The Game 2023 Crowd Watch

[Wb1234]

Gold Coast watch update:

“We’ll be the biggest sport in that market in 5-10 years across most metrics. It is changing. Queensland is pumping and becoming an AFL state and the Gold Coast has done their bit'' - Gillon McLachlan (AFL CEO)

Average Attendance by Club:
Gold Coast Titans: 16,800
Gold Coast Suns: 13,946

Top 10 Gold Coast Crowds (NRL & AFL):

NRL	Gold Coast Titans	v	Brisbane Broncos	Robina Stadium	Gold Coast	26,563​
AFL	Gold Coast Suns	v	Collingwood	Carrara	Gold Coast	22,483​
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	v	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Robina Stadium	Gold Coast	18,736​
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	v	Dolphins	Robina Stadium	Gold Coast	18,335​
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	v	Melbourne Storm	Robina Stadium	Gold Coast	14,483​
AFL	Gold Coast Suns	v	Hawthorn Hawks	Carrara	Gold Coast	14,242​
AFL	Gold Coast Suns	v	Sydney Swans	Carrara	Gold Coast	13,648​
AFL	Gold Coast Suns	v	Geelong Cats	Carrara	Gold Coast	13,122​
AFL	Gold Coast Suns	v	St Kilda	Carrara	Gold Coast	13,015​
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	v	St George Illawarra Dragons	Robina Stadium	Gold Coast	12,452​

Didn’t realise titans crowds were that good again

and the team has hardly set the world on fire

Gold Coast is an important market and all this talk about sporting graveyard is bs

league will win the battle easily and the suns will move to cairns or China

 

[Valheru]

Was that the last ever rl game at scg ?

One more to go

A Thursday against Manly

Yuck

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Dissapointing crowd at Parramatta. Thought they'd get at least 16,000.

But Sunday 6pm games aren't particularly an attractive timeslot unless there is a public holiday the next day.

Poor timeslot against a low drawing team. Mind you there weren't many empty seats near me, compared to the Warriors game. Its seems there was quite a lot on the Cronin side but probably very few corporates.

Shouldve been 2pm Sunday.

 

[bazza]

Didn’t realise titans crowds were that good again

and the team has hardly set the world on fire

Gold Coast is an important market and all this talk about sporting graveyard is bs

league will win the battle easily and the suns will move to cairns or China

issue with the gold coast would be that the growing population (mainly from interstate) would either have a RL team to support - or not have previously followed the code.

After 15 years it seems like they have a core support of 12k or so that will turn up no matter the form and opposition.
They should also have a generation coming through who have grown up on the Gold Coast where there has always been a RL team and old affiliations should drop off

 

[Billythekid]

It's hard to build a fan base when you're a dogshit team. This is how they've done since entering the comp

12th, 13th, 3rd, 4th, 16th, 12th, 9th, 14th, 14th, 14th, 8th, 15th, 14th, 16th, 9th, 8th, 13th. This year they again look set to end well outside the top 8. They must be close to the worst team in the comp since they've entered, it's hard to build a fan base with that level of performance. They simply haven't had a good period to build a fan base as they've been garbage since their inception.

Frankly considering just how bad they've been and how little away support they get outside of a couple of games their crowds aren't that bad.

 

[EuroNymous]

Rd 27 storm v brisbane is already selling 7th tier tickets

could it be biggest Thursday night crowd of all time?

 

[The Penguin #6.]

25922 source Austadiums

Australian Sports Crowds | Austadiums

List of recent sports crowds and highest sports attendances in Australia, including AFL, NRL, Football, Cricket and the biggest crowds in past 90 days.

www.austadiums.com

The old union calculator

Anyone know the crowd figure at the wallabies test match.

It was played at CommBank, so crowd would have been in the 20Ks considering the venue can only hold 30K.

Comment from someone that was actually there.


Lucky

5 HOURS AGO

Attended the game as I wanted to see Parra Stadium for the first time - surely the most annoying thing is knowing stadiums only by a sponsors name and not at least include the location in the name. The stadium is easily the best in Sydney for crowds up to 30K and had plenty of atmosphere despite being probably less than half full.
Getting invited to a corporate box was also a big incentive.
In terms of footy, thank goodness the Pumas were playing as their form of rugby with flair is a joy to watch.
Also thank you to the 1,000 odd passionate supporters for Argentina who made far more noise than the other 10,000 odd supporters who saw nothing from their players worth going to see them play again.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Rd 27 storm v brisbane is already selling 7th tier tickets

could it be biggest Thursday night crowd of all time?

It would be awesome if we could beat the current record of 44,015 which was the last Thursday in 2015 against Melbourne. This was Justin Hodges last regular season home game though.

42-43k probably.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Pretty amazing we are set for record crowds this year. Especially considering the World Cup taking our stadiums as well as Cronulla being capped at 12K.

The previous record in 2005 we had no Thursday night football, as well as 3-4 games every Sunday afternoon. Imagine how big our crowds would be if we still had those time slots!

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Pretty amazing we are set for record crowds this year. Especially considering the World Cup taking our stadiums as well as Cronulla being capped at 12K.

The previous record in 2005 we had no Thursday night football, as well as 3-4 games every Sunday afternoon. Imagine how big our crowds would be if we still had those time slots!

From memory the games were delayed on FTA tele too. Streaming services like foxtel go and kayo haven't destroyed crowds as much as many thought which is also a huge relief

 

[The Penguin #6.]

From memory the games were delayed on FTA tele too. Streaming services like foxtel go and kayo haven't destroyed crowds as much as many thought which is also a huge relief

You`re really riding this aren`t you.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

You`re really riding this aren`t you.

What? Are you insinuating that I want NRL crowds to drop as a result of subscription services?

 

[Perth Red]

Problem is 10k at Redcliffe is probably better financially for them than double that at Suncorp.

Not at suncorp prices! It costs $400k to hire so anything over that in revenue is a plus, not to mention more merch sales on the day and much much greater corporate box sales.

 

[Perth Red]

Can broadcasters etc ditch the notion that the Warriors can’t draw crowds in Australia now? In Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane at least we’re pulling close to the same level as local derbies.

Warriors play 5 games in Sydney this year, why isnt there a Sydney warriors membership? Theres a 100k Kiwis in Sydney they could be selling tickets to.

 

[The Penguin #6.]

What? Are you insinuating that I want NRL crowds to drop as a result of subscription services?

Not at all, I was just amused by your enthusiasm.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Not at all, I was just amused by your enthusiasm.

My bad. I wasn't one of the doomsayers but I am definitely relieved.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Warriors play 5 games in Sydney this year, why isnt there a Sydney warriors membership? Theres a 100k Kiwis in Sydney they could be selling tickets to.

Stop whinging merkin. Ffs, this was a positive discussion on how good crowds have been and you seem determined to bring it down to your miserable level.

 

[beave]

NQ is about 19.5k right now, the club looks to be advertising tickets over socials so i'd say they'll go harder as the week progresses and it should get up to 21-22k.

 

[Perth Red]

Great crowds this year aided by nice weather, new stadiums, new club (well suncorp games anyways) and a close table. Long may it continue and keep growing. We might get to Dave Smiths 20k target yet!

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Warriors play 5 games in Sydney this year, why isnt there a Sydney warriors membership? Theres a 100k Kiwis in Sydney they could be selling tickets to.

Probably because they’re all away games with the seating and ticketing controlled by 5 individual rival clubs making it logistically difficult.
they do offer a non-ticketed membership targeted at Aussies though.