The Game 2023 Crowd Watch

[Wb1234]

I have been a commercial partner with a small box since 2014, the draw this year and a price rise for same seats of 10% was to much, I decided I would just select a few games and take clients. I was speaking to the commercial sale’s yesterday to order tickets and he said they are way down on last year and no compensation from NRL , 6 of 11 home games on Thursday and Friday night is shit.

Nrl shouldn’t pay compensation more games on fta means more exposure

a club like Canberra would die for that many fta games to market their club

 

[bazza]

Why the hell did the NRL slot this on a thursday night...Sunday afternoon perfect.

Probably best night for TV ratings

 

[westerntiger]

Probably best night for TV ratings

Because Sunday afternoon is revered for the Knights v Raiders blockbuster

 

[TooheysNew]

Please no more talk in this thread about crowds for other sports.

Yeah, you don't get to make that decision.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Yeah, you don't get to make that decision.

Put it to a vote then.

 

[TooheysNew]

Put it to a vote then.

Nah, we're good.

 

[Frank Burge]

Nrl shouldn’t pay compensation more games on fta means more exposure

a club like Canberra would die for that many fta games to market their club

I understand, but I doubt major sponsors that deal in construction around the Sydney area care about national exposure , and not sure the club will benefit from the extra prime time tv slots when crowds are probably going to be down 20% YOY. It might attract a bigger brand next time around. In regards to Friday 6pm game I do think the NRL should compensate, there is no extra exposure and crowds are bad. NZ have 5 of 19 which works well for them but then dogs have 3 eels have 2 raiders 2 . It would be good if NRL shared it around

 

[Wb1234]

I understand, but I doubt major sponsors that deal in construction around the Sydney area care about national exposure , and not sure the club will benefit from the extra prime time tv slots when crowds are probably going to be down 20% YOY. It might attract a bigger brand next time around. In regards to Friday 6pm game I do think the NRL should compensate, there is no extra exposure and crowds are bad. NZ have 5 of 19 which works well for them but then dogs have 3 eels have 2 raiders 2 . It would be good if NRL shared it around

Go swap with the raiders then they are dieing for the exposure

what parra lose out in ticket sales they make up elsewhere

what’s a box cost for a season at parra anyways ?

 

[Desert Qlder]

Nah, we're good.

I thought so.

 

[Frank Burge]

Go swap with the raiders then they are dieing for the exposure

what parra lose out in ticket sales they make up elsewhere

what’s a box cost for a season at parra anyways ?

For 12 person not catered it was $20k a season for 11 games and the commercial sales said they were down in all categories

 

[Wb1234]

For 12 person not catered it was $20k a season for 11 games and the commercial sales said they were down in all categories

Not cheap

drinks alone would add a lot

 

[EuroNymous]

they finally dropped restricted view tickets, 50k should 100% happen now

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

they finally dropped restricted view tickets, 50k should 100% happen now

Annoyingly they have added the link out of view. Took me a while to find it.

For broncos games they come up after clicking the standard find tickets button.

 

[Wb1234]

they finally dropped restricted view tickets, 50k should 100% happen now

Real shame kaufisi copped four weeks

one of the most anticipated games in a long time

 

[EuroNymous]

Annoyingly they have added the link out of view. Took me a while to find it.

For broncos games they come up after clicking the standard find tickets button.
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i just checked again and it came up when you click the link to find tickets

they must've just released them

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

i just checked again and it came up when you click the link to find tickets

they must've just released them

Ah yes, working for me now too. Ticketek just loves to overcomplicate things haha

 

[parrawentyfan]

I don't live in Sydney but by some miracle are in Sydney every weekend for a few weeks. Unfortunately I can't leave work early so will be up late on Friday night.

Lo and behold I cannot make a single Eels match. Because none are actually on the weekend.

Round 1 Thurs
Round 2 Fri 6pm
Round 3 Thurs
Round 4 Thurs
Round 5 Thurs

As an out of towner, Saturdays are by far the easiest to get to. Now I don't expect them to schedule for out of towners but we don't get a Saturday game until mid June!

 

[Sonny83]

SFS 1988-1999 and 2002-2005

cool, cheers

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

i just checked again and it came up when you click the link to find tickets

they must've just released them

And it's no longer working - the "find tickets" button brings up nothing. The 'allocation exhausted' banner is up and you have to stumble across the restricted view link below. Not user friendly at all and unfortunately most users don't know about this - I don't believe restricted view will sell out now, especially considering everyone in the media is already saying it's sold out.

The dolphins might be smarter with their ticketing categories and releases going forward and this might cost them a few hundred thousand.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Considering it's the Grand Final rematch, the Eels and the Panthers should have been scheduled in a crowd-friendly AND TV-friendly timeslot.

Even if you exclude the qualifying and Grand Finals, the Eels and the Panthers also sold out their two regular season games (Fri 8pm at Bluebet and CommBank), for an average crowd of 24,230.

It'd be disappointing to see the Thursday timeslot + weather form an alliance to knock the Grand Final rematch crowd below 20k. Both teams deserve better.

Why the hell did the NRL slot this on a thursday night...Sunday afternoon perfect.

Despite the NRL taking control of the match scheduling, they still give great weight to its TV partners desires. Fans who actually go to the game are rarely ever considered by the NRL in terms of dates and times of matches. In fact my experience shows that fans at the ground are the lowest in the NRL's priorities when it comes to match scheduling.