2019 Crowd Watch

[Cumberland Throw]

An additional clubs or clubs should be the tact. Not reducing existing clubs with widespread support.

But you will spread the talent too thin..

Even though there are 1000 players in UK and 500 rugby players in Pacific

 

[Illawarra Tiger]

I know the weather is ordinary in WA but there does seem to be quite a number of empty seats.

I went to Nth Sydney Oval on Friday night and was a regular in the mid to late 1990’s and have been their with crowds of 15-18,000.

Definitely more than 10,515. I’d say 13,000. They place was packed, and they ran out of pies 30 min before kick off.

I think they wouldn’t have estimated those numbers as we weee standing in the kiosk near the fig tree which was shutdown .

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Great crowd. Play it at Eden Park next time.

For me, the perfect rep weekend would be

Friday: Eden Park Double header, Fiji - Samoa / NZ - Tonga (or some other combo of these 4)

Saturday: Port Morsby, PNG - Anyone at alL

Sunday: Origin

 

[Stallion]

But you will spread the talent too thin..

Even though there are 1000 players in UK and 500 rugby players in Pacific

Nope.The talent pool exists. The last super league fiasco proved that. There are plenty of players that are waiting to be given an opportunity. And on top of that additional clubs create more junior numbers.

 

[Foreign Legion]

59721 new record crowd

 

[League Unlimited News]

 

[League Unlimited News]

 

[Perth Red]

Despite the weather still a great night and wow we got a stadium record! Not sure there is anything else we can do to show we are ready for a nrl club in the West.

Considering stadium holds 60k it is very impressive only 279 empty seats.

 

[Walter sobchak]

Despite the weather still a great night and wow we got a stadium record! Not sure there is anything else we can do to show we are ready for a nrl club in the West.

Considering stadium holds 60k it is very impressive only 279 empty seats.

The question needs to be asked what’s holding up including Perth?

 

[Volvagia]

Despite the weather still a great night and wow we got a stadium record! Not sure there is anything else we can do to show we are ready for a nrl club in the West.

Considering stadium holds 60k it is very impressive only 279 empty seats.

65k. There are 5k drop in seats for sports played on rectangular fields.

 

[Perth Red]

The question needs to be asked what’s holding up including Perth?

An nrl administration with no strategic vision.

 

[Perth Red]

65k. There are 5k drop in seats for sports played on rectangular fields.

the drop in seats were not used.

 

[Volvagia]

the drop in seats were not used.

That seems stupid. We could've seen an even larger crowd. Any idea why not?

 

[Perth Red]

That seems stupid. We could've seen an even larger crowd. Any idea why not?

Not sure, it is a strange one. All I can think is either not enough time after eagles game on Thursday night or they didn’t want to damage pitch or they didn’t think they’d sell it out. No ones explained why it wasnt used.

 

[Volvagia]

Not sure, it is a strange one. All I can think is either not enough time after eagles game on Thursday night or they didn’t want to damage pitch or they didn’t think they’d sell it out. No ones explained why it wasnt used.

Surely they'd have known it would reach capacity in advance. The stadium website says it only takes 12 hours to install/remove the seats. Why even have them, if they're not going to be used for an occasion like this?

 

[Perth Red]

So rugby league now holds the sports attendance record at both Perth stadiums!

 

[Walter sobchak]

So rugby league now holds the sports attendance record at both Perth stadiums!

Next logical step would be to include a Perth NRL franchise. In fact this should have been done years ago. Even more so with western force given the axe.

 

[Hoofhearted]

I know the weather is ordinary in WA but there does seem to be quite a number of empty seats.

I went to Nth Sydney Oval on Friday night and was a regular in the mid to late 1990’s and have been their with crowds of 15-18,000.

Definitely more than 10,515. I’d say 13,000. They place was packed, and they ran out of pies 30 min before kick off.

I think they wouldn’t have estimated those numbers as we weee standing in the kiosk near the fig tree which was shutdown .

The area of empty seats you could see opposite the camera was an area called the Premiership Terrace, the whole area behind that is a big bar area so people would of moved to get out of the rain. When the game started these seats were all full.

 

[Pj,Rj,Hj]

Not sure, it is a strange one. All I can think is either not enough time after eagles game on Thursday night or they didn’t want to damage pitch or they didn’t think they’d sell it out. No ones explained why it wasnt used.

It may have been that stadium management prioritised the electronic advertisement signage parallel to the field and on the oval fence line over the bumper seating. They certainly wanted a light show.
If they'd used the seating, the views may have been subpar or restricted by the temporary signage parallel to the field.
I guess it just come down to the cost of installation, removal and ticket sales vs the loss of advertisement space. The stadium (like most stadiums) is running at a loss, anywhere to save money?

Ticketek (or whoever is the ticketing outlet) show they aren't using the bumper seating for the Bledisloe Cup either, but they are using them for the Man Utd fixtures.

 

[greenBV4]

Stadium Averages after Rep Round
(crowds didn't count towards region, stadium or total averages)