2024 Crowd Watch

[parrawentyfan]

State Championship GF Friday
Women’s GF Saturday
NYC and NRL GF Sunday

 

[Jamberoo]

As good as that sounds, there still needs to be some sort of curtain raiser match to the NRL Grand Final, whether it's the Jersey Flegg premiers vs the winner of the Queensland equivilant or something else to get some of the crowd in early

Why does there need to be a curtain raiser? Do any other sports have one?

 

[Brutus]

I like it the way it is.

Big fan of the state championship.

Up the Devils!

 

[Diesel]

I like it the way it is.

Big fan of the state championship.

Up the Devils!

The state championship is what everyone wanted for years. It used to be before the NRL GF but they changed when the NRLW started playing GF’s. I like 3 games on GF day

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Well you have to give the NRL a fail this year .. failing to sell out a GF means ticket prices were too high

 

[Cumberland Throw]

2500 tickets were not sold ..

At an average of $200 a ticket

Pvl left $400000+ on the table

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Lol f**koff mate.

The crowd was over 80K. There have been several lower grand final crowds at Accor over the years.

It's a mere 900 people less last year's sellout.

Drama queen

 

[Warriors Fever]

and here comes the flog to put a negative slant on the night. It was still above 80 which is fine.

 

[Wb1234]

2500 tickets were not sold ..

At an average of $200 a ticket

Pvl left $400000+ on the table

And the extra 100 bucks they charged for the 20k tickets they put up in price and sold

 

[RedVee]

The state championship is what everyone wanted for years. It used to be before the NRL GF but they changed when the NRLW started playing GF’s. I like 3 games on GF day

I agree. I just think the time spread is a bit too long.

 

[Frank Burge]

2500 tickets were not sold ..

At an average of $200 a ticket

Pvl left $400000+ on the table

I doubt everyone that bought a ticket showed up. Probably less than 1000 tickets not sold.

 

[Jetka100]

I have put this suggestion forward on another forum, but I think the NRL needs to start seriously considering having a bye weekend before the GF. During that weekend they could have the 2 State Cup grand finals on the Friday and Saturday night and the NRLW GF on the Sunday night. The Men’s GF weekend could have the interstate Cup grand final and hopefully a resurrected U21s or Reserve Grade GF. Let the women have their time by themselves and give a bit more credence to the State Cups. It would also give both men’s GF teams appropriate time to refresh, deal with judiciary matters, allow supporters to organise travel, not disrupt the week too much with the Dally Ms and build up the promotion for the game. I would go so far, to say that if you had a bye weekend before the GF, you could just have a top 8 shootout, with no byes in the middle of it. At the moment, the final series is too weighted in favour of the teams who earn a bye after one finals match.

 

[DIOGENES]

I doubt everyone that bought a ticket showed up. Probably less than 1000 tickets not sold.

My son won some tickets in a pub raffle and we had vacant seats on either side - the other raffle winners who didn’t show. I guess you don’t value something you don’t pay for.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

They won't compress the day because it will affect nine's coverage.

They have to cross for the news, throw in a thousand promos for the block and Australian open tennis, cross to Gus and Gal, cross to JT, promote MAFS.

I know it's bullshit but that's the reality of the NRL's deal with nine.

 

[DIOGENES]

To sum up the season
(from Austadiums which use events rather than games for both totals and averages)

Year	Events	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest
2024	207	4,265,299	20,605	80,156	6,146
2023	207	4,086,606	19,742	81,947	5,130

A new all-time record set for the second year in a row with an average increase of 4.8%

 

[JamesRustle]

$1000, no, $400, yes. There are no public tickets available to the other GF, so Melbournians would definitely snap up every available NRL GF ticket. It would be bigger than SOO here, and generate double the revenue of an ACCOR GF, plus whatever the Vic govt will pay to bring it here. Maybe an extra $20m - $25m for the game.

Vic Govt would need to pay in cash... no way you are allowing them credit.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

I think the crowd figure was a pass + the TV ratings were good.

All in all, a decent end to a strong season.

The game is in good health.

Some good scheduling, more event games + the big Sydney clubs getting their shit together means it's exciting to contemplate what could be in store for us in 2025.

 

[Perth Red]

Crowd was great, an out of Sydney team v a team that keeps winning it isn’t exactly the dream day out for most neutrals. Anything 80k or above is a solid pass. Tv was on par with last year and is probably where fta is maxed at these days for nrl.

 

[Vlad59]

Crowd was great, an out of Sydney team v a team that keeps winning it isn’t exactly the dream day out for most neutrals. Anything 80k or above is a solid pass. Tv was on par with last year and is probably where fta is maxed at these days for nrl.

I agree. State of origin and our GF seem to have maxed at that figure of 3.5 million. Getting 4 games rating at that level or close to it is something other sports can only dream about in this country.

 

[It's Been Done]

Why does there need to be a curtain raiser? Do any other sports have one?

It's an incentive to get even a few thousand people in early to relive pressure on the rush that starts around an hour before kick off of most games. The AFL Grand Final usually has a curtain raiser, usually between two U18s teams since they scrapped their stand-alone reserves comp after 1999