2024 Crowd Watch

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Round 21 aggregate: 145,585
Match average 18,198

SEASON
2024 aggregate (164 games): 3,155,868
Match average 19,243

Average home crowds​

Team	Home Avg
Brisbane	40,710
Warriors	23,698
Sydney	21,849
Newcastle	21,699
Dolphins	19,614
Canterbury	19,566
Melbourne	19,223
Penrith	19,032
North Qld	18,715
Parramatta	18,524
Manly	16,251
Gold Coast	16,231
St Geo Illa	15,479
Souths	15,258
Canberra	13,259
Wests Tigers	12,325
Cronulla	11,622

* Note: does not include neutral venues

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[Yosemite Sam]

Yeah f**koff.

Why is it always the Dragons these idiots demand give up home ground advantage. There's never any calls for Penrith to move games from their sold out stadium .

Dragons fans are finally starting to sell out their stadiums again and they want to take the matches away. Would be a slap in the face to all the members.

 

[bazza]

Yeah f**koff.

Why is it always the Dragons these idiots demand give up home ground advantage. There's never any calls for Penrith to move games from their sold out stadium .

Dragons fans are finally starting to sell out their stadiums again and they want to take the matches away. Would be a slap in the face to all the members.

true - start complaining when there is more than 1 sellout in 10 years

 

[i0Nic]

While I agree to keep it at kogarah, there are some unique circumstances with this game which does justify a discussion to move it, as this game could possibly sell out Allianz with another 20k tickets sold.

 

[Wb1234]

While I agree to keep it at kogarah, there are some unique circumstances with this game which does justify a discussion to move it, as this game could possibly sell out Allianz with another 20k tickets sold.

Dragons would make so much money moving it as it’s their home game

 

[Perth Red]

Dave Smith had it right.
Right game, right stadium.
Clubs blew up because they are mired in the past dinosaurs thatd rather keep asking more from the NRL grant than build their own busiesses and customer base.

 

[Wb1234]

Dave Smith had it right.
Right game, right stadium.
Clubs blew up because they are mired in the past dinosaurs thatd rather keep asking more from the NRL grant than build their own busiesses and customer base.

It’s not that simple

you sometimes can’t tell which games are going to be a blockbuster until a week before

dragons crowds have been putrid for a long time

 

[Perth Red]

It’s not that simple

you sometimes can’t tell which games are going to be a blockbuster until a week before

dragons crowds have been putrid for a long time

That doesnt mean you cant be proactive in using the best stadiums for the games that have the potential. Like I've said before Sydney has 2 world class rectangular stadiums. Use them. Friday Sydney game at Allianz every week and Sunday family game at Commbank every week. NRL controlled, marketed, priced, both sets of members get in etc. Clubs compensated for losing a 'home' game. Make it so there are two big RL event games in Sydney every week using your two amazing stadiums.

 

[Wb1234]

That doesnt mean you cant be proactive in using the best stadiums for the games that have the potential. Like I've said before Sydney has 2 world class rectangular stadiums. Use them. Friday Sydney game at Allianz every week and Sunday family game at Commbank every week. NRL controlled, marketed, priced, both sets of members get in etc. Clubs compensated for losing a 'home' game. Make it so there are two big RL event games in Sydney every week using your two amazing stadiums.

Yeh I agree with that

 

[Iamback]

Dave Smith had it right.
Right game, right stadium.
Clubs blew up because they are mired in the past dinosaurs thatd rather keep asking more from the NRL grant than build their own busiesses and customer base.

Again you have no idea. You will see 1st hand next year when Penrith are playing out of Parra why the Sydney clubs want it this way

 

[Iamback]

Dissapointing to see such low crowds for the girls. Are fans just not as passionate?

Will it take 20, 30 years for it to really start seeing differences?

Timeslots are terrible is the main reason

 

[Iamback]

It's great suburban grounds are being sold out, but they are still massively reducing our average crowds.
Tigers have an excuse for the shite average this weekend, the Sharks do not. They are an embarrassment.

Yeah but as a soccer fan that I know you are

Take the 18k at Belmore yesterday. That beats the ave of 2 EPL clubs and 5 or 6 serie A clubs.

That is how it goes in World sport larger clubs pull the smaller clubs up

Better than empty seats and so on that happens if these games get moved

 

[Wb1234]

Again you have no idea. You will see 1st hand next year when Penrith are playing out of Parra why the Sydney clubs want it this way

Penrith is a bad example

dragons and tigers most certainly can take home games to Allianz

sharks could too

 

[Iamback]

Penrith is a bad example

dragons and tigers most certainly can take home games to Allianz

sharks could too

So you are going to move 2 of the worse clubs performance wise to have 10k sit in a 45k seater?

If it made sense Richo would move the Tigers in a heartbeat there. Very likely both clubs lose money doing so

 

[Perth Red]

Again you have no idea. You will see 1st hand next year when Penrith are playing out of Parra why the Sydney clubs want it this way

Huge difference between 12 home games somewhere and occasional event games that would be spread throughout the clubs. A better analogy would be to look at games like Anzac, easter show etc. where clubs take games to big stadiums and we get great crowds.

So you are going to move 2 of the worse clubs performance wise to have 10k sit in a 45k seater?

If it made sense Richo would move the Tigers in a heartbeat there. Very likely both clubs lose money doing so

Again should be NRL controlled. Guarantees clubs dont lose money and NRl with all its resources can do it right and make some money off it when its done right.

 

[JamesRustle]

Rumour it was a bit higher but was put out at that as we were running with hashtag #perth2027 during the night for our nrl bid lol.

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Only 18,000 years difference!

If you're not posting the correct crowd, why wouldn't they display 20270 so it has the year displayed within the total?

 

[JamesRustle]

Yes plenty. Only pinch spot is in north west corner but still enough space for a new west stand. there’s loads of room behind north stand. south stand was designed to take a roof and fill in the corners at a later date.


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Hope there's room for public transport infrastructure.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Why would the Dragons want to move one of their biggest must win games for the last 10 years away from their home ground?

They would throw away a strong patriotic pro dragons crowd to invite another 10k Bulldogs fans to play at a neutral ground at Allianz. It would destroy every advantage they have of possibly winning the game.

Which is you know, the whole point of football. Winning games.

 

[Wb1234]

So you are going to move 2 of the worse clubs performance wise to have 10k sit in a 45k seater?

If it made sense Richo would move the Tigers in a heartbeat there. Very likely both clubs lose money doing so

Allianz should have a Sydney derby each week on Sunday (as much as possible)

 

[Wb1234]

fact it sold out today shows it probably would’ve sold out Allianz