2025 Crowd Watch

[yakstorm]

15k this week
Panthers next home game v Cows 6pm Friday will have no one

I know planning the draw is complicated but that is a game that should have either been saved for Magic Round or been taken to Mudgee or Bathurst.

 

[Iamback]

I know planning the draw is complicated but that is a game that should have either been saved for Magic Round or been taken to Mudgee or Bathurst.

Broncos away game at Magic was worth more cash to the club. They are trying to close the gap in lost ticket sales.

As for CommBank.
15k this week seems spot on.

10k will be my guess for Cows game
We play Dogs on a Thurs night. I guess form will decide if that beats this week.

The rest should sit between 15-20k

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Have a look at Rd 3 punters..

7 out of 8 sell outs could be on cards

 

[Belza1]

Some people like big new stadiums, some people like sitting on a hill with a tinny. I’m a hill and a tinny kind of guy. And if the game was moved to a bigger stadium further from home I’d watch the game on the Tv at home. F trecking into the city to sit in a half empty stadium and getting home after midnight.

I have to drive 140 k to watch Storm play (home games) some night games I get home about 1 am. Been doing that about 5 yrs.

 

[ThornlieBear]

It's really starting to do my head in (not being at the SFS).

Anecdotally, I see a lot of 50+ year olds at our games, and then a lot of young families (30-40 somethings with their kids - the bracket I fall into). I don't see a lot of 20-somethings.

That's the generation gap I see Souths face at games, and to me 90% of that problem is Olympic Park. As a club we're losing a culture of attendance IMO.

I'm a tragic and I remember in my early twenties - admittedly we weren't a very good team then - but it was nigh impossible to get my mates to come to the footy on a Friday or Saturday night. They would happily go to Shark Park (then Northies after), SFS (then the city after) or even to Parra (then a myriad of food/drink options after) though.

There is nothing to do in Homebush. Not just the area. It's the stadium, too.

There is nothing to entice you to go to a shitty match in the middle of July at the cost of $60-70 a ticket. Sure, some tickets are $20, but you're 100m+ from the field and the experience is so poor it's not worth the attendance.

The other thing being that Accor is an event stadium, with a large number of events happening over summer into March, and as such all Souths home games tend to get sandwiched there during the dull middle period of the season when crowds across the board in Sydney struggle.

We really, really, need to get out of there.

Good points. But I never understood the need to do something before or after a match.

The outing is the game for me, not anything before and after. boring!

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Broncos have now opened level 7 for all home games. My hope is that we can draw 37k+ for every game, and if our season is like 2023 (yes, a caveat, however form is a requirement given the ticket prices), we could see an average over 40k.

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Think the Raiders game may nudge 20k

 

[yakstorm]

Grandstand at Belmore down to single seats including Restricted View seats which were put on sale earlier today. Kennel GA is also gone and Alcohol free part of the hill is down to the last 100 seats. Should sell out by game day at current rate.

 

[nko11]

Grandstand at Belmore down to single seats including Restricted View seats which were put on sale earlier today. Kennel GA is also gone and Alcohol free part of the hill is down to the last 100 seats. Should sell out by game day at current rate.

If the Dogs start the year winning 4 out of 5 (which is very possible) - I reckon they might hit a 30k season average. Similar hype as the Warriors last year. Just a shame their stadium is so large and oval, hard to create the same atmosphere and demand for tickets. If they had a Suncorp replica - I would say it would be a shoot out between them and the Broncos for highest average.

 

[i0Nic]

If the Dogs start the year winning 4 out of 5 (which is very possible) - I reckon they might hit a 30k season average. Similar hype as the Warriors last year. Just a shame their stadium is so large and oval, hard to create the same atmosphere and demand for tickets. If they had a Suncorp replica - I would say it would be a shoot out between them and the Broncos for highest average.

While that’s very optimistic with good form I’d be expecting them to crack 25k average for sure. Last year they did 20k.

 

[Wb1234]

If the Dogs start the year winning 4 out of 5 (which is very possible) - I reckon they might hit a 30k season average. Similar hype as the Warriors last year. Just a shame their stadium is so large and oval, hard to create the same atmosphere and demand for tickets. If they had a Suncorp replica - I would say it would be a shoot out between them and the Broncos for highest average.

Homebush is ok with 30k In it

Agree re dogs they are going to get some massive crowds

Broncos and dogs food form should see decent overall crowd growth

 

[i0Nic]

Will Warriors sell out this Friday, is it on track? Will be interesting to see if their crowds hold up, I think they’ll do well because they’ve really built an experience that’s independent to current form.

 

[yakstorm]

While that’s very optimistic with good form I’d be expecting them to crack 25k average for sure. Last year they did 20k.

If you look at their Accor matches only, their average was just under 24K (23,765). Take out the Roosters game (which was heavily rain effected) and that jumps up to almost 26K (25,839). Whilst I feel 30K is difficult, it's not completely impossible from where they finished.

v Roosters - 7,169 (Rnd 5)
v Knights - 17,784 (Rnd 7)
v Wests Tigers - 17,068 (Rnd 9)
v Dragons - 15,442 (Rnd 12)
v Eels - 45,496 (Rnd 14)
v Sharks - 15,765 (Rnd 17)
v Warriors - 27,223 (Rnd 18)
v Sea Eagles - 35,502 (Rnd 26)
v Cowboys - 32,437 (Rnd 27)

 

[Steel Saints]

Homebush is ok with 30k In it

Agree re dogs they are going to get some massive crowds

Broncos and dogs food form should see decent overall crowd growth.

The NRL needs a strong Canterbury, where we may see regular crowds of 30k or 40k. Bulldogs are a key figure, especially if Homebush ever gets redeveloped into a rectangular venue in the future.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

If the Bulldogs are going to get close to a 30,000 average for the season, the two key games are Good Friday vs South Sydney and the King's Birthday vs Parramatta.

In 2024, Canterbury and South Sydney had one win combined from six matches heading into the annual Good Friday game. That game still drew 35,275 (the highest Good Friday crowd in six years).

Considering the way Canterbury ended 2024, you would have to think 40,000 is on lock with good weather. That would be the biggest Good Friday crowd in a decade (40,523 in 2015).

How much more the game can draw depends on how both teams fair through to Easter.

By the time the King's Birthday rolled around last year, the Doggies were stirring. That helped set a record Kings's Birthday crowd of 45,496 in 2024. But in actuality, neither team was in the top eight heading into that game. So a bigger crowd in 2025 depends on how both are fairing in the run up (+ the weather!).

 

[kurt faulk]

If you look at their Accor matches only, their average was just under 24K (23,765). Take out the Roosters game (which was heavily rain effected) and that jumps up to almost 26K (25,839). Whilst I feel 30K is difficult, it's not completely impossible from where they finished.

v Roosters - 7,169 (Rnd 5)
v Knights - 17,784 (Rnd 7)
v Wests Tigers - 17,068 (Rnd 9)
v Dragons - 15,442 (Rnd 12)
v Eels - 45,496 (Rnd 14)
v Sharks - 15,765 (Rnd 17)
v Warriors - 27,223 (Rnd 18)
v Sea Eagles - 35,502 (Rnd 26)
v Cowboys - 32,437 (Rnd 27)

I'm pretty sure the chickens match was in Gosford. And it was raining.

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[SouthsCountry]

Side note, but why do only some clubs release membership figures?

And why doesn't LeagueUnlimited publish a membership ladder anymore.

We should be boasting, our membership is higher than ever as a game, Dolphins for example already had 35k+ in their third year?

Surely LU could obtain and publish all clubs' figures?