2024 Crowd Watch

[Timmah]

No need to apologise mate, just drop the pompous know-it-all attitude and try to keep up.

I reckon you post what you want, I post what I want, and we leave it there hey?

For someone who thinks others are pompous, you're sure interested in telling me how I should post.

 

[t-ba]

Did see a bloke in a Storm jersey on the way in just before kick-off.

Kinda funny reading the occasional 'who cares' on LU (not in this thread) about the Women's Origin/game in general. LU couldn't possibly be further from the target audience. Young girls in particular go nuts for watching the women's game.

Let's be real this place, as much I am probably addicted to it and quite like, is incredibly niche.

Who in the year of our lord 2024 is still using a Bulletin Board?

Probably the people who've been reading it for 20 years. This place is about as archaic as a cassette player.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Let's be real this place, as much I am probably addicted to it and quite like, is incredibly niche.

Who in the year of our lord 2024 is still using a Bulletin Board?

Probably the people who've been reading it for 20 years. This place is about as archaic as a cassette player.

I expect to be able to sell subscriptions to my retro posts from decades ago.

They sound better.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Broncos v Cronulla is still selling strongly - every bay is open or has sold. About 1200 seats to go before appx 1500 restricted view will be released.

Saturday's weather looks amazing. Over to you, stadium members!

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Broncos v Cronulla is still selling strongly - every bay is open or has sold. About 1200 seats to go before appx 1500 restricted view will be released.

Saturday's weather looks amazing. Over to you, stadium members!

I'm hoping we get to attend a dry weather match, been a rarity this year in Brissy

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

I'm hoping we get to attend a dry weather match, been a rarity this year in Brissy

Yep! Haven't the Thursday against South Sydney and last game against the Titans been our only home games with good weather?

Some worse than others of course. But I'm pretty sure it's rained before or during for all other games.

 

[Billythekid]

Let's be real this place, as much I am probably addicted to it and quite like, is incredibly niche.

Who in the year of our lord 2024 is still using a Bulletin Board?

Probably the people who've been reading it for 20 years. This place is about as archaic as a cassette player.

The death of forums has been one of the worst things about the internet during my time. Reddit, twitter, discord etc just don’t provide the same sort of discussion.

 

[yobbo84]

Let's be real this place, as much I am probably addicted to it and quite like, is incredibly niche.

Who in the year of our lord 2024 is still using a Bulletin Board?

Probably the people who've been reading it for 20 years. This place is about as archaic as a cassette player.

And thank f** for forums like this. The alternative is social media which makes LU and other forums seem like the Athens Agora by comparison.

 

[ouwet]

It's possible this could grow significantly, but so far there isn't a lot to suggest a crowd that big.

Based on the release of seating by Accor Stadium, this is still tracking towards a crowd of 35,000-40,000.

It will be telling if Accor Stadium releases more additional seating beyond Level 4 East. And even then, I remember Accor Stadium released seating on Level 4 West (after Level 4 East was made available) for the Rabbitohs vs Roosters game last year, only to quickly shut that off due to lack of demand and the crowd figure ended up as ~36,000.

36,000 will be a fail IMO!

To put into perspective, in 2013 the Good Friday game had a PAX of 36,000 on the morning of the game, it got 51,500ish we are currently at 33,000 PAX (As of last night). Now Yes, in 2013 the Easter show would've helped and there was a massive walk up crowd when Barba was confirmed to be playing (From memory), I think maybe I'm getting excited but anything under 45K will be disappointing now especially that the weather is going to be good!

 

[shewi6]

36,000 will be a fail IMO!

To put into perspective, in 2013 the Good Friday game had a PAX of 36,000 on the morning of the game, it got 51,500ish we are currently at 33,000 PAX (As of last night). Now Yes, in 2013 the Easter show would've helped and there was a massive walk up crowd when Barba was confirmed to be playing (From memory), I think maybe I'm getting excited but anything under 45K will be disappointing now especially that the weather is going to be good!

Over 40k is looking likely, ticketek map is showing level 6 east open for sales currently.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

36,000 will be a fail IMO!

To put into perspective, in 2013 the Good Friday game had a PAX of 36,000 on the morning of the game, it got 51,500ish we are currently at 33,000 PAX (As of last night). Now Yes, in 2013 the Easter show would've helped and there was a massive walk up crowd when Barba was confirmed to be playing (From memory), I think maybe I'm getting excited but anything under 45K will be disappointing now especially that the weather is going to be good!

