2024 Crowd Watch

[yobbo84]

What about if they win ?

If roosters or sharks lose it will be at Accor or Allianz ? Either would get massive crowds (Allianz would probs sell out)

Scratch that - forgot they finished 6th, not 5th.

So if they got through to a prelim they would play Sharks or Storm.

 

[Valheru]

If the Bulldogs got through the next 2 weeks, the prelim would have to be at Accor.

A Penrith vs Bulldogs prelim would potentially sell out.

Their prelim would either be in Melbourne or SFS (Sharks)

 

[yobbo84]

Their prelim would either be in Melbourne or SFS (Sharks)

Yeah, I realised that in my post above.

Would a Sharks v Bulldogs prelim get more than 50k, and thus moved to Accor? You'd think they'd be in with a shot.

 

[Valheru]

Yeah, I realised that in my post above.

Would a Sharks v Bulldogs prelim get more than 50k, and thus moved to Accor? You'd think they'd be in with a shot.

They didn't move us vs you guys to Accor in 2018 so I doubt they would make the sharks play at Accor.

In 2017 there were rumblings that us v Parra was going to be at Accor but that theory was never tested thanks to Nth QLD

For me, if SFS is deemed suitable for week 3 (which it is) then those teams that earn the right to host, should get to play there if that's their preference regardless of opponent. The NRL can't say it is good for the game to play a Accor and in the same breath have finals games at Shark park and Brookvale Oval.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

When AAMI Park was built, to their credit, the Victorian Government spent the money to build the foundations of the ground so it could be expanded to 50K without needing a whole tear down & rebuild.

That said, even though the ground could be expanded, it would be a hard business case to justify at the moment.

Firstly none of the tenants are filling the ground regularly. The Storm averaged just under 20K, but only had 2 sell outs from its 11 matches.

Victory averaged 11,300 last A-League season, City 8,400 and then Western United I'm pretty sure have moved out completely & the Melbourne Rebels are dead.

Secondly, from a big event perspective, the NRL, Rugby Australia & World Rugby have all shown that if they are going to take big events to Victoria, they are more than happy playing at Docklands or the MCG.

It's only Football (Soccer) that has ever pushed back and then it is only for events like the World Cup or Asian Cup. The Matildas played at Docklands as recently as February this year for their Olympic Qualifiers and the Socceroos last year.

If you're current tenants aren't pushing capacity and the only rectangular sports event that enforces it isn't something we're even guaranteed to win (FIFA Men's World Cup) or unlikely to get again soon (FIFA Women's World Cup, Asian Cup), it is a hard push, especially in the current economic conditions.

More than happy to play at Docklands or the MCG... I'm not sure about that. We don't know because they don't have a choice

 

[Jpw25111]

Please go and find out for yourself? I recall the events being mentioned here earlier. Dick wad.

Nah your the shit talker so tell me. Instead of being a rugba wanka

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Please remind me what high profile events afl states have missed out on? I recall a certain megastar earlier this year skipping brisbane.

FIFA Women's World Cup QF, SF and Final

 

[moffla]

FIFA Women's World Cup QF, SF and Final

The cities that hosted those games have stadia used throughout the year though tbf.

A larger purpose built stadium would be a dream, but none of the clubs based in Melbourne would play out of it regularly enough to just the spend.

The Storm would primarily remain at AAMI, as would Melbourne Victory + City.

If cost wasn’t an issue it’s a no brainer to have a bigger stadium, but not sure the Vic Gov would justify contributing that much money for a stadium that sits there waiting for big events.

 

[Vlad59]

Nah your the shit talker so tell me. Instead of being a rugba wanka

Nup. And if you’re a ‘rugba wanka’ that’s your problem.

 

[yakstorm]

Re. the Roosters and the membership, it'd be nice to get to the Swans' number of members but we're hamstrung a little by SFS members who are majority Rooster fans but are never going to buy a Roosters membership. I guess the Swans have a similar issue but I just don't see us getting to those heights.

That said, I think they can definitely steadily increase on the 20k or so members they currently have.

There are a few factors that give the Swans the edge. Not only were they the only AFL team in Sydney for a long time (and still command the vast majority of the supporter base in the state) they have also been pushing memberships far longer than the Roosters have and also have strong interstate membership numbers.

In 2013, the Swans had a total membership of 36,358 with over 10,000 of them being Victorian based members. That number has only continued to grow (it is estimated to be almost 18,000 this year from their 70,000 membership total), but unfortunately that isn't something the Roosters would be able to replicate with the club not having a historic connection to another part of the country & also the lack of coordination between NRL clubs compared to AFL.

Still that said, Roosters are on the right track. Hope they can continue to grow at the rate they've seen over the past few years, it would be amazing to see their average move towards 30K over the next decade.

 

[Vlad59]

The cities that hosted those games have stadia used throughout the year though tbf.

A larger purpose built stadium would be a dream, but none of the clubs based in Melbourne would play out of it regularly enough to just the spend.

The Storm would primarily remain at AAMI, as would Melbourne Victory + City.

If cost wasn’t an issue it’s a no brainer to have a bigger stadium, but not sure the Vic Gov would justify contributing that much money for a stadium that sits there waiting for big events.

City of 5 million claiming to be the sporting capital of the world can’t justify a rectangular stadium to seat crowds of 50000?

 

[Suitman]

FIFA Women's World Cup QF, SF and Final

The FIFA Woman's World Cup was all the evidence we needed to know about Victoria's (and the 2 other prime AFL states in general) attitude towards rectangular sports.
NSW and QLD gave up major stadiums during the NRL season to assist in holding this event. NZ surrended their best stadiums as well.
The buzz throughout Brisbane and Sydney during the world cup was amazing, and our competiton still survived.

VIC and SA gave up AAMI Park and Coopers, hence why they got the dregs of the competition games. Perth was nuked with nothing.
All VIC had to do was hand over Marvel for 6 weeks during the AFL season and they would have at least got a semi-final and many other larger games.
Yet, nope. Bugger all.
The AFL could have easily survived with the MCG and Geelong during the World Cup, and Victoria would have also reaped the benefits of a major influx of overseas tourism from the World Cup and a boost to their economy.
But no, the fear of the world game and rectangular sports in general showed through, to protect AFL.

Their self proclaimed "Sporting Capital of the World" is only perpetrated by them and is a fallacy. They cannot claim this when they continue to ignore the world's biggest sport like they do.

What is pretty cool is that the NRL just got on with our competition (without some of our major stadiums) and worked alongside another sport and yet we continued to be successful with our own growing attendances during that time.

Furthermore, Australia is hosting the Woman's FIFA Asian Cup in 2026. It will again be huge, and again the AFL states will be given the dregs.