2024 Crowd Watch

[titoelcolombiano]

This crowd in Brisbane looks awesome. I’ll go with 36-37.5k

Picked it like a dirty nose

 

[TheEroticGamer]

The arrangement we have with Bathurst council is pretty much just upgrade your stadium bit by bit when you can and we’ll play there for free. Our fanbase there has absolutely exploded as a result and they’ve also snagged other events like a women’s wanderers game and even an Elton John concert. Perfect partnership.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Love to see Nathan Cleary driving in the Bathurst 1000 as a cross code promotion.

T boob moment, sorry.

 

[Wb1234]

The arrangement we have with Bathurst council is pretty much just upgrade your stadium bit by bit when you can and we’ll play there for free. Our fanbase there has absolutely exploded as a result and they’ve also snagged other events like a women’s wanderers game and even an Elton John concert. Perfect partnership.

Panthers are getting paid to play in Bathurst by the council

 

[Vlad59]

Panthers are getting paid to play in Bathurst by the council

Countdown to game day

The Penrith Panthers will arrive in Bathurst on Thursday 18 April ahead of the clash with the Wests Tigers at Carrington Park on Saturday 20 April, at 3pm.

www.bathurst.nsw.gov.au

Whatever they are paying its worth it

 

[yakstorm]

The arrangement we have with Bathurst council is pretty much just upgrade your stadium bit by bit when you can and we’ll play there for free. Our fanbase there has absolutely exploded as a result and they’ve also snagged other events like a women’s wanderers game and even an Elton John concert. Perfect partnership.

Whilst it doesn't help with crowd averages, I do love this partnership the Panthers have built with Bathurst on so many levels. Firstly, for a club focused on building pathways and developing versus buying players, building that relationship with the Central West leagues just works.

Secondly from a supporter base perspective, the reality is, it was always going to be hard for the Panthers to grow their fanbase significantly going east, however the Blue Mountains is growing significantly population wise. Their home ground can capture the lower mountains on a regular basis, but by playing in Bathurst, they are able to capture the other side.

10 years on from the start of the partnership, it's great to see the growth. I hope even when the new stadium is finished, the club continues to take the game west.

 

[Steel Saints]

Whilst it doesn't help with crowd averages, I do love this partnership the Panthers have built with Bathurst on so many levels. Firstly, for a club focused on building pathways and developing versus buying players, building that relationship with the Central West leagues just works.

Secondly from a supporter base perspective, the reality is, it was always going to be hard for the Panthers to grow their fanbase significantly going east, however the Blue Mountains is growing significantly population wise. Their home ground can capture the lower mountains on a regular basis, but by playing in Bathurst, they are able to capture the other side.

10 years on from the start of the partnership, it's great to see the growth. I hope even when the new stadium is finished, the club continues to take the game west.

Parra have a 5 year old stadium, and yet they still take a home game to Darwin each year. So Penrith will still have a similar arrangement of 11 games at a new redeveloped stadium, and one match at Bathurst.

 

[Desert Qlder]

The NT Government pays Parramatta a shit ton of money to get beaten in Darwin every year. Territorians continue to support their own teams regardless.

It must be worth it for them.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

I didn't account for the release of restricted-view tickets for ANZAC Day at Allianz Stadium, so there's still about 650 tickets available to the general public with the latest release of restricted-view tickets.

 

[Iamback]

Whilst it doesn't help with crowd averages, I do love this partnership the Panthers have built with Bathurst on so many levels. Firstly, for a club focused on building pathways and developing versus buying players, building that relationship with the Central West leagues just works.

Secondly from a supporter base perspective, the reality is, it was always going to be hard for the Panthers to grow their fanbase significantly going east, however the Blue Mountains is growing significantly population wise. Their home ground can capture the lower mountains on a regular basis, but by playing in Bathurst, they are able to capture the other side.

10 years on from the start of the partnership, it's great to see the growth. I hope even when the new stadium is finished, the club continues to take the game west.

