2019 Crowd Watch

[dogz08]

just imagine 2 of the dogs, eels, dragons, souths or the tigers play each other in a prelim next year, and there's not a big enough stadium for it..

 

[Bojackhorseman]

Agreed. People tend to have a lot of respect for me and they way I contribute. I post my ideas, then defend them against all comers then win the debate handily all the time. But I don’t rub it in the losers face much.

Well played. You have a magnificent sense of humour.

 

[carcharias]

21k
Shit effort from the victorians

 

[Stallion]

Canberra Raiders v South Sydney Rabbitohs 29000.(hope appropriate extra seating is used)
'East' Sydney Roosters v Melbourne Storm 40000. (hope this is proactively promoted as a great clash between two consistently high performing teams- entice the neutrals)

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

21k
Shit effort from the victorians

99k people attended games yesterday in Melbourne, numbers Sydney dreams of

21k was par for the storm game, not happy but not unhappy

 

[carcharias]

99k people attended games yesterday in Melbourne, numbers Sydney dreams of

21k was par for the storm game, not happy but not unhappy

Pfft
1 team in the entire state
Atrocious crowd figure.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

Pfft
1 team in the entire state
Atrocious crowd figure.

Poor troll effort, try harder. If not trolling, just clueless? You choose

 

[Bojackhorseman]

Poor troll effort, try harder. If not trolling, just clueless? You choose

108000 fta viewers in Melbourne last night. Add kayo and Foxtel viewers plus that crowd and it’s clear the game is making inroads in bleak city. The gws viewing numbers were similar in Sydney. Maybe we aren’t doing that badly after all. Given the tens of millions the afl has pumped into the Sydney market it’s return in terms of eyes watching the game in a developing market is no better than ours.

 

[carcharias]

Poor troll effort, try harder. If not trolling, just clueless? You choose

You bit.

It’s a shit crowd all things considered.
All the storms success
No other rugby league competition
They’ve been in the competition for 20 years.

Rabbits and bunnies got 12k more.

 

[Vee]

You bit.

It’s a shit crowd all things considered.
All the storms success
No other rugby league competition
They’ve been in the competition for 20 years.

Rabbits and bunnies got 12k more.

Rabbits AND bunnies?

 

[carcharias]

Rabbits AND bunnies?

Manly don’t travel?

Ha

Rabbits and manly I meant

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

You bit.

It’s a shit crowd all things considered.
All the storms success
No other rugby league competition
They’ve been in the competition for 20 years.

Rabbits and bunnies got 12k more.

Rabbits and bunnies? You’re saying two Sydney teams established for how many years, in a RL dominated city only got 12k more than an expansion team? Thanks for confirming the Sydney crowd was shithouse in comparison

 

[greenBV4]

Rabbits and bunnies got 12k more.

Thats all they got with 2 sets of fans in the same city, and in RL heartland, not that much better

The Storm crowd was lower than it should of been, guessing the crappy weather and lack of parking threw some people off, nowhere near as many walk up from the other game as I thought there would of been either.

 

[carcharias]

It was a shit crowd for such a big game.
Why can’t you blokes just admit it.

 

[Bojackhorseman]

Thats all they got with 2 sets of fans in the same city, and in RL heartland, not that much better

The Storm crowd was lower than it should of been, guessing the crappy weather and lack of parking threw some people off, nowhere near as many walk up from the other game as I thought there would of been either.

I’m trying to work out why we are unhappy with 21000 in a developing market and only one local team but happy with two Sydney traditional Sydney rivals getting just over 30000 in our biggest market.

 

[carcharias]

Just how long do they get to develop?
Another 20 years?

 

[Bojackhorseman]

Just how long do they get to develop?
Another 20 years?

Probably. Sydney had a 90 year start on them from memory. All jokes aside league had nil presence or profile in Melbourne before the storm. Afl has always had a bigger presence in Sydney. Leagues had a big battle in Melbourne. It’s a long road but playing numbers are growing and so are crowds and tv viewers.

 

[Slater1]

Thats all they got with 2 sets of fans in the same city, and in RL heartland, not that much better

The Storm crowd was lower than it should of been, guessing the crappy weather and lack of parking threw some people off, nowhere near as many walk up from the other game as I thought there would of been either.

The 'walk up' from the other game would've been higher if the result went the other way.

You can't really blame Collingwood supporters (90% of the MCG crowd) for not wanting to go across to the Storm after they've just watched their team get eliminated by less than a goal.

I think that people on LU underestimate the impact of other events within the Melbourne Olympic Park Sporting Precinct has on Melbourne Storm games; especially ones that start earlier/at the same time.

Much of the Storm supporter base comes from the outer suburbs (45 min+ drive, 1 hour+ train)--- by not having access to the Yarra Park Car Park, The Tennis Centre Car Park and all the side streets full with AFL traffic it makes many supporters reluctant/unable to go.

 

[carcharias]

Funny how when people from Sydney mention traffic and weather we get hammered and told to relocate.

 

[Slater1]

Funny how when people from Sydney mention traffic and weather we get hammered and told to relocate.

When's the last time Cronulla got a 20k crowd to Shark Park?

If the Storm were 1 of 10 teams in a city and getting these type of crowds; I agree they should be relocated. But being the only team in a city there is more value to a 20k Storm crowd (due to TV rights, expanded national presence, etc.)

But there's no point in the NRL carrying 10 teams in Sydney that most can't even gain a 'respectable' crowd figure when that same crowd figure could be gained in Perth, Adelaide or Brisbane 2 and improve the overall value of the TV rights figure due to an increased national audience.