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2024 Crowd Watch

yakstorm

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What is stopping the NRL for games at accor or Allianz offering free entry to any season ticket holder of any club in the game ?

Do the clubs rally against this , ?
The clubs have rallied against the NRL stepping in and offering deals in the past.

Whilst not free entry, the NRL use to run Sunday FunDay's which were aimed at selling discounted family tickets at the likes of Accor & Allianz, and I can assure you, the clubs that were not the beneficiaries would jump up and down about it.

Unfortunately the clubs are just selfish. It's not like the AFL doesn't have the same issues, however one thing they smartly have done, is they have injected themselves into the deals at the MCG & Docklands and their are incentives for everyone to co-operate.

A good example of this is the AFL deal with the MCG. The AFL agrees that 46 games will be played at the venue for year, in exchange all clubs that take games there will be paid a minimum of $100K per game. In addition, there are attendance incentives of:
  • $1.50 per head for attendances between 2.1m and 2.5m patrons
  • $2.00 per head for attendances between 2.5m to 3m patrons
  • $3.00 per head for attendances in excess of 3m patrons
In addition, the bigger clubs, like Collingwood, have been able to negotiate other benefits above and beyond the per game fee, so long as they also stick to the per game ticket pricing and any away fan memberships / etc.
 

jim_57

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Yep!

Cowboys
Dolphins
Titans
Penrith
Bulldogs

The game against Cronulla went very close too.

*caveat alert* - if we go undefeated the next two against Parra and Melbourne will probably sell out as well. A 40k average is hanging on for dear life, a bit like our season!

Fun fact. IF Broncos can sell both of those out there is a very high chance they’ll have played in front of 7 straight sellout crowds to finish the regular season, 3 home 4 away.

Knights away - Sold out.
Bulldogs home - Essentially sold out.
Titans away - Should sell out.
Cowboys away - Essentially sold out.
Eels home - Could sell out with a good run of form and finals push.
Dolphins away - Will sell out.
Storm home - Could sell out with a good run of form and finals push.
 

The_Wookie

Bench
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The clubs have rallied against the NRL stepping in and offering deals in the past.

Whilst not free entry, the NRL use to run Sunday FunDay's which were aimed at selling discounted family tickets at the likes of Accor & Allianz, and I can assure you, the clubs that were not the beneficiaries would jump up and down about it.

Unfortunately the clubs are just selfish. It's not like the AFL doesn't have the same issues, however one thing they smartly have done, is they have injected themselves into the deals at the MCG & Docklands and their are incentives for everyone to co-operate.

A good example of this is the AFL deal with the MCG. The AFL agrees that 46 games will be played at the venue for year, in exchange all clubs that take games there will be paid a minimum of $100K per game. In addition, there are attendance incentives of:
  • $1.50 per head for attendances between 2.1m and 2.5m patrons
  • $2.00 per head for attendances between 2.5m to 3m patrons
  • $3.00 per head for attendances in excess of 3m patrons
In addition, the bigger clubs, like Collingwood, have been able to negotiate other benefits above and beyond the per game fee, so long as they also stick to the per game ticket pricing and any away fan memberships / etc.

If they arent already, then the other option is to do what the Victorian AFL clubs do and offer a home and away 16-17 game membership that entitles you to access to all games your club plays in Victoria. NRL clubs could do that in Sydney - might not work as well in Sydney due to smaller venues, but matches at Allianz and Accor could be considered.
 

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