The swans crowd on Thursday again makes all of our excuses look flimsy. The game finishes just as late, against an out of town team (and not even a big one) and yet they can pull 26.5K on a Thursday night. The excuse that their fans all apparently live right next door to the stadium is bullshit.
That plus the matches are more viewed as an event. If you go see an AFL game you’re likely going to be apart of a big crowd and that’s why people attend live games, for the atmosphere.
The bulk of their(Swan's) fans live in the Eastern suburbs ,inner west and lower North shores it's not BS.Not on FTA in Sydney.Have look at their Sydney Tv ratings static at best, and they have been here since 82, with all the marketing and media space.
The game does not compete live FTA with their crowds ,the NRL does.If as you call it ,it is an event, the TV viewing population are not interested in the "event" here.
Basically the overwhelming majority of their fans prefer to go, because there are SFA at home watching here.
Plus they .do have better suited modern stadiums for their sport the SCG is not rectangular and ANZ the less said.
Show me a rectangular stadium before the new Parra, that competes fanwise for their code ,such as the SCG and Motherless stadiums do.