The club has sponsors on board from out there, No way they change that

 

[horrie hastings]

Quite a few knights supporters waiting for trains at Redfern station.

 

[yakstorm]

Parra have a 5 year old stadium, and yet they still take a home game to Darwin each year. So Penrith will still have a similar arrangement of 11 games at a new redeveloped stadium, and one match at Bathurst.

I hope so. Eels get over a million a year in cash to go to the NT (plus other contra including free accommodation etc), so it's easy for them to financially justify taking a game away.

They also play at a venue which was multi-tennanted prior to the rebuild, so there was no minimum commitment requirement put on them by Venues NSW.

I just hope that doesn't change with Penrith.

 

[Wb1234]

I hope so. Eels get over a million a year in cash to go to the NT (plus other contra including free accommodation etc), so it's easy for them to financially justify taking a game away.

They also play at a venue which was multi-tennanted prior to the rebuild, so there was no minimum commitment requirement put on them by Venues NSW.

I just hope that doesn't change with Penrith.

Wow

thought it was only 300k (pretty sure Bathurst pays that to Penrith)

 

[The_Wookie]

Wow

thought it was only 300k (pretty sure Bathurst pays that to Penrith)

could be more. It was a 4 year deal that ended in 2017, thatr was a million a year

The deal is worth $4 million to the Eels and Giles threatened to rip it up last year over the club's ham-fisted governance, hinting taxpayer money might be better spent elsewhere.

Parramatta Eels' major financial backer sticks by club as NT government floats more Darwin games

The Parramatta Eels' major financial backer won't walk away from the strife-torn club with the Northern Territory government trying to lure a second NRL match to Darwin next season when the Pirtek Stadium rebuild begins.

www.smh.com.au

seems to be worth it to the NT Gov

Last year’s ANZAC round clash between the Eels and Broncos brought $4.8m into the Territory economy, while participation numbers continue to grow in local competitions.

https://www.ntnews.com.au/sport/parramatta-eels-touch-in-darwin-ahead-of-dolphins-blockbuster/news-story/eb94a54033308f4575656b39aeccdc51

 

[Steel Saints]

could be more. It was a 4 year deal that ended in 2017, thatr was a million a year

Parramatta Eels' major financial backer sticks by club as NT government floats more Darwin games

The Parramatta Eels' major financial backer won't walk away from the strife-torn club with the Northern Territory government trying to lure a second NRL match to Darwin next season when the Pirtek Stadium rebuild begins.

www.smh.com.au

seems to be worth it to the NT Gov

https://www.ntnews.com.au/sport/parramatta-eels-touch-in-darwin-ahead-of-dolphins-blockbuster/news-story/eb94a54033308f4575656b39aeccdc51

In the old days, each team played 22 games, eleven at home, eleven away. Early in the NRL era, when Souths were omitted, there were 14 teams, with 26 rounds.

Since Souths have returned, each team now plays 24 games, with 12 of them at home. So if Penrith and Parra continue to sell one match, they'll go back to having eleven home games, just like the old days.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Bulldogs looks 20k

 

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[yakstorm]

Great result. Today's result will help for their game against the Wests Tigers in two weeks

 

[Iamback]

could be more. It was a 4 year deal that ended in 2017, thatr was a million a year

Parramatta Eels' major financial backer sticks by club as NT government floats more Darwin games

The Parramatta Eels' major financial backer won't walk away from the strife-torn club with the Northern Territory government trying to lure a second NRL match to Darwin next season when the Pirtek Stadium rebuild begins.

www.smh.com.au

seems to be worth it to the NT Gov

https://www.ntnews.com.au/sport/parramatta-eels-touch-in-darwin-ahead-of-dolphins-blockbuster/news-story/eb94a54033308f4575656b39aeccdc51

This is why clubs sell these games off, It is why places buy the games. Works for both parties

 

[Vlad59]

104,541 (17,424) average after 6 games.

Sharks should give us close to 13K in Sunday. Hopefully Bulldogs can give us similar to get us over the 130K mark.

More like 135000 by the looks of it. Pretty bloody good