2019 Crowd Watch

[King hit]

Because of TV

 

[Walter sobchak]

Looking more like a Rebels crowd tonight

By the sound of it the game looks like a rebels match too.

 

[Shark62]

That crowd is dire. It’s a great stadium. Thursday night simply doesn’t work.

 

[azza29]

11,402 tonight

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Meh. Certainly not terrible.

 

[moffla]

Thursday nights with an 8pm kick off can get in the bin

I made it to the game but would have been just as happy on the couch with a 6 pack and a pizza, but I suppose that’s why these Thursday night games are so popular with broadcasters

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Thursday is crowd poison, but I feel like even if this fixture was drawn on Friday or Saturday, only 13-14k would show up.

 

[siv]

If someone bought a 3 day ticket were they counted 3 times or just once?

Depends on your calculation method

1 ticket sold eg 50k
3 days of attendance eg 134k
7 games watched eg 276k

 

[siv]

Thursday is crowd poison, but I feel like even if this fixture was drawn on Friday or Saturday, only 13-14k would show up.

You will arrive at a point one day that it is cheaper for clubs to close the ground and just broadcast ThNF games on TV

 

[Slater1]

Thursday is crowd poison, but I feel like even if this fixture was drawn on Friday or Saturday, only 13-14k would show up.

Storm can typically get 16k-18k for any Primetime Friday or Saturday night game (outside of Good Friday).

They just haven't been given the opportunity yet.

Of Storm's 5 games in Melbourne this season--- 3 have been on Thursday nights, 1 on Good Friday and 1 on a Sunday afternoon.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Brisbane weather is pretty bad.

Pax this morning, 31,034

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Brisbane weather is pretty bad.

Pax this morning, 31,034

I'm on the southside and it has cleared up here. Not sure what it is like in the city but hopefully it will be dry by kickoff.

 

[Zadar]

Thursday nights with an 8pm kick off can get in the bin

I made it to the game but would have been just as happy on the couch with a 6 pack and a pizza, but I suppose that’s why these Thursday night games are so popular with broadcasters

If the game was that much better to watch at the ground, than on tv, a lot more people would still go watch it on a Thursday night, the AFL crowds in Sydney,Brisbane Melbourne can all attract 30k plus on a Thursday night, they don’t seem to worry that traffic,work or school will get in the way of watching the game live.

 

[T-Boon]

If the game was that much better to watch at the ground, than on tv, a lot more people would still go watch it on a Thursday night, the AFL crowds in Sydney,Brisbane Melbourne can all attract 30k plus on a Thursday night, they don’t seem to worry that traffic,work or school will get in the way of watching the game live.

The game needs to work on the attendance culture. NRL attendance to TV ration is the worst in the whole of world sport (pure speculation).
Things that would help include:
Coaches on side line
Quarter time breaks
cheaper tickets
Advertise for people to attend the ground (nobody watching on TV or attending a game should ever leave a game questioning when the next home game is or how to get a ticket. They should be able to buy a ticket to the next game while at the ground).
A free game day magazine (cheap booklet)
Good light show like Bankwest
etc...

 

[Shark62]

If the game was that much better to watch at the ground, than on tv, a lot more people would still go watch it on a Thursday night, the AFL crowds in Sydney,Brisbane Melbourne can all attract 30k plus on a Thursday night, they don’t seem to worry that traffic,work or school will get in the way of watching the game live.

I think there is one afl Thursday night game each year at Easter. I’m not sure that’s a gauge for anything.

 

[moffla]

If the game was that much better to watch at the ground, than on tv, a lot more people would still go watch it on a Thursday night, the AFL crowds in Sydney,Brisbane Melbourne can all attract 30k plus on a Thursday night, they don’t seem to worry that traffic,work or school will get in the way of watching the game live.

That's because there is more supporters of those AFL clubs. They would still have the same percentage of fans staying home.

 

[Jamberoo]

I think there is one afl Thursday night game each year at Easter. I’m not sure that’s a gauge for anything.

There are about ten, but apart from the opening game of the season, they only work well in the smaller markets / smaller grounds, not so much @ MCG. It is a necessary evil if the codes want top $$$ from networks. Thursday don’t work for families unless school holidays.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

If the game was that much better to watch at the ground, than on tv, a lot more people would still go watch it on a Thursday night, the AFL crowds in Sydney,Brisbane Melbourne can all attract 30k plus on a Thursday night, they don’t seem to worry that traffic,work or school will get in the way of watching the game live.

Care to show where there's been a 30k crowd in Bris on a Thurs night..& pleases don't use a Thurs public holiday or public holiday on the Fri as an example .

 

[Zadar]

I think there is one afl Thursday night game each year at Easter. I’m not sure that’s a gauge for anything.

If you don’t follow other sports, you shouldn’t guess what does and doesn’t happen.

 

[Zadar]

Care to show where there's been a 30k crowd in Bris on a Thurs night..& pleases don't use a Thurs public holiday or public holiday on the Fri as an example .

It was a Thursday night before Good Friday, they had 35,000 there, in Sydney on the same night they got 10,000 for the NRL.