2024 Crowd Watch

[yakstorm]

Massive and level 6 just opened up.

Level 4 East all but sold out around 100 or so left.

Level 6 seems to be moving relatively quickly as well. First 5 rows in some of the bays are already half gone.

Alcohol free GA is down to last 100 tickets. Opposition Reserved is down to single seats, hopefully the GA areas have been selling as well as the reserved seats & Accor members turn up in force on Level 4 East.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

Wow, that's a massive pax update (with 5+ hours to go!).

Current state of play:
- Black = either sold out or down to single seats
- Yellow = limited availability
- Level 6 East open in full

This has blown my expectations out of the water. 50,000 now definitely in play. That would be huge for not just both clubs, but also the NRL and the broader notion that Sydney is not an in-person sports city (noting this is in the same week as strong competition from 76,000+ for Matildas, 77,000+ for State of Origin, 44,000+ for the Swans yesterday and also 20,000+ for the Panthers).




I was wanting to go but convincing friends to go to Accor has proven a challenge. Bring on Sydney Metro West which means you can have a drink and a feed at a city pub and then be at your seat at Accor within 30 min of leaving a city pub.

 

[t-ba]

Yeah that Metro will help.

The Light Rail makes going to the SFS a f**king delight.

Now all they need to do is blow up the stadium and build a decent rectangular venue!

 

[Billythekid]

Wow, that's a massive pax update (with 5+ hours to go!).

Current state of play:
- Black = either sold out or down to single seats
- Yellow = limited availability
- Level 6 East open in full

This has blown my expectations out of the water. 50,000 now definitely in play. That would be huge for not just both clubs, but also the NRL and the broader notion that Sydney is not an in-person sports city (noting this is in the same week as strong competition from 76,000+ for Matildas, 77,000+ for State of Origin, 44,000+ for the Swans yesterday and also 20,000+ for the Panthers).

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I was wanting to go but convincing friends to go to Accor has proven a challenge. Bring on Sydney Metro West which means you can have a drink and a feed at a city pub and then be at your seat at Accor within 30 min of leaving a city pub.

How to we report posts to mods? I’ve tried to wipe that black dot off my screen half a dozen times now, this is a crime against humanity.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

Here's the ten biggest regular season rugby league crowds (excluding double headers) in Sydney (since 1957 anyway):

Rugby League Tables / Attendances 1957

Rugby League Tables - NRL Stats & Tables

afltables.com

Hopefully today can crack the top ten!!

1	Stadium Australia	Rabbitohs vs Roosters	59,708	2013
2	Sydney Cricket Ground	Tigers vs Dragons	55,934	1966
3	Sydney Cricket Ground	Rabbitohs vs Dragons	53,146	1969
4	Sydney Cricket Ground	Eels vs Dragons	51,919	1964
5	Stadium Australia	Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs	51,686	2013
6	Stadium Australia	Eels vs Tigers	50,668	2014
7	Sydney Cricket Ground	Dragons vs Rabbitohs	50,153	1967
8	Sydney Cricket Ground	Roosters vs Sea Eagles	50,130	1974
9	Sydney Cricket Ground	Dragons vs Bears	47,398	1959
10	Sydney Cricket Ground	Rabbitohs vs Dragons	47,298	1972

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Yep metro and the light rail extension will completely transform Olympic Park in the coming years. I expect crowds there to grow considerably when its all done.

The only thing left to do is rebuild the stadium into a 90K rectangle and make it a true Stadium Australia.

 

[ouwet]

GA on the Southern side down to limited availability... going to look amazing.

 

[EuroNymous]

watching nsw cup there isn’t any of those advertising covering the bowl sections

gonna be huge crowd

 

[Suitman]

I was wanting to go but convincing friends to go to Accor has proven a challenge. Bring on Sydney Metro West which means you can have a drink and a feed at a city pub and then be at your seat at Accor within 30 min of leaving a city pub.

Absolutely. It will be a game changer for SOP.
All we will need then is the Kogarah - Macquarie Park via Olympic Park metro to just about link every NRL team in Sydney properly.
Manly fans can stay in their cocoon and continue to enjoy their bus rides.

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

The only thing left to do is rebuild the stadium into a 90K rectangle and make it a true Stadium Australia.

@yakstorm any chance at all of this happening.

 

[docbrown]

Just bought tickets to todays game pax at 46500

I’ve always said these 2 teams are the league’s biggest Sydney clubs. Just imagine they had same success as Roosters and Bunnies

They're all big clubs. They just go through lull periods but the support is always there in the background. What has really changed is that we're building a proper attendance culture in the league. The league will go from a 20k average to a 25k average pretty quickly, as attendance culture becomes a positive feedback loop and eventually the main restriction become stadium capacities.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

GA on the Southern side down to limited availability... going to look amazing.

GA South now sold out.

 

[shewi6]

An argument could be made this current run of crowds is being held back by stadium capacity already.

Sharks the obvious one with their form could be averaging 17k at a full shark park, more if they took a couple event games to the sfs.

Penrith pretty much at capacity every game.
Warriors will be sold out for the season.
Manly have had multiple sellouts already.
Broncos also with sellouts limited by stadium members and capacity.

I think the average for this year would be closer to 25k than 20k if you swapped the bulldogs and eels for penrith and sharks.

 

[Suitman]

GA South now sold out.

2 weeks ago, I would have thought that a 30 000 crowd for this game would be impressive.
To think we are talking about 50 000+ is mind boggling.

 

[Vlad59]

2 weeks ago, I would have thought that a 30 000 crowd for this game would be impressive.
To think we are talking about 50 000+ is mind boggling.

I went to a rabbits bulldogs prelim some years ago with over 70000. Was shocked by the bulldogs support. Outnumbered the rabbits significantly. Big bulldogs win and not much fun getting home with a bunnies supporter with me. Huge night.

 

[yakstorm]

Bulldogs officials have told the Fox crew that the game is trending towards 45K.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

From the SMH:

 

[Marshall_magic]

From the SMH:

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May be wrong but I believe this game was the second in a double header. Would have added at least 10-15k to the total

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

You're correct!

 

[axe&smash&crush]

Alot more dogs fans than eels fans here