
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Any improvement to SFS,9it's a new stadium) seating and cover is a big improvement, and particularly for women.Corporates whether we like it or not,contibute their share.It pays to have business contacts ,ask any sport's administrator.i's BS to say for no great gain.

SA ,you can thank the FitzSimons public crisis mob, for pressuring via public backlash the Govt and the Opposition with Foley as weak as, to change the plans ,which meant a reduction in capacity and just changing it to rectangular.
Don't blame any lobby group with the RL or Soccer Australia..Rugby union did suiff all in the push.

The NRL signed the deal to have G/Fs in Sydney for what a decade or two with the State Govt with the proviso the stadium would be made rectangular and rebuilt.What happens if that GWS CEO idiot Shepherd pushed for it to remain oval. is anyone's guess.

The NRL should have had a lobby group in operation post Olympics 2001.We should have had a brand new WSS already in place,a refurbished SFS with out the need for huge expenditure, and knocking down the ANZ stadium already rectangular with cover.
Gallop went to sleep at the wheel and we get the current Stadium stuff arounds.
 
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big hit!

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Perth Red said:
Less a crisis, more a malaise I would say. Crowds haven't statistically significantly changed in fifteen years, apart from a brief glorious moment in 09-12 when we broke the 16k ceiling, in most areas despite large population growth in RL catchment areas. But that's what happens when it isn't seen as strategically important to a sport.
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only two of the 8 matches each week end in some sort of daylight. so not including expansion, there are two more matches the NRL can use as leverage for more rights money - probably move them to sunday & wednesday night.

unlike any other professional league in the world, the strategy is just TV. everywhere else, they try and grow both together.
 
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big hit!

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Rooster8 said:
Because we all know that everything the Daily Telegraph posts is factual and reliable
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seriously mate, do you want to win some pissy 'we have more supporters at the game tiff,' or the actual game itself?

it's expected souffs will have more fans there anyway. supporter-wise, they're a bigger club.
 
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guyver78

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Rooster8 said:
Because we all know that everything the Daily Telegraph posts is factual and reliable
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Just like everything the Roosters facebook page claiming is factual when they claimed that they were 54% in front LOL

With the exception of a few Roosters home games there is always more Souths supporters at games between these 2 teams.

In fact a few years back when we had the old Roosters v Bulldogs rivalries Bulldogs supporters would always outnumber you 2-1 at YOUR HOME GAMES.
 
greenBV4

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Can't find where I saw it but Storm/NRL are giving out $20 tickets for anyone named Billy/Bill/Will/William to tomorrows game (for Slater's last in Melbourne)

Does anyone have a more recent PAX? From looking at Ticketek these are the bays that are exhaustedScreen Shot 2018-09-19 at 4.png
 
moffla

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greenBV4 said:
Can't find where I saw it but Storm/NRL are giving out $20 tickets for anyone named Billy/Bill/Will/William to tomorrows game (for Slater's last in Melbourne)

Does anyone have a more recent PAX? From looking at Ticketek these are the bays that are exhaustedView attachment 23576
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Would ignore "bays exhausted" as an indicator, as they tend to fill from the front to the back, rather than bay by bay. The fact that you can only get tickets near corners and toward the back is a good sign.

25k+ a sure thing so it seems
 
Timmah

Timmah

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big hit! said:
only two of the 8 matches each week end in some sort of daylight. so not including expansion, there are two more matches the NRL can use as leverage for more rights money - probably move them to sunday & wednesday night.

unlike any other professional league in the world, the strategy is just TV. everywhere else, they try and grow both together.
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The AFL is the same (3 of 9 ending in daylight, sometimes less), and the A-League rarely has any
 
Valheru

Valheru

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guyver78 said:
Just like everything the Roosters facebook page claiming is factual when they claimed that they were 54% in front LOL

With the exception of a few Roosters home games there is always more Souths supporters at games between these 2 teams.

In fact a few years back when we had the old Roosters v Bulldogs rivalries Bulldogs supporters would always outnumber you 2-1 at YOUR HOME GAMES.
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lol no

The roosters fb updated last night updated to say ticket sales are 52/48 in favour of roosters. Again, that is just information passing and who knows how they determine that statistic.

As for the rest of the rubbish you posted, souths have never outnumbered us at a regular season home game in my life time and never will. They did get very close in that 2012 game when we were 13th and you guys aiming for your first top 4 finish since readmission, other than that though it hasn't been close. Of course, souths fans are so obsessed with outnumbering us that they always claim they do so I guess you can keep saying that you do if it makes you feel better.

As for the bulldogs stuff, are you referring to 02-04? Again, you would be absolutely wrong.
 
T-Boon

T-Boon

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I hope Barb Smith photo bombs Billy Slater and his families last game post match presentation at Storm Stadium and then gets in and speaks on behalf of Slaters wife etc etc.
 
Valheru

Valheru

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Saturday Update

CAT 2 Souths now single seats only
Cat 2 Roosters multi seats only available right at the back in the nose bleeds behind corporates in bay 48/49

Cat 4 is a bit confusing as it keeps changing. Currently saying roosters exhausted but souths available.

Cat 3 TBH has seen little change that I can see from yesterday for both clubs. I expect they will move now that Cat 2 is becoming scarce.
 
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