I think it's difficult to compare Good Friday (with the big walk up demand like you said from the Easter Show) and King's Birthday (which is falling within a week of Origin and during Vivid, which the NRL does not leverage).

A good comparison is 2023 King's Birthday:

On Wednesday 7 June 2023, the pax was 26,776:

The Game - 2023 Crowd Watch

Many foreigners are confused that footy in Vic is completely different to footy in NSW The confuse the city of Sydney with Melbourne culture I bet they got more confused in the old days when Rugby League and Rugby Union was played on Cricket Ovals like the SCG and then you had Aussie Rules...

forums.leagueunlimited.com

Five days later, the final King's Birthday crowd was 33,866. That equates to daily ticket sales of approximately 1,418.

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The pax was 32,957 yesterday, according to The Kennel. If you apply four days of sales at last year's average rate (1,418 x 4), that equates to a projection of another 5,672 ticket sales by kickoff. It's probably fair to assert that 2024 will sell more than 2023 in the leadup, so perhaps add another 1,000 ticket sales to reflect that:
= 32,957 + 5,672 + 1,000 = 39,629.

That's still a great crowd. It'd be the best crowd for a regular season game between the Bulldogs and the Eels in 50 years.

 

[Fangs]

Not even the rain will stop the inevitable global dominance of Rugby League.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

Over 40k is looking likely, ticketek map is showing level 6 east open for sales currently.

I think that was a temporary blip as the map was temporarily showing no tickets available. They have since rectified this issue by removing Level 6, while Level 4 East remains open with limited availability.




They're no doubt preparing to release more bays for a weekend rush of sales. So the map could look different this evening

 

[ouwet]

I think it's difficult to compare Good Friday (with the big walk up demand like you said from the Easter Show) and King's Birthday (which is falling within a week of Origin and during Vivid, which the NRL does not leverage).

A good comparison is 2023 King's Birthday:

On Wednesday 7 June 2023, the pax was 26,776:

The Game - 2023 Crowd Watch

Many foreigners are confused that footy in Vic is completely different to footy in NSW The confuse the city of Sydney with Melbourne culture I bet they got more confused in the old days when Rugby League and Rugby Union was played on Cricket Ovals like the SCG and then you had Aussie Rules...

forums.leagueunlimited.com

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Five days later, the final King's Birthday crowd was 33,866. That equates to daily ticket sales of approximately 1,418.

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The pax was 32,957 yesterday, according to The Kennel. If you apply four days of sales at last year's average rate (1,418 x 4), that equates to a projection of another 5,672 ticket sales by kickoff. It's probably fair to assert that 2024 will sell more than 2023 in the leadup, so perhaps add another 1,000 ticket sales to reflect that:
= 32,957 + 5,672 + 1,000 = 39,629.

That's still a great crowd. It'd be the best crowd for a regular season game between the Bulldogs and the Eels in 50 years.

Good stuff, love the research!

 

[T-Boon]

I reckon the knights WNRL team could get bigger crowds than several Sydney NRL clubs and the Titans.

 

[shewi6]

I think that was a temporary blip as the map was temporarily showing no tickets available. They have since rectified this issue by removing Level 6, while Level 4 East remains open with limited availability.

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They're no doubt preparing to release more bays for a weekend rush of sales. So the map could look different this evening

Not the first time it has happened, i was a bit sceptical.

 

[ouwet]

Not the first time it has happened, i was a bit sceptical.

They've opened up all the bays (except last 1 on either side) on Level 4 East now.

 

[yobbo84]

First time the Bulldogs have had a decent team in a long time, on a long weekend, on likely the first full day of sunshine in Sydney in quite a while, against the Eels... should be a bumper crowd. Could push 50k.

 

[Wb1234]

It's possible this could grow significantly, but so far there isn't a lot to suggest a crowd that big.

Based on the release of seating by Accor Stadium, this is still tracking towards a crowd of 35,000-40,000.

It will be telling if Accor Stadium releases more additional seating beyond Level 4 East. And even then, I remember Accor Stadium released seating on Level 4 West (after Level 4 East was made available) for the Rabbitohs vs Roosters game last year, only to quickly shut that off due to lack of demand and the crowd figure ended up as ~36,000.

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And thank f** for forums like this. The alternative is social media which makes LU and other forums seem like the Athens Agora by comparison.

Nrl reddit is a cesspool

I follow a lot of amazing league people on Twitter

the rugby league social media people seem to be quieter this year on tik tok for some reason

the best warriors content is on tik tok they have nailed it

 

[Suitman]

And some of the worst content on LU is from this bloke.